The Catalyst by Helena Coggan (Pub April 14)

The Catalyst by Helena Coggan is a novel about Rose Elmsworth and her world filled with magic and adventure. Rose is not like the rest of the world, she isn't split between the green-eyed gifted and the Ashkind. Rose is something entirely different and much more dangerous. At the young age of fifteen Rose has become an honorary member of the Department, the law enforcement agency run purely by the gifted. Nobody is aware of Rose's or her fathers shared secret. An old enemy has returned threatening to ruin the peace that the world has now come to after a long and devastating war. Will the Department find out about her differences? Can they prevent the impending war?

The Catalyst by Helena Coggan is a fantastic novel and sure to be one of my favorites of the year. Helena Coggan has managed to create one of the best and most interesting fusions between dystopian and fantasy. I honestly do not have a bad thing to say about this book. The novel was written in third-person which was a great choice for the novel as readers are able to delve into the thoughts of multiple characters. Rose was a likeable character and didn't have any particularly cliche traits such as loving books or never crying. I personally loved the fact that she was brave and strong yet she was still able to cry and let her feelings out, it made her more realistic.


The world building in this novel was magnificent and had one of the coolest worlds I have encountered to date. Using eye colour to differentiate between levels of power and race was unique and really cool. The novel had angels and demons in it but a fight between them is certainly not what this book is about. The book is about the people in between, sure there were a couple of main characters that were demons but there were both good and bad demons represented.

This was an amazing book with little to no flaws. I rated this book a 5/5 stars and beyond. I highly recommend that you pick a copy up. I would like to thank NetGalley, Amazon Kindle, Hatchette Australia and most of all Helena Coggan for allowing me to read this book.