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Elixir By: Hilary Duff

Elixir is a great book to read if you are really into mystery and love stories. The book itself, the language is very formal and very descriptive. Hilary Duff is one of the best actress’, singer and now a great entrepreneur. She was from a show on Disney Channel known as Lizzie McGuire. Lizzie McGuire was a show that would show girls and some boys how to act with parents, siblings, friends, school related situations in and out of school in the hallway or getting whatever they want from parents. She was always a nice character in the show and many people liked it. When I was little I always used to look up to Hilary Duff. She was both pretty and talented so from me watching her all the time, I liked her even more until the show was over. A few years after the show had ended, I saw the movie, “Beauty and the Briefcase” and I was surprised to see the way she changed. She kissed guys more, wore more short clothing and she even had a little bit of a difference in her look. What was also found out was that she got married to a hockey player and his name was Mike Comrie. Soon after she got married, she had a son and his name was Luca Cruz Comrie. 

The books she had just written soon after the birth of her son, it got me thinking that I should start reading it and I should start liking Hilary Duff again. I loved Disney Channel ever since I was younger and that had always stayed with me. On the on hand,  Elixir had this girl as the main character and her name was Clea Raymond. She was a photojournalist. She was famous because of her mom and her Dad. Her dad worked at some big business industry that Clea just had to help him out. Her mom on the other hand worked for the Senate. Clea had a boyfriend, a friend and other people along her path along the book. What Clea has done already in the book as a photojournalist is that she noticed that a guy kept following her since her trip to Paris at the beginning of the book. Since she found out that the person kept following her, she keeps having dreams about him. Then at some point in the middle of the book, while running, she twists her ankle and the guy from her dreams finally became a real person. Clea would also just go back and forth to see about the man. Her boyfriend, who was from Paris was trying to protect her and tell the guy to let go of thinking about her and then he realized that he shouldn’t have done that. To include more about Hilary Duff than what you know already is Elixer is part of its own book series. The other books which is part of the series is Devoted and True. Its a continuum of the story Elixir. They are other notable books she’s made with another another.This book exceeds my expectations because of the feeling the book has given to me while reading the story. Where the story falls short to my expectations that a man kept stalking this girl around and she became very suspicious about it. She is a hard worker like all of us because she trys a lot out on her own. That’s why she also became famous. That’s what all counts in life is if you just try. That’s all that matters. People who might enjoy this book are the people who are fans of Hilary Duff, like me.  

Clea Raymond is in this love triangle and is on a dangerous mission to find her father after his disappearing. Her being an author influenced Hilary Duff just being done singing and acting. So that means after she became a singer/ actress, her writing career had been taken place. What people may or may not know is that the book came out on October of 2010. What Hilary has said what got her writing books is she likes when the book just takes you away meaning she also likes when she sees the pictures of what she’s reading in her mind as she’s reading. She hoped and wanted to start her own book series and Elixir just had to the first book in the series. The book itself is a mystery but its also a paranormal and a romance. She has also been interested in paranormal stories. So if you like any of these types of genres of books, I recommend for you to get the book. She also likes the feel of how other authors just keep writing their books non stop. Her mother was a big support of hers when she started writing. What also inspired her to write is that ever since she was little, she’s been writing poems. For all you Hunger Game movie fans, she likes the book too. So if you like Hunger Games and like Hilary Duff, I also recommend you to read the book. This book is for young adults. One of the quotes she said was, “...finding yourself and breaking out of the mold that people put you in.” She took a challenge and started writing. Writing books could be challenging but not to her or any of the other actors. What's really interesting about her when she was writing her book was that she was planning her wedding.