The Touchstone

It was difficult to put it down, so no wonder I finished it in two sittings. Man, those kids! I’m so happy right now.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Maggie! Keep writing! Those characters of yours are THE BEST 💜 love them all. So much.

This is a great read. I love the characters and the story. I hope there will be more of Sam and Harry.

Reviewed by Shorty

I always enjoy reading about characters with unique abilities. It intrigues me as to how they cope with them and use them. Harry has the ability to fly. He uses it for the first time to save Sam when they were younger. Now they are together and on the run from someone.

I loved these two together. There is romance but the sex is off page which was fine with me. Jonah is a questionable character when Harry and Sam meet him. He wants to train Harry without Sam around. There are others with Jonah who are also being trained how to use their abilities.

A good mix of characters with abilities and some that are either shady or mean what they say. I loved reading this story. I hope there will be another book to further the story a long.Fantastic read.

Review done for Will Reads: https://willreads.com/wordpress/the-touchstone-by-mc-lee/


I know a lot of people think of YA books as something they wouldn’t normally read. Me? I enjoy the hell out of them. This one? Blew me the heck away!

As I was gathering the information for the post, I noticed that MC Lee has several books with Harmony Ink (a division of Dreamspinner Press). Seriously, I need to check out their other stuff, because The Touchstone rocked my socks.

We have Sam and Harry, the main characters, who are more than friends. More than lovers, even. They’re integral to each other’s lives. When they were kids, Sam fell from a tree and, for the first time, Harry flew. He caught Sam and saved his life. Since then, they’ve been inseparable.

You know the old adage, with great power comes great responsibility? It also comes with a lot of problems. Like the fact that Sam and Harry are on the run. They don’t even know from who, but there’s someone out there that’s been watching Harry, and Sam’s not having it. So they flee to a crappy town, thinking they’re going to be able to lie low. Only…

They’re approached by someone who claims he wants to help Harry train. Sam, being ordinary, would be in the way of that. Harry (love him) refuses, and tells Jonah that they’re a package deal. Only Jonah does an end run, and convinces Sam that it’s in Harry’s best interest for him to take the training. Reluctantly, Harry agrees, and the problems that had been there, escalate out of control.

The world that MC Lee has created is thriving and vibrant. The people that Harry trains with are sort of like the X-men, with Jonah being Professor X, except a bit more of a dick. He’s done things in his past that are going to bite them all in the present, and (especially since MC Lee just signed a contract for book two!), their future.

We have two brothers–one who can see the future, the other who can slip inside a person and basically control them, we have a young woman who can be invisible, another who can manipulate energy, and Harry, who can fly. What does Sam bring to the team, other than a set of eyes when things go wrong?

Apparently a lot more than anyone realizes. I’m not going to spoil this for you. It’s not a huge secret, but it will rock everyone on the team, and what was a target on Harry, has now become a spotlight on them all. When all is said and done, will the team be able to stand together to ferret out the truth? Is Jonah on the level with his desires? Is the group who is after them being honest when they say Jonah isn’t all he appears? And is the vision that Alex has of the future a certainty? Because if it is, well… Harry and Sam better hope it isn’t.

(For those worried about sexual content, it is gently referenced, but not shown on page.)