Behold The Eye: Viridia is the third book in the triology by Veronica Tabares. This book brings the conclusion to whether our young friend Vickie will ever make it home. Micah, Shanti, Daafyd, and Vickie did not find the knowledge that they seek in regards to be able to send Vickie home in the land of Cerulea know for it's knowledge. Before they embark on the trip to Viridia, Vickie questions Shanti of why they have to go to this land if they are already in the Land Of Knowlegde with all the Universities and nothing came of it. Shanti assures her they have nothing to lose to see if this other land have the knowledge they seek and if it doesn't she is more then welcome to live with her and Micah in Braumaru. Daafyd is from Viridia so the group feels reasonably safe since he has green eyes and all living things are made calm in their presence. They make sure he sticks close as to not get eaten by any animals that do not understand them. Shanti starts to recount of tale of a girl from her village that came to Viridia alone and what happened to her. When they get to the land of Viridia, Vickie is filled with all the lush greenery and the wonderful smells of luscious fruit of which she has her fill. Meanwhile Tricia is still trapped in the house that she closed the door to get back at Vickie for ignoring her and replacing her with Micah and Shanti as friends.  She realizes later that she is trapped in the house and wonders if someone will find her. In the real world she is in a coma and her family hopes that she doesn't disappear like Vickie. Throughout the book Rhonda, Roland's daughter is writing in her diary about her missing dad and finds his papers about him wanting to take over the world because it owes him. Also during this time Cathy and Karen are the only two of the girls left and they are determined they need to find their friends. They discover dream travel to do it.  Also in the book is newspaper clippings of children disappearing into the night starting from the earlier centuries. Some of the children reappeared out of nowhere on their own while others stayed lost. All the ones that came back couldn't remember where they had been during their disappearance. They probably didn't want to mention as they may be thought of as crazy. So many others have dream travel but did not know what they were doing. At some point Cathy, Karen, and Rhonda meet up and agree to help each other find their love ones. Micah, Shanti, and Vickie also found the knowledge they sought in the land of Viridia. Roland doesn't make an appearance in this book till towards the end. Has Roland changed his wicked ways once his daughter finds him since he has been trapped in a device of his own design? I like this book cause it really tied all the books together. It also made it seem that dream travel is an everyday occurrence that we all should be aware of because you never know what happens when we go to sleep.

Reviewed on 11/22/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Larissa Cochran

 In The last installment of three. Behold the Eye: Veridia begins right where it's predecessor Behold the eye: Curulea leaves off. In this book we find a conclusion to the dream travel of Vickie at last. As they 

Reviewed on 05/01/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Susan Pettrone

 One friend (Vickie) had already disappeared after being in a coma, another (Tricia) was in a coma, while their friends Cathy and Karen had an idea of why and how they got there, they really wanted to know if they could get them back.  Being struck in the dream world had not been part of the plan when Tricia had first attempted following Vickie, trying to saver had been.  Vickie had made new friends with Micah and Shanti after they had played a part in rescuing her from the dream land and bringing her to this other world.  Now they were trying to help her get home again.  The lands that they had traveled through offered information at every turn.  The brown-eyed people of Baraumaru offered premonitions, but nothing that foretold how to dream travel.  The blue-eyed people of Cerulea with their Universities and their vast psychic abilities didn’t know of the solution either.  So, off to Viridia, the land of the green-eyed people, with their connection to every living thing, they were the last hope of finding a safe  and sure way for Vickie to dream travel back to her own home.

Reviewed on 04/14/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Debbie Berry

Behold the Eye: Viridia

Author:
Veronica R. Tabares

Publisher:
Sun Break Publishing

Behold the Eye: Viridia, the final installment of this very thrilling trilogy, is just as fantastic, suspenseful and wonderful as Behold the Eye: Braumaru and Cerulea!  We open again with a letter to Vickie’s local librarian, not only addressing this current book, but the previous two books and she explains her feelings regarding the last letters sent regarding this tale.  The reader will find the Roland’s daughter, Rhonda, is determined to find and assist her father, as feel victim to the very trap he had originally set for Vickie in the previous installment. However, not only is Roland stuck in this bizarre ‘dream house’, but so is Tricia; Vickie’s best and closest friend.  The story is also peppered with articles regarding children that have mysteriously gone missing, to be explained later of course!

Now that Tricia is trapped, she has not yet figured out exactly what has happened is exactly what occurred to Vickie, and that there is more going on with her physical being. However, being the personality she is, she does not give up trying to get out of the ‘dream house’ she is stuck in.

Back at home, Vickie’s mother has connected with the one person that could help her and believe her regarding her daughter’s disappearance. She finally has some hope to recover her lost daughter. Vickie’s other two friends make the choice to discipline themselves to not just help the two friends, but themselves as they fear they can be next to suffer what they have witnessed with their group.  However, as they practice ‘dream travel’, they encounter Rhonda at the very ‘dream house’ they expect to find their friend! The three then decide it would be best to work together to find their missing loved ones.

Vickie and her new friends make their way to the ‘land of the green eyes’ known as Viridia, and encounter some very interesting events when they arrive. Luckily, before any harm can occur to them, they are taken in by new green-eyed friends that have the knowledge they need to help Vickie arrive home.

Just as in the previous works, Behold the Eye: Viridia continues with conflict, emotions, suspense, action and mystery. All characters in this tale are well-detailed, so the reader can easily interpret the behavior, feelings, motives and actions of each person even before it may be stated.  There is indeed a hidden meaning or two behind this story and with the characters, so if you find it then the story will resonate even more with you – whatever your age!

Reviewed on 02/28/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Ann Hauer

The final installment Veronica R. Tabares Behold the Eye: Viridia is as alluring to young readers as the first two. Once again she transports readers into a magical world of imagination.

Vickie’s friends from her own world try to find her through dream travel. Although aware of the predicament that Vickie is in, they don’t fully grasps the danger until Tricia becomes trapped as well. Vickie now has to save her friend as well as herself fro this strange world of dreams that has more danger and adventure than one could imagine. During their journey they not only overcome obstacles but discover the true meaning of friendship.

Behold the Eye: Viridia, closes the series with the same action and adventure that started it out. This series is the perfect set to welcome reluctant readers into the fun world of reading. Truly a fun and exciting book that has no flaws. Although it should come with a reader beware sign stating that once you pick it up you won’t want to pick it down.

Reviewed on 02/23/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Angela Simmons