Reviewed by Sylvia Heslin for Readers' Favorite

The Rise of the Einix is a story of fraternal twins, a young woman and a young man, who are very different from everyone else. Trixie Smith and her brother, Einar, are thirty years old and have been sheltered and practically imprisoned in their home where they live with their mother, Lola, in the town of Baldric. After Lola dies by suicide/freak accident, the twins are forced to journey into the world alone for the first time in their lives and seek employment, as decreed by Lola's last will and testament. Lola had a large reputation of being a town trollop, having had many sexual conquests with the men of Baldric, including Attorney Kluge who officiated the reading of Lola's will. A provision of the will reads that in order for the twins to continue to live in their mother's house, both must be gainfully employed. The story follows the twins as they find employment in the theater run by a very sadistic, cruel puppet master, and as a freak sideshow for the circus run by the very eccentric Kluge family. On their quest to find independence, Trixie and Einar encounter the birth father they never knew and unearth a shattering secret about themselves that will forever change both their lives and the lives of those around them.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Rise of the Einix by Tina D. Miller. I thought that the story was intriguing and very well written. I was always kept in suspense and never knew what was coming next in each sequential chapter. Although the climax of the story and the sudden turn of events threw me for a loop, I longed to read more and was anxious to discover the outcome of the Smith twins. I highly recommend this book and do hope that Tina D. Miller will seriously think about continuing her story of Trixie and her ill-fated twin, Einar.