The Gathering ~ Kelly Armstong
A young adult urban fantasy novel (Rated PG)
4.5 out of 5 stars
Book Summary
Until now.
Strange things have been happening in this claustrophobic town - from the mountain lions that have been approaching Maya to her best friend's hidden talent for "feeling" out people and situations, to the sexy new bad boy who makes Maya feel . . . . different. Combine that with a few unexplained deaths and a mystery involving Maya's biological parents and it's easy to suspect that this town might have more than its share of skeletons in its closet.
My Review
I
absolutely love Kelly Armstrong, enough that I had to try her YA book. Her writing is one of the best in paranormal
world I’ve found. I love her adult book
Bitten.
But I
digress. So here we have The
Gathering. Looking back over the title,
I’m not sure I total get it. I can make a guess
but it doesn’t scream at me. Doesn’t
matter, let’s talk details.
Whenever
I read a Kelly Armstrong book, I feel like I fell right into the story of the
pages. I see, hear, smell everything
around me. I get so immersed in the
story, right now I can’t tell you if this book was written in first or third
person and that’s a good thing. That’s
the point of reading write. You want to
escape the world around you and I do.
Heck, while listening I missed my exit off the highway, lol.
There
were only a few minor problems why I couldn’t give this book a well deserved 5
star rating. First the story is really
predictable. That normally bugs me but
everything else is so good, I could overlook that. Then Maya didn’t ask very many questions at
all. But I had to step back and see from
a sixteen year old perspective. And I
could understand everything except one major plot hole.
*****SPOILERS*****
Maya and
Daniel went to look through the things of the reporter. Maya had a run in with Sam. Daniel suggested that Sam took a paper that
may have held answers about Maya’s background.
Yet when she saw Sam the next day, neither asked her about it. Nor did Maya’s inner musing mention it as to
why she may not have mentioned it. Big
flaw. I just don’t think something that
important would go unspoken externally or internally.
One
other thing, I thought the story ended rather abruptly. Since I was listening, I had no idea I was
coming close to the ending when it just ended.
*****END
SPOILERS*****
Overall,
I don’t regret reading and will recommend to others knowing that the plot twist
won’t keep you guessing but that the story is good enough to keep you reading.
My book boyfriedn is Daniel of course. I'm totally rooting for him. You'll have to read to find out why.
Audio Review
Jennifer Ikeda did a wonderful job with this story. She didn’t throw her voice completely with
each character, but the inflections she did was so superb that I had no trouble
following all the characters. It was so
good, I look forward to listen to her again.My book boyfriedn is Daniel of course. I'm totally rooting for him. You'll have to read to find out why.
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