Page Count: 275
Series: Reaper's Rite (Book One)
GOODREADS SUMMARY:
Sixteen-year-old
Zadie’s first mistake was telling the boy she liked she could bring her dead
sister back to life. Her second mistake was actually doing it.
When Zadie
accidentally messes with the Reaper’s Rite that should have claimed her sister
Mara, things go horribly wrong. Mara isn’t the same anymore—Zadie isn’t even
sure she’s completely human, and to top it off, a Reaper is determined to collect
Mara’s soul no matter what. Now Zadie must figure out how to defeat her
sister’s Reaper, or let Mara die … this time for good.
I discovered this on GoodReads and because of the good reviews and
the intriguing summary, I picked it up.
THE CHARACTERS:
Zadie was a pretty believable character -- she reacted as I would
expect her to and I liked her sarcasm. I just wish more of her backstory
was given to give her a little more depth.
Lilura was probably my favorite character because she was such a
sarcastic old lady and I enjoyed seeing her go from hating Zadie to liking her.
Gavin was an interesting character. Once I got a third of
the way through the book, I expected to never see him in the story again; I
figured he was only there for the beginning of the story to help the plotline
move along, so I was pleasantly surprised when he was a much bigger part of the
story than I ever could've thought.
Throughout the entire book, I thought Chase was very mysterious.
We never really get to know Chase very well in this story, so I'm hoping
in the next installment of this series his personality is revealed.
THE PLOT:
The storyline was very fast-paced and there was action or a new fact was discovered every couple pages, and it all led up to an exciting finale.
The storyline was very fast-paced and there was action or a new fact was discovered every couple pages, and it all led up to an exciting finale.
My main issue with the plotline of this book was that it was pretty predictable (seeing as I have read a lot of fantasy novels) and nothing that was revealed surprised me. Also, the finale was over in just a few pages, when I was expecting a grand
twenty-or-so pages of pure adrenaline and excitement.
OVERALL:
I enjoyed reading this book but I didn't find it very new and
exciting. A good finish-in-one-sitting mystery/thriller, so I'd
recommend if you have a few extra hours and want something different.
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