Hey everyone,
Sorry I haven't been writing lately... I seemed to think I would have more time on my hands once school let out for the semester, but somehow that was not the case. Anyways I do have a new book review for you on Meridian by Amber Kizer which I actually just finished as couple days ago. I honestly hadn't heard too much about the book, but picked it up one day while working and read the description, and of course it drew me in. Here is the synopsis courtesy of Borders (LOVE)
"Half-human, half-angel, Meridian Sozu has a dark responsibility.
"Sixteen-year-old Meridian has been surrounded by death ever since she can remember. As a child, insects, mice, and salamanders would burrow into her bedclothes and die. At her elementary school, she was blamed for a classmate's tragic accident. And on her sixteenth birthday, a car crashes in front of her family home--and Meridian's body explodes in pain.
Before she can fully recover, Meridian is told that she's a danger to her family and hustled off to her great-aunt's house in Revelation, Colorado. It's there that she learns that she is a Fenestra--the half-angel, half-human link between the living and the dead. But Meridian and her sworn protector and love, Tens, face great danger from the Aternocti, a band of dark forces who capture vulnerable souls on the brink of death and cause chaos."
The book starts out by dropping you right in the middle of the story and you really have no clue what's going on for a while. You learn information verrrrrry slowly and the characters don't progress as fast as I would have liked. It was extremely creative however with all the lore on "Fenestras" or a type of angel who helps you reach the "good" afterlife. Kizer definitely put a lot of thought into this book which is kind of like a good versus evil battle but not in the most traditional sense. If I'm going to be completely honest, it really didn't hold my interest quite as much as I would have liked it to, but it was still worth reading in the long run (although I say that about most books) . I am still hoping that there will be a follow up book because there were quite a few loose ends in the book and it just really didn't hold itself on its own. I'm not going to put this one on either list, I recommend that you read it and decide for yourself, although you know my opinion on it....
If anyone has any suggestions for some books they would like to see show up on my page for reveiwing, please leave them in the comments and I will do my best to get to them. Next up for review is the 3rd book in Alyson Noel's "Immortals" series, also known as Shadowland. I'm about halfway through it right now and will hopefully get the post up before I leave for FL on Monday. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and happy new year : )
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Seems like a very spiritual book. When you think of it, we are all half-human half-angel since we are spiritual beings living a human experience. A "meridian" is actually an emotional channel...it is when an emotional channel is not flowing that you will see symptoms appear in ones body or the relationships in one's life. The character, Meridian, seems to experience the same traumas over and over because of this. I think this author definitely coated this book with tons of metaphors and the readers can choose how deep they'd like to understand them.
ReplyDeleteI agree, and I would love for you to read the book too and give me your interpretation of what the book means as a whole. I never explored the name "Meridian" but I guess I should have... you always get me : )
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting book by the way you describe the storyline but I do prefer fast-moving books, something that would keep my interest. It does not sound like this would be a book like that? Although, I do have to say the storyline sounds quite interesting.
ReplyDeleteHave you read "White Oleander" by Janet Fitch? I'm just starting it now, just wondering what you thought if you read it :) Also, have you read "Water for Elephants?" That's a good book, I'd definitely recommend it to you!
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting, and I wouldn't say it wasn't fast moving, it just didn't have enough to keep my interest : / Which most book do...
ReplyDeleteCaitlin- I haven't read either actually but "Water for Elephants" is on my list, and I'll let you know when I get to it : ) THanks for the recommendations.