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A review by jeanz
Flame by Amy Kathleen Ryan
5.0
Loved it!
INITIAL THOUGHTS
To say I was looking forward to reading this one is a serious understatement! I wanted all my questions answering plus much much more . . . .did I get it?
MY REVIEW
I was super super lucky in that the Author arranged for me to receive a copy of this for me to read and then my daughter was sent one so, thankyou!
I love the cover! with its bright orange flame, the silhouetted figure running and of course the face showing through the flames. IT's wow!
So would the cover alone make me pick this one up from a bookshelf? Yes 100%!
So this book picks up from where Spark left off. The crew of the Empyrean have no choice but to go to the New Horizon when their vessel is destroyed! Or is it totally destroyed not everyone makes it off. . . are they dead or are they just hiding out from the mysterious crew from the New Horizon that seems to be checking out the things that still work on the Empyrean? Seth put Waverly on the last shuttle to leave the Empyrean with the promise that he would some how follow and help her.
What can the Empyrean Crew do? They are all being kept apart on the New Horizon by the Pastor Anne Mather who though still rules the New Horizon does now thanks to what happened to Waverly and the other girls have a few doubting her. There's also the Elders on the New Horizon who seem to want Anne Mather's out of power so they can replace her with one of their own called Jake. Jake seems to befriend Waverly but when she rejects his somewhat amorous advances he is not happy at all and Waverly finds her life in danger from more than one person. Danger seems to be around every corner for her. Though Waverly and some of the other children have been reunited with their parents things aren't right. It's as if those parents have been brain washed!
So Seth finds a way to get from the Empyrean to the New Horizon and literally goes into hiding. Seth learns by just listening at doors and wall what is going on and really runs as much interference as he can without being caught. There is so much going on in this book it really is amazing!
There are twists and turns aplenty, help for the Empyrean kids from unlikely sources. Then there's those people who you initially think are "good" that turn out truly cunning and bad!
I really enjoyed reading this book, yet at the same time I truly didn't want it to end.
I wanted more! and I'd like to think that maybe there could be a spin off series??
So did I enjoy the book? Truly loved it! Did I enjoy the series? Wow Yes loved it! Would I read more by Amy Kathleen Ryan? Yes please! I'd love more of Waverly, Seth, and the New Horizon and . . . . well I can't say what else or it would be a major spoiler! I'm sure Amy Kathleen Ryan will know what I mean? Please??
INITIAL THOUGHTS
To say I was looking forward to reading this one is a serious understatement! I wanted all my questions answering plus much much more . . . .did I get it?
MY REVIEW
I was super super lucky in that the Author arranged for me to receive a copy of this for me to read and then my daughter was sent one so, thankyou!
I love the cover! with its bright orange flame, the silhouetted figure running and of course the face showing through the flames. IT's wow!
So would the cover alone make me pick this one up from a bookshelf? Yes 100%!
So this book picks up from where Spark left off. The crew of the Empyrean have no choice but to go to the New Horizon when their vessel is destroyed! Or is it totally destroyed not everyone makes it off. . . are they dead or are they just hiding out from the mysterious crew from the New Horizon that seems to be checking out the things that still work on the Empyrean? Seth put Waverly on the last shuttle to leave the Empyrean with the promise that he would some how follow and help her.
What can the Empyrean Crew do? They are all being kept apart on the New Horizon by the Pastor Anne Mather who though still rules the New Horizon does now thanks to what happened to Waverly and the other girls have a few doubting her. There's also the Elders on the New Horizon who seem to want Anne Mather's out of power so they can replace her with one of their own called Jake. Jake seems to befriend Waverly but when she rejects his somewhat amorous advances he is not happy at all and Waverly finds her life in danger from more than one person. Danger seems to be around every corner for her. Though Waverly and some of the other children have been reunited with their parents things aren't right. It's as if those parents have been brain washed!
So Seth finds a way to get from the Empyrean to the New Horizon and literally goes into hiding. Seth learns by just listening at doors and wall what is going on and really runs as much interference as he can without being caught. There is so much going on in this book it really is amazing!
There are twists and turns aplenty, help for the Empyrean kids from unlikely sources. Then there's those people who you initially think are "good" that turn out truly cunning and bad!
I really enjoyed reading this book, yet at the same time I truly didn't want it to end.
I wanted more! and I'd like to think that maybe there could be a spin off series??
So did I enjoy the book? Truly loved it! Did I enjoy the series? Wow Yes loved it! Would I read more by Amy Kathleen Ryan? Yes please! I'd love more of Waverly, Seth, and the New Horizon and . . . . well I can't say what else or it would be a major spoiler! I'm sure Amy Kathleen Ryan will know what I mean? Please??