Meridian- Amber Kizer
Product Description:
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.
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.
Review:
So, pretty interesting intake on death. This book was overall pretty awesome with just but a few complaints. (what is this blog all about after all?) One, the main character never seemed to fully grasp the situation she was in! It was pretty much the climax of the book and she was still calling her mentor mental.
Second, either I was really tired when I was reading this but I was confused a lot. About none of the key points I assure you but about little things. He said, she said- when there are 2 guys and 2 girls in the room. I had no idea who was talking. Or the main character, Meridian, would reference back to a feeling that I never recalled having occured! For some of you, you don't really care- the point is across. But for me, I got a bit irritating.
Finally, when Meridian was practicing her "Fenestra's skills" there didn't seem to be any hard work. Or it at least wasn't described well. There were a couple of times where Meridian would get into some sticky situations while "helping someone cross", but when it was just her and her mentor working on seemingly simple tasks, it was a breeze! All those little tasks that are sweat- pouring for the character, enough that you quietly cheer them on because you both know that JUST as this is accomplished, it's one less hurdle in getting to that awesome power!!- it just wasn't there. I pity poor Eragon who struggled long and hard to simply lift up the little stone with his mind.
So yes, that last one was probably the biggest itch in the book but overall, the book was good, good. And I read that there will be a sequel out. Keep an eye out ;)
-Sunnie