The Gathering (Darkness Rising, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jul 19, 2010 Melissa-The Book Addict rated it it was amazing

I wanted to read this book, and I picked it up a few times and put it back down. I was afraid I wouldn't like it as much as the Darkest Powers books. Once I got past that fear I loved this book. Maya was pretty awesome! She is adopted, but happy and loved, she likes where she lives and has an afinity for animals. She takes care of injured animals and releases them back into the wild. Her best friend Daniel always has her back and is someone I would love to hang out with. I also really liked Rafe ...more

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Apr 22, 2012 Mandy Beyers rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, fantasy, young-adult, my-ebooks, paranormal-mystery, z-sosbookshelfbingor4, z-read-for-a-2012-challenge

Although the writing is good, it felt like it was all loose ends and no wrap up at all. Although I knew it was the first of a trilogy, it felt as if she just reached a certain number of pages and stopped, rather than having found a truly natural break in the story line. With that being said, I like the main character, Maya and her friends and family. The small town she lived in that all belonged to the drug corporation was almost a character in and of itself! I also liked the way the setting fel ...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Deyara rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, urban-fantasy, char-shape-shifters

4.5 ★
Liked this a lot, every time I think I've gone off shifters, Kelley Armstrong pulls me back in :) Also liked the ?medical experimentation aspect. Liked the characters, especially Mayas parents. Really cool setting, we don't have big animals here in New Zealand, so I liked hearing about cougars, bears, bob-cats, martens... all sorts of wildlife. The story was a bit all-over-the-place with lots of filling in the blanks and creating new ones, but this was a great start to a series I will defin ...more

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