This is one of those books that will make you uncomfortable from start to finish. In a good way.Meet Lyla, a 17-year old girl living in a secluded 'Community' in the present day United States. Lyla is one of the most unique YA characters that I've met to date. Slut-shaming? Nope. Mary-Sue attitude? ...
Gated is a fascinating glimpse into a cultish community whose leader has convinced them to remove themselves from a corrupt society to await the world’s inevitable end and that they are the worthy few who have been chosen to survive. This story is told from the perspective of Lyla, a teenager whose ...
Source: Random House Kids – I received this book in exchange for an honest review. I received no compensation Publisher: Random House Kids Series: - Edition: Hardcover, 335 Pages Genre: Young Adult Thriller Purchase: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Book Depository* *I receive a small monetary kickback fro...
Short and Sweet:Gated was suspenseful and anxiety producing! Even experiencing this world as a reader, I wanted to believe in Pioneer and his visions. However as the story moves along it becomes clear that something darker is motivating him. Overall creepy and thrilling! To Elaborate....Lyla, or 'Li...
Review originally posted on Bibliophilia, Please.I know it is so cliche to call a book "gripping", but seriously, I read Amy Christine Parker's debut novel, Gated in less than six hours. I ignored my own mother, child, Mister, and friends because - let's be honest - finding out what happened to Lyla...
Gated is one of those books that rests outside of my normal reading comfort zone and I’m not sure I would have picked it up if it hadn’t been for the awesome people at Random House sending me a copy. Gated is a Young Adult thriller (not a science fiction dystopian) that takes place in a very private...
This really undetailed review was part of my "Flash Review" on my book review blog The Hufflepuff Whovian.SO my one weakness is Cults. Cults of any kind, all the cults. This was a fiction book about a girl whose sister went missing right before 9/11. Because of 9/11 her sisters disappearance is forg...
I ultimately enjoyed Gated. But I will admit that the book frustrated me to no end. I had a hard time reconciling the fact that the parents in this "community" actually bought into what Pioneer was feeding them. So much that they gave up everything to follow this man. I found I had to let all of ...
"The world can be a pretty scary place to live. It's a lot less scary when there isn't so much of it open to you." I remember borrowing Salvation and Suicide: An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown from our school library when I was in grade school. Perhaps it was our libr...
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