I received a copy from Netgalley. A reasonably enjoyable YA contemporary about dealing with grief. Also supposedly based around the Greek tragedy Anitgone. Admittedly Anitgone is not a story I am familiar with so I can't really compare much of how the stories compared (but if you know nothing abou...
"I can't ever be the blazing star that Iris was. I'm still just a cold, dark satellite orbiting a star that went super nova." Andria's twin sister, Iris, had adoring friends, a cool boyfriend, a wicked car, and a shelf full of soccer trophies. She had everything, in fact--including a drug problem. S...
I've discussed my love for all things Russian, so I had high hopes for this book. Imperial Russia, zombies, I was in love! I got a little worried while reading the book. There were some slow points, but they did pick up! Zombies/undead were brought up pretty soon. We learn about how Katerina first g...
The history of Russia has always intrigued me and I have long enjoyed both non-fiction and fictional tales on the region. The Gathering Storm could have been quite successful, although perhaps in the hands of someone like Ilona Andrews (actually Russian no less). The concept of paranormal creatures ...
There is a giveaway here for this book and a few others:http://www.bibliopunkk.net/2013/04/april-mini-giveaway.htmlGiveaway ends 5/15/2013. Come enter!-----------------------------------------The Gathering Storm is a Young Adult debut novel by Robin Bridges. I tried to read it in 2011, made it 100 p...
This is the sequel to The Gathering Storm, which I read in September and really liked. Here is the Kobo store’s summary: Having had no choice but to use her power has a necromancer to save Russia from dark forces, Katerina Alexandrovna, Duchess of Oldenburg, now wants to forget that she ever used...
See more of my reviews sooner on The YA Kitten!What happened? When I read The Gathering Storm, I was halfway in love with it, though there were a few elements that never impressed me. The plot was well-paced, Katerina was awesome, and the book knew just when to time a switch to another plot line. Ei...
Ok here's the thing. This book had promise. It really did. That's why I gave it a three. However, the book read like this:Ruh Roh I have this power which is scary and I'm gonna complain and not use it, unless it's completely accidental - okay and maybe that ONE time, throughout the whole book becaus...
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