Review: A Piercing read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
Jesca is a college student living in her own apartment and having horrible nightmares, only they aren't really just nightmares, they are so much more. She begins to see things that aren't there, or are they? With the help of a new friend Ezra, her professor at school, and revelations from both him and her adoptive parents, she will find out that her nightmares are nothing compared to the reality she is to face. She is a hybrid with powers that she has to develop because a battle is coming and she is a guardian. Her and the other guardians are the last line of defense for our world against a man that used stolen technology to open a portal to another world. He now wants that world to spill over into hers, and she will need to learn to harness her powers in order to stop him. After discovering the truth about herself she will head, with Ezra, to a training facility where she meets the other guardians in training. Will she learn to develop her powers in time? There will be bone shattering revelations still left for her to discover and a battle to be won. I enjoyed this book, it's a mix of sci-fi, fantasy, adventure and paranormal all rolled into one. The only thing I wasn't as fond of was the technical explanations as to how the worlds were breached etc. I'm good with the simple version. Other than that, I enjoyed the characters, the story was cool and different, and there were some twists that I wasn't expecting but really enjoyed. On to the next book, Surfacing the Rim to see what happens next.