Review: Exciting, terrifying tale that will keep you up at night!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2014
These are riveting books that will hold your attention no matter if you are pre-teen to retired age (nope no peeking! Yes I'm retired age!).  I love the sci-fi/fantasy books as well as any pre-teen! Mora is a young woman who sets out searching for help for her village, seeking protection from the grey skins-frightening members of the undead.  As she travels she finds herself in an abandoned town and under attack by the grey skins who seek to have her as lunch's main course.  During her desperate flight from them she discovers she has abilities or 'gifts' as some of the Starborn call them. She is rescued by Connor and smuggled into Salem where she meets other Starborns including Aaron-connor's brother, and hears them speak against Jeremiah from whom she is traveling to seek her town's protection.  She approaches Jeremiah and requests help then changes her mind but Jeremiah refuses to allow her to do so. Little did she know that Jeremiah MADE the grey skins and indeed is one himself ( really NOT a spoiler as it tells you this early in the book).  Mora makes it back to her village after an attack orchestrated by Jeremiah on Salem-which he blames on Mora and the other Starborns and finds her Grandmother and young brother Jake being held hostage by Jeremiah's guards.  Mora sets out to free them, also trying to destroy the grey skins and take down Jeremiah in his own town.  Riveting, highly exciting story that is difficult to put down.  I highly recommend!