Review: Generations I: Book of Enlightenment
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2011
Warning: This book series is EPIC!My Rating: 10 of 10My Cover Thoughts: I love this cover! It reminds me of the Raven Mockers.My Thoughts/Review: Ellie has a wonderful imagination. She dreams of her guardian angel that will one day come and rescue her. Then she wakes up to reality and realises he was only in her dreams.  Ellie is your average teen going to school and trying to hold on to the one person she has left in her life, her brother. Her brother has applied for legal guardianship of her and has just heard the final decision from the courts that he can indeed be her legal guardian. They decide to rent an apartment in a shady part of town because that is all they can afford for now.Her brother tells her to enjoy her junior year because next year she will be considered an adult. She laughs at him and tells him she will but first things first she needs to find a job. As she explores her new neighbourhood she finds a job at a book store. The job is perfect for her and she is excited because she can help her brother out.After her first night out working on the way home she senses she is in danger and feels someone watching her. She is attacked and saved by a boy and his dog. She thanks him and invites him over for something to drink and he says okay. As the days go by she sees this guy and his dog more and more. They strike up a friendship and maybe something more but Ellie can't get past her dream man. See she sees the man of her dreams every night but she can't see him when she is up.Ellie starts to wonder if something sinister is going on and how it is going to affect her and her brother. She will do everything in her power to protect him because he is all she has left. Ellie will have to make some hard decisions and she will learn that there is someone out there that wants her. She is not sure if this person wants to hurt her but she will need to trust her instincts.Will she find someone she can trust? Will she ever wake up from her dreams of her guardian angel rescuing her or is she destined for a life of dreams?Mia has once again captured my heart and soul with these characters and the struggles they face and the triumphs they will have.  It is a story that will capture your mind, body and soul! Watch out J.K. Rowling her comes Mia Castile!Memorable Quotes: EPILOGUE: I was running, and though it was dark, I knew where I was going. I was going to him. He was forbidden to me. He wasn't mine, yet I couldn't stay away from him. My hand glided along the stone wall. It was old and dusted onto my fingertips. I stayed close to it. The wind blew the soft fabric of my clothing around me. Ribbons held my hair in place in an up-do that I could never have fixed on my own. My slaves fixed me, knowing that I was breaking the rules--we were breaking the rules--they still remained faithful to me. We would be together. I opened the large, thick, heavy temple door that creaked around the hinges. I breathed heavily as I walked to the altar. The priest stood behind it, reading from his great book. "I'm here, I'm here," I said in a hushed exclamation. "So am I." There he was. He reached for my hand and pulled me close to him. We embraced. I clung to him as he to me.  "Are you sure this is your desire? It's never been done before; you'll go against all that is right," the priest asked in a low whisper. But he couldn't change our minds, no more than we could. I loved this man, and he loved me. "Yes," my love answered. "Then so be it." I woke up in my dark bedroom, my hands clinging to something, but I didn't know what.  There was nothing in my arms. I wanted--I needed to see him; I could see him in my mind.  It was just a dream; but it felt real, like a real life--like it was alive. But he wasn't tangible; he wasn't real. He was my angel and my protector of all the imaginary places and times I dreamed of, but he wasn't real.Advice: This is a must read series! You will not be disappointed!