Review: Great Read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2013
REVIEW BY CASSIE HOFFMAN FOR CYNTHIA SHEPP BOOK REVIEWS & EDITINGAntichrist 16 was a great surprise to read, seeing the title I didn't give it a lot of thought and didn't think I would enjoy it because it isn't the kind of book I usually read, but once you start it you will not be able to put it down. You will want to find out what is going on. There are so many twist and turns and shockers that C.J. Graves wrote, that it's GREAT! The read keeps you wanting for more. The characters are well developed and lovable and some of the bad one's you will dislike like I did. I loved how Nathan takes everything in stride and keeps going, even though he thinks he may be dreaming some of the time (BUT HE ISN'T). I also liked that it wasn't a book filled with religious talk, yes there is some talk because you had to have that to know what exactly what is going on and learn about the Antichrist. I can't wait for the next book to see where it takes Nathan and what becomes of his future. I give this book 4 STARS!*SPOILER ALERT*What if someone told you that you were to be the Antichrist. Would you believe them? This is what 16 year old Nathan Tarra is faced with. How would you deal with this news?Nathan Terras is an adopted high school student. Who can usually talk himself out of the trouble he gets into... SOMETIMES. Why? Because he can see auras and has ever since he can remember. This is his secret; he has told only one other person, his best friend Shayla. After getting into a fight with one ofthe schools bully's/popular kid, he gets sent to the principal's office. This will not be a normal trip to the principle; this will change everything he has ever known.With his principal having a heart attack right in front of him, Nathan tries to save him and does, only to be thanked by being strangled by him. Mr. Jerico, a teacher, injects the principal and kills him. This isn't normal, first his principle has a heart attack, then he tries to kill Nathan, and now Mr. Jerico kills him. What is going on? Soon Nathan will find out.Mr.Jerico lays something big on Nathan. He is the AntiChrist! How can a normal sixteen-year-old boy, who can't stand hurting a bug or seeing blood, be the person responsible for the end of days?Revealing to his two best friends Shayla and Cheeseman that he is the AntiChrist and with the help of Mr. Jerico he tries to make him understand what this will all mean to Nathan. Yes, he may be the Antichrist, but others refer to him as the Uniter. He will unite mankind after the Great Change, which will disassemble the world's religions.But, Nathan shouldn't have become the Antichrist when he did; he somehow changed the plan when he saved his principle. Learning that not only is he the Uniter, but Shayla, Cheeseman and Mr. Jerico are his Keepers; ones to keep him safe from harm and to protect him at all cost.But there are others called Takers and he will come to find out those around him are "Takers" and out to end him before the Great Change happens. If that happens they could do what they want with the end of times to their own purpose.So now, not only does Nathan have to worry that his is the Antichrist, but there are others out there that want him dead. How could he wake up on a normal morning and end the day learning all this new information; stuff he never even believed in!With his high school Friends becoming Takers and having to fight for his life, soon Nathan finds out he has a certain power. He can "freeze" them, but it doesn't last for long. Can he master his power? If so, that could help him a lot. Join Nathan on a journey like no other and find out all the secrets that his friends, family, and the world have been hiding from him.