Review: Great Story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 26, 2012
Oh my goodness! I do NOT know where to begin. I absoultely LOVED this book! Nope, nope...this isn't a normal gushing...I DID!It reminded me of The Host(Stephanie Meyers) meets Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) at first!...then, it flowed into simply it's own telling...the writing was clear, almost poetic in tone...the story was full of such passion...wow...Okay, back to the beginning...the story tells of Reka who lives in a society, where a group (Halorans) are in control. They are beneficiaries who helped Reka's people hundreds of years before and what they wanted in return...(besides adoration it appears) was that there will be one youth that will be taken(they were safe from being a Chosen at the age of nineteen) and when taken,they become the host for one of the Halorans...(a Kincha...a worm is placed inside of the young person, and the personailty of the Haloran will take over )so they cease to be...the Haloran will "wear" the host, until basically the body wears out and then it is time for a new one...Reka is chosen, soon after she and one of the neighborhood boys...Niko..are close to discovering their love for the other...well, she is taking and becomes the host of the royal wife of the leader Jaxson...now Reka is different than most, having an ability like her mother, having a "power" that can bend anothers will...so when the Kincha is placed in her, she is stronger and she remains the dominate personality....So the main tension in the story is whether Reka is able to "fool" the Halorans and keep them believing that she is the royal wife, so that she may protect her family that will recieve consquences... Reka is also unprepared for developing feelings for the hated Haloran leader Jaxon...The story is told with such beauty and passion...On the day of choosing, Jaxson seems harsh and as negative as Reka's people see him...But after, he seems patient, extremely kind and attentive...Shoot! I was falling in love with him while reading the story:) But I was also tense, wondering if this was an act, did he know? Was their some type of plan to put Reka at ease, then...something terrible happens! I was on edge the entire time, and then when Reka is faced with difficult choices to save her friend...I was even more nervous!This was a real page turner, and I look forward to reading ,more of Ms. Millards works!