Review: Great Debut Novel!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2012
I think this is Abigail Boyd's debut novel, and she did a great job at crafting Ariel Donovan, the book's main character. I felt like I learned about Ariel in a very organic, natural way, and she seemed to be more "real" than a lot of other YA protagonists. I felt like Ariel also reacted to the supernatural things that happened to her in a realistic way, and was an accurate portrayal of a 15 year-old girl.My favorite character was definitely Theo. Besides being a cool artsy-type girl, she and Ariel truly cared about and supported each other, and it was great to see a BFF situation where the relationship was healthy and mutually beneficial.I felt the book ended rather abruptly (in a super-obvious attempt to set up for the next book) and the pacing was off in a few places, but the story was so compelling that it didn't really matter that much to me. I'm still wondering why the book was called _Gravity_, though.If you're looking at this series for younger readers, there are are two or three instances of mild profanity sprinkled throughout the book, and there are mentions of murder, a seance, and supernatural events occurring.I'm definitely going to read the rest of the books in the series because I *have* to know what happens with Ariel and her friends! :)