Review: OMG OMG OMG
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2013
OMG.  It's over?  I'm out of pages?  I'm out of words?  I NEED to know what happens next.  I NEED to spend more time with these characters.  Please.....This novel is impeccably well written, insightful and speaks to the reader on a whole new level.  Klever employs some awesome first person descriptions that catch you right away without the reader noticing that you are being filled in with lots of background information.  Everything is written with such realism that you cannot help but become emotionally involved in the story.The characters in this novel are great.  They not only talk the way that a normal person would, but also think in the same terms.  This adds not only realism to the characters but also adds to the distinct flow of the novel as a whole.  I also enjoy that most of the characters in the novel have a good work ethic.  Klever skips over having a cast of well off youths running around without responsibilities, replacing them with individuals who have to help out and do so (semi)willingly.  The supporting characters in this novel are all well developed enough to stand on their own and are more developed than many main characters in other novels.I absolutely love the fact that each and every thought that pops into the main character's head is part of the story.  It helps you learn so much more about him than a regular narrative description would.  You learn about his psyche, not just his appearance and general personality traits.  Because the story is written in the first person, these added thoughts never disrupt the smooth flow of the story.  This also helps illustrate how strong a main character Klever has developed.  You also see him struggle with his feeling and drawing relationship boundaries.  This is an anomaly for many YA books, and was very interesting to see it from a male perspective.  The main character is also extremely strong, both as a very well developed presence in the novel and as a person.  I couldn't picture being in half the circumstances that this character faces on a daily basis.  He juggles coming of age, with family issues, along with his gift.  And he does so while remaining calm, focussed, and being there for those that he loves as well as individuals that he has never met.This novel is a coming of age story with a bit of a supernatural twist that leads to a young main character who is more grown up than many adults (to the extent that at times I forgot how old, or rather how young, he really is).  It was a phenomenal story that I wish had never ended.  I want to continue on the journey with these characters for a good long while yet.