Nonetheless, readers who enjoyed Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver will likely enjoy this paranormal novel as well. While Armstrong nails some of the tense moments with keen dialogue, she often summarizes scenes which would have deepened the story and more fully developed its characters. Protecting her freedom means Maya has to discover a way to negotiate with the Cabals.įraught with angst and romantic tension, The Rising delivers a story of desperate teens battling for independence, desperately trying to sort out who they can trust and addresses issues of adoption, abandonment and what it takes to make a family. Cloud and Nast Cabals may be able to counter the side effects with medication, but access to the treatment means surrender and a life in a gilded cage for Maya’s team. More than that, as Maya and her friend Corey’s abilities continue to develop, so do the frightening side effects. Turns out his help means putting up with an awful lot of attitude and a part of Maya’s past she’s not ready to face. With nowhere to go and only one possible contact left, Maya seeks a meeting with someone who might help. Worse than that, they’ve now become mixed up in a war between rival groups, both of whom want the supernatural teens for their own use. Maya and her friends have been on the run since they discovered their roles as test subjects in an experiment to resurrect supernatural abilities.

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