10th Lucky Number

I finally finished reading the second book in Michael Grant's Gone series. The series is interesting, very different and all in all a good story but for some reason these books take me forever to read. As much as I want to see what happens next, I find them very easy to put down. Sometimes I find that the author has gone one step too far, he takes them to a place that isn't believable even in a fantasy world. I will definitely finish the series but I need a break from them for now.

Frozen Water

Book 32 was yet another dystopian. The idea for this book was much different than any other book I have read. It has a very "Lord of the Flies" feel to it. A bunch of kids stuck in a world with no adults (actually no one over the age of 14) and needing to run their community. One half of the kids are trying desperately just to survive and do it as dignified as possible and the other half wants domination, they never want the adults to come back and they want to rule the others with an iron fist (or cement). The twist of the story comes in the form of supernatural powers and of course the reason why the adults are all gone. Now as each of the children reach their 15th birthday they need to use all the strength they have to resist the possibility of blinking out. Like they don't have enough to worry about already. Oh wait... there are also all of the evolving animals: talking coyotes, flying snakes, and seagulls with talons. And who can forget... The Darkness... no one has really figured out just what the Darkness is yet but it can't be good. If they weren't being held in by a large dome-like barrier that electrocutes anyone who touches it perhaps they would be able to escape this new world, The FAYZ.
It seems as though the author has thrown together a large amount of crazy factors into a very large book, seems as though it could get tedious and a bit silly but it doesn't. Michael Grant put it all together very well and it flows nicely. The plots are interesting, the characters are very well developed and it becomes difficult to put the book down once you get going.