{"id":716,"date":"2016-08-26T16:24:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T16:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/?p=716"},"modified":"2016-01-28T16:28:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:28:13","slug":"book-review-the-gathering-by-kelley-armstrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/gathering.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/gathering.jpg\" alt=\"gathering\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Gathering<\/strong><\/em> by Kelley Armstrong<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Teen Fantasy<\/p>\n<p>*The Darkness Rising trilogy (The Gathering, The Calling, The Rising) is a sequel series to the Darkest Powers trilogy (The Summoning, The Awakening, The Reckoning)*<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Strange things are happening to Maya&#8217;s tiny Vancouver Island town. First, her friend Serena, the captain of the swim team, drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake. Then one year later, mountain lions are spotted rather frequently around Maya&#8217;s home &#8211; and her reactions to them are somewhat&#8230; unexpected. Her best friend, Daniel, has also been experiencing inexplicable premonitions about certain people and situations. It doesn&#8217;t help that the new bad boy in town, Rade, \u00a0has a dangerous secret&#8230; and he&#8217;s interested in one special part of Maya&#8217;s anatomy &#8211; her paws print birthmark.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This trilogy is a great continuing story from the Darkest powers. It takes kids just like Chloe and the gang and puts them in a different situation, if not more dangerous. It&#8217;s action packed and never has a dull moment, with the characters&#8217; snarky remarks and comedic actions. HINT: the Darkest Powers characters and the Darkness Rising characters meet up! If you do end up reading both of these great trilogies, there are two e-books you should read: Atoning and Darkest Powers Stories.<\/p>\n<p>Like what you read? Place a hold or find an available copy <a title=\"The Gathering\" href=\"https:\/\/windsor.bibliocommons.com\/search?commit=Search&amp;display_quantity=25&amp;q=the+gathering&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;t=keyword&amp;utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;author=Armstrong%2C+Kelley\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Review by Teen Advisory Group member Elizabeth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong Genre: Teen Fantasy *The Darkness Rising trilogy (The Gathering, The Calling, The Rising) is a sequel series to the Darkest Powers trilogy (The Summoning, The Awakening, The Reckoning)* &#8220;Strange things are happening to Maya&#8217;s tiny Vancouver Island town. First, her friend Serena, the captain of the swim team, drowns mysteriously&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/?p=716\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book Review: The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":718,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions\/718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}