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My Review:Title: The Gatherer
Author: A.G. Henley
Series: Brilliant Darkness #2.5
Published by: Indie
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 58
Genres: Dystopian, Young Adult, Fantasy
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's COYER Quarantine Edition
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My rating:
Blurb:Alev is proud to be a Fire Sister, one of a fierce group of women who live in a flaming mountain compound called the Cloister. The Sisters live without men, so Alev Gathers young girls to replenish their numbers. After she plucks young Kaiya from the remote village of Koolkuna, the girl’s father follows them into the wilderness. Alev keeps him at bay, but over time she suspects that this man, at least, isn’t the monster she was taught all men are.
When Kaiya's father manages to reach the Cloister, the Sisters want to put him to death. Alev can look the other way, or she can heed the growing whispers of her heart to help the girl and her father escape. But to defy the Fire Sisters is to revoke the only life and family Alev has ever known—and to face certain death herself.
The Gatherer is a 50-page novella in the Brilliant Darkness series.
4.5 stars — Well colour me intrigued!! I loved how that story of the women with the feather came into play. It’s all super intriguing. It gives it a bit more of a fantasy vibe than just pure dystopian. And a wall of FIRE?? Crazy!!
Lots of great detail about the world beyond what we’ve already seen. Loved seeing the conflict in Alev, and I can imagine we will see her again. I would still love to know more about what happened to make Kaiya the way she is, but I suppose that’s a different story.
Basically this is a great lead up to the final novel, giving us a glimpse of the community we’re about to be encountering, and a little bit of history.
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