Post by Emily on Jan 6, 2012 21:00:47 GMT -5
Book Title: Rippler (Book one of the Ripple Series)
Author: Cidney Swanson
Published By: Williams Press
Genre: Supernatural Young Adult
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Reviewed By: Emily Tuley / AngelsCryHavoc
Blog Reviewed For: Great Minds Think Aloud Literary Community
Rating: 5 Ravens
Starting this book was a real treat, I received it over the holidays and had the time to actually sit down and read not only this one but the sequel so that I wasn’t left to long hungering for more. The author really took her time with the story setting up all the details and fleshing out the characters. So much so that when I got to the end and the story was picking up more than it had been before things in Samantha’s world was just beginning to get a little turned upside down and she realized that normal was never going to be an equation in her life it ended making me rush right to the next book in this series to find out what was going to happen next.
The story unfolds with Samantha Ruiz a teen just trying to enjoy her life and everyday adventures. She’s on her schools track team rafting trip when she suddenly realizes that everyone is freaking out yelling and trying to call for her thinking she’s fallen in the water. Looking down is when Sam realizes that what she once thought were bad dreams and jokes isn’t she really has turned invisible. With the help of Will she is saved from embarrassing herself and having to many people asking questions as she slips back to the realm of the solid and visible.
Will now knows what Sam’s secret is and he has one of his own, but vowing to help Sam and still respect the promise he made to his sister the two embark on a journey to help discover Sam’s special talent , develop it more so she doesn’t have it happen to her on accident again and only causes to realize that their two worlds were destined to intertwine anyway.
Discovery of something from Sam’s past and from Will’s has left the two with a choice to stay in each others life or risk them. On top of all of this Sam’s having to deal with her best friend Gwen dumping her for thinking that Will is some bad boyfriend from hell. Tensions mount and the adventures build up as each face their own uncertain futures.
Definitely a fine read and one I’m really excited to have gotten a chance to read. More to come on the next novel for sure but till then read this one catch up and join me on a wonderful ride.