Name: Skypunch
Rating: 4.50 (2 reviews)

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from the Author. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Skypunch by C.L. Gaber is about finding out what happens when you don't follow the rules. Another great book that made me fall even more in love with these characters and them to find happiness.

Will Walker and Daniel survive?

Walker Callaghan

Walker is still our main character, and it's always great to follow everything through her eyes. Granted, learning from another's would be great too, but I'm not complaining. Walker has grown up a bit in this novel. She backtalks and does things that shy Walker wouldn't. I love the character growth, and I do like seeing how ITT is different than the Academy. ITT is for Institute for the Troubled Teen. Not a school that I would want to go to for all of eternity. Seeing Walker learn how to fight for the upcoming journey that they have to take is something that I like to see. It brings forth another possibility for these ghosts that maybe it's something that they need to learn to help them better the world.

What I like about Walker, despite what I already listed, is that she is still just a seventeen-year-old girl that had to grow up after losing her mom back to the living realm. She makes a great surrogate mom for the younger Reid kids. I like the little family that she and Daniel have made. The one that I dislike about her is that despite everything, Walker doesn't protect herself at times.

Daniel Reid

Daniel Reid is one of our love interests for Walker. He is the one that she meets in class in the first book and ends up living with him in the first book as well. They are still living with each other, and I think that Walker does bring out a good side in Daniel. I like seeing the vulnerable sides of him, and I love that he is trying to let Walker in a lot more after they make it out of ITT. However, everything is riding on this mission that their new principal Dick has them doing. Another thing is that seeing how protective Daniel is of his siblings with his father is great as it shows how much of a better person he is than his dad.

What I like about Daniel is that he is a great character who is showing more and more that his dad didn't corrupt him. That is something that I love about seeing since Walker does bring that out with the interactions that they have. The one thing that I dislike is that Daniel also has a side that hardens whenever he needs not to feel vulnerable. That is the side that his dad manipulates, and we see it more in this book.

Cass

Cass is the last love interest for Walker. He appears some in this book via visions with Walker so that he can show her her mom. Cass is a great guy, even if he is having a hard time not wanting to visit her when he feels like it. He is a guy that Walker probably would have fallen for if she was still alive and not Daniel. It's going to be fun to see how this little love triangle is going to play out.

What I like about Cass is that he has good intentions and just wanting to talk to Walker in the first place. I love that Cass tries to help Walker out by letting her see bits and pieces of her mom. Cass does try a lot to help her and warn her about certain things even if he might not be able to help her out any longer.

Five Stars

Skypunch by C.L. Gaber is another fun book that follows the lives of the teenage dead. Ms. Gaber does a fantastic job with this one, and I loved everything about it. I am giving it five stars because it is so fabulous and something that I like. Learning about the different schools and about the trip that they are going on is superb. I am, of course, recommending it.

The Ascender Saga

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Until the next time,

Happy Reading!

This review was originally posted on Baroness' Book Trove

"We screwed up in death, and we are just screwed" This sums up the start of book two very well as Walker and Daniel have broken the only law not to go back to your previous life. Now they have to suffer time at ITT. I really felt for Walker as she suffered at ITT and was under the thumb of the GF.

As we move into the middle of the story Daniel and Walker are offered a mission to retrieve something that buried in history. So they are teamed up with a rag team of oddities and "There will be no more swinging around, on a wish and prayer, fighting demon armies with a bit of brawn and your scrappy little girlfriend at your side". They are trained by best and are accompanied by the best. Walker is trained to use throwing stars and one of my favorite lines from this part of the book says "Have the balls to use them, girlie,. Listen to your Gut. You'll know when to throw and when to run.

As we get towards the end of the story some characters show up that you really are not happy about being their and the fact one particular character is their really burned me and i holding the author to the fact that he will get his just desserts in the end. I am happy about the end and tears were shed and I am excited to see how this mission plays out.

"Make your own Skypunch. Make your own light"

Skypunch (Ascenders, #2)

by C L Gaber