Glow (Sky Chasers, #1)

by Amy Kathleen Ryan

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There are some books that you don't enjoy that much as your reading them, maybe the heroine is annoying or dense, maybe the plot is too slow or the dialogue to simplistic, but then it ends well; redeems itself in that moment of cute romance or self-reflection or transformation that is just enough for you to forgive the earlier faults and decide maybe you like the book after all. This was the antithesis to those books.

[b:Glow|10174795|Glow (Sky Chasers, #1)|Amy Kathleen Ryan|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312847982s/10174795.jpg|15073624] is a suspenseful, plot driven book. I didn't like the beginning because it opened horribly. And by beginning I mean the first 120 pages because it's a really fast read. It got better, opened itself up to some interesting turns. I was hoping it would go even further, redeeming the people it vilified and vice versa. But it didn't and I didn't entirely mind that it was that deep or innovative. It was fast, it was full of action, I was fully prepared to like it ok.

until it ended. I hated how very, very stupid Waverly was to believe Seth's lies so easily; to turn from Kieran for such a ridiculous reason. Because he wasn't Anne Mather. If [a:Amy Kathleen Ryan|504627|Amy Kathleen Ryan|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1307413912p2/504627.jpg] showed it anything it was the authenticity of Kieran's faith. The things he'd learned about himself about the other boys during the whole story, the value of his leadership. Maybe in 50 years he's corrupted if he loses sight of what he's gained in this story. But for Waverly to distrust him just because he was leading a service was stupid. She spent all this time trying to be a good leader herself, to help the girls and learn from the whole thing about distinguishing the good guy and the bad guy. And in the last 10 pages she shows that it's all been a farce because she really is that dumb.

So, exactly opposite of those books that redeem themselves in the end, this was an ok book that destroyed itself in the end. I won't bother to read the sequel.