Wildcat Fireflies: A Meridian Novel (Fenestra #2)
by Amber Kizer
Publication: 1st December 2012
Publisher: Random House Australia
Pages: 528
Genre: Paranormal
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
**Warning may contain spoilers from previous book.**
Meridian Sozu is a Fenestra—the half-human, half-angel link between the living and the dead. She has the dark responsibility of helping souls transition safely into the afterlife. If people die without the help of a Fenestra, their souls are left vulnerable to be stolen by the Aternocti, a dark band of forces who disrupt the balance of good and evil in the world and cause chaos.
Having recently lost her beloved Auntie—the woman who showed her what it meant to be a Fenestra—Meridian has hit the road with Tens, her love and sworn protector, in hopes of finding another Fenestra. Their search leads them to Indiana, where Juliet, a responsible and loving teenager, works tirelessly in the nursing home where she and several other foster kids are housed. Surrounded by death, Juliet struggles to make a loving home for the younger kids, and to protect them from the violent whims of their foster mother. But she is struggling against forces she can't understand . . . and even as she feels a pull toward the dying, their sickness seems to infect her, weighing her down. . . .
Will Meri and Tens find Juliet in time to save her from a life of misery and illness? And will Meri and Tens' own romance weather the storms of new discoveries?
Having recently lost her beloved Auntie—the woman who showed her what it meant to be a Fenestra—Meridian has hit the road with Tens, her love and sworn protector, in hopes of finding another Fenestra. Their search leads them to Indiana, where Juliet, a responsible and loving teenager, works tirelessly in the nursing home where she and several other foster kids are housed. Surrounded by death, Juliet struggles to make a loving home for the younger kids, and to protect them from the violent whims of their foster mother. But she is struggling against forces she can't understand . . . and even as she feels a pull toward the dying, their sickness seems to infect her, weighing her down. . . .
Will Meri and Tens find Juliet in time to save her from a life of misery and illness? And will Meri and Tens' own romance weather the storms of new discoveries?
My Thoughts.
This book takes place one month after the first book and Meridian and Ten's have driven around in that time looking for the girl and the cat which was mentioned in a newspaper at the end of the first book.
We have alternating chapters in this book between Meridian and the Fenestra they're trying to find Juliet, who is a foster kid under the guardianship of a horrible woman who beats the children and forces them to look after the elderly who are sent there to die.
Juliet doesn't know who or what she is and so when someone in the house dies she faints and ends up with their injuries not knowing she needs to create a window to let the souls through.
We have some new characters Father Anthony 'Tony' who is linked with Tens and Juliet's pasts, Rumi who's parents were both Fenestra's and the foster kids Bodie, Sema and Nicole.
With the alternating chapters in this book I would have loved chapters from Tens pov just so we know what he's thinking and to perhaps find out more about him.
I look forward to the next book to see how Juliet copes with being a Fenestra and quite possibly the discovery of more Fenestra's and Protector's.
I give this 4/5
A big thanks to Dorothy @ Random House Australia.
Skipped a few parts after that warning, but sounds good :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard much about this series, but I really like the sound of it! Seems like the alternating points of view works well even though you don't get to know what Tens is thinking. Really nice review Sarah!
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