Series: Repossession, Book One
Publisher: Hodder Children's Book
Format: Paperback
Published: 1st March 2012
Number of Pages: 512
Book: Present
Genre: Science-Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Paranormal, Romance, Mystery, Fantasy, Action-Adventure,
YA
Recommended
Age: 12+
Contains: Swearing, Violence
No Alcohol, Drug References
Author's
Blog: Sam Hawksmoor
34 kids are missing.
Vanished without trace.
They never write, they never call.
Parents are frantic.
Six weeks, four days, sixteen hours and twenty minutes since the bedroom door
locked on Genie Magee. She’s possessed,
says her mother. The Devil wants her for
his bride.
All
Genie’s hopes, all her life and her soul, are pinned on beautiful Rian. Rian loves her. He’s rescue her from this madness. Won’t he?
‘You’re next,’ the face on the wall tells her. By morning, Genie realizes, she’ll be missing
too.
The Repossession Is Just The Beginning.
Review:
'Thirty-four
children are now missing from the Spurlake/Cedarville area over a two-year
period. Are you being vigilabt? Are you able to recognise the signs
of a teen in trouble? Do you know where your child is after school?"
34 children just vanished from the small
town of Spurlake, gone without a shred of evidence...
Genie Magee knows there's more to it all
than just teen runaways. How? Well, she has visions. Like the
time she just knew her Grandma died
and made the mistake of telling her fanatically religious mother. Genie
got not support or love.
Nothing.
Instead, her mum and the even-more
fanatical Reverend Schneider lock her in her room, claiming she's possessed,
that the devil is waiting to take Genie as his bride.
Just as she's decided if her one hope and
love Rian Tulane doesn't rescue her, she'll end all of it, a face appears on
her wall. It's the face of one if the missing kids, and he tells her that
she's next. And then she knows. She'll disappear too really, really
soon.
It's then that Rian comes, her knight in
shining armour come to free her from her prison, to set her free…
Until they get tangled in the web of lies
surrounding Spurlake and the teen disappearances…
Until the danger catches up with them,
threatening their lives forever...
I got The
Repossession for my birthday and decided to read a little to see what it
was like. Well, I was instantly hooked. From the very first
sentence, I decided I simply had to
carry on reading, had to just forget
all my other books 'til I'd finished this one. It has also convinced me
that I must look into more Canadian fiction, 'cause this one just knocked my
socks right off. I really did gobble this up, devouring all the
awesomeness that was The Repossession.
It was so much more than I ever thought it could be – and I loved every
second.
Somehow Hawksmoor managed to create
characters I just fell in love with instantly: I've no idea how, but he
did. Genie was so caring and strong and I loved how right-to-the-point
she was, how caring. As for Rian – he
was just such a cutie pie! He was sweet
and strong and protective, the kinda guy you could just snatch from the book,
wrap up and take home! Yes, the two main
characters were amazing and oh-so loveable, but the minor characters were just
as real too. For example, Marshall, the man who helped them, was really
kind and helpful. And I loved his son, RCMP Officer Maxwell Miller, who
was really kind and caring and a really good cop, son and person. I also
really loved Marshall's dog, Moucher – he was so cute! – and the pig Genie
rescued too. Mad. But Reverend Schneider... ohh, how I hated
him. I could have killed him. When people who supposedly work for
the lord do bad things, it makes me curious. How can you get help when
the one who's hurting you is a man of God? Plus, he was just an all-round
awful, horrible, evil person – grrr to him.
And I loved the relationship between Genie
and Rian! Somehow, it was both really, really deep and devoted and also
really naive and sweet. They were just, like, the perfect couple and so cute
it's untrue!
I do love Sci-fi, but so much of it is just
so far-fetched. And some sorta believable stuff can be presented in a way
that means you can't buy it. Somehow, Hawksmoor made all his Sci-fi stuff
100% buyable and believable. He made beam-me-up-Scotty real.
Amazing. And then there's Genie's gift, which was amazing too. But
I seriously loved how all the science was described – scientific enough but not
going over our head or talking down to us. And I loved the real moral
tone to the book: I love it when books you think won’t make you think have your
brain tick, tick, ticking over!
I really loved Hawksmoor's writing.
It was really unique – some of it was almost in note form and all was really
teen-like and very addictive. And I loved how we got to see into
everyone's heads – the good and the bad, the minor characters and the major
ones. Even though it was all third person, I felt like I really got to
know Genie and Ri – and to love them too. And the plot just intrigued
me. There were so many secrets, so much mystery and suspense. I
found myself zooming through the book, desperate to uncover the truth,
desperate to make sure Genie and Rian were ok. And toward the end-ish,
man, did the action kick off! I couldn't stop ready reading. It was
a real page-turner and so full of twists it was impossible to guess what would
come next! As for the ending – argh!!
I feel cheated, like it ended in the middle of a chapter, like I expected to
turn the page for more, only there wasn't more. It had finished.
Damn the cliffhangers! Damn all
the cliffhangers!
With two insanely loveable teen leads,
Sci-fi, paranormal and bundles of action, romance and mystery, murders and
disappearances, The Repossession
literally had something for everyone. I'll admit, I was just expecting a
far-fetched Sci-fi book, but it was so, so much more. It was deep and had
more layers than an onion. Man. I loved this book. I NEED The
Hunting!
And guys, even if you don't like Sci-fi or
hate mushy stuff, read this because it's so much more than you think.
Give it a shot – I bet you won't regret it!
Star Rating:
4½ Out of 5
4½ Out of 5
Read this
book if you liked:
Starters by Lissa Price
Slated by Teri Terry
Girl, Missing/Blood Ties/Medusa Project by Sophie McKenzie
TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow
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Happy Reading
Megan
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