Review~ Death of The Body by Rick Chiantaretto

                                           

                              ~Veda's Review~

This book had me so engrossed that I didn't want to eat, sleep or work! I will NOT be getting mommy of the year, due to this book! I loved the way this writer made everything he described so vivid in my imagination. It was like I was in the book walking right along with the characters, seeing, hearing, almost feeling everything they felt. If a writer can do that to you, you've lucked into finding an amazing story teller and you should gobble up everything he writes! I know I will. Not even some of the best selling authors I've read can make me feel like I've stepped inside the pages of their book. I can read and love the story, but not feel it. Make since?
The characters were very likeable, funny and interesting. Edmund is the main character and he lives in Orenda, a place of magic, a place where they're one with everything around them. We first meet him at age 10, not too long before he dies and...moves on. He is a very mature 10 year old, but I thought it fit well, as he was raised a totally different way than a child from our world would be. Nicholas is my favorite out of the trio, although Edmund and Xia are just as awesome, there is just something about Nicholas that makes me want to hang out with him and soak it all in. He'd defiantly make me laugh, although we don't get to see much of that side of him, you'll see glimpses.
We don't meet Xia until about halfway through the book. She has some magic abilities of her own, just not quite as strong or even like Edmunds, and she is Edmunds love interest. She is , I think, a good match for Edmund.
This book had me on the edge of my seat at times. Who am I kidding...I was on the edge of my seat most of the book, trying to figure out what was going to happen next and who was going to turn out to be the bag guy. I did not figure it out until it was too late and I'm usually very good at guessing what's going to happen. This book talks about all types of religion. Some might be put off by that, but I realize it is a book, and the writer is telling a fictional story. Either way, I find all kinds of religion fascinating, I loved it. The book as a whole, everything in it and even the cover, was awesome for me. I am all about some darker reads! I give Death Of The Body 5 stars.

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Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H8II60I
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iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/x/id763120950
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