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Ascenders 11:11
by C.L. Gaber
Series: Ascenders Saga #4
Series Rating:
on November 7, 2018
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery
Pages: 569
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: High School for the Recently Departed, Skypunch, Omorrow
In the Midst -- a place for those who departed young -- there is a fate worse than death. It's the passing of true love. Tat-covered Daniel Reid's memory has been erased by his sadistic father. Walker Callaghan must face her destiny alone. Alliances shift in the fourth book of the Ascenders Saga. Only twice a day at 11:11 -- a time when all things converge -- is everyone and everything clear.
Forced to run to The Other Side, Walker and Daniel discover the afterlife world they previously knew was only the beginning of the vastness. In a new realm of illusion and deception, there are no rules except one: Rock bottom builds heroes.
Ascenders 11:11 by C.L. Gaber is another one that will make you feel a lot of things for both Walker and Daniel. The time 11:11 has played a unique role in this entire book.
Can Walker get Daniel to remember?
Walker Callaghan
Walker Callaghan is our heroine, and she is trying to live her ghostly life without Daniel Reid with her. I have to say that she is a great character who has grown again within this novel. Sure Walker misses her love and pines for him, especially when he is back, but then she works hard on getting it back while still having that stubborn Irish streak in her. I am in awe of how much she has grown from the shy Walker in the beginning to this spitfire.
Daniel Reid
Daniel Reid is our hero and love interest for Walker, well one of them, but he goes back to live for a short time before he ends up dead again with Walker. Well, there is a catch to all of this. He doesn’t have his memories at all from the first time he died to when he, his siblings, and dear Dad went back to the living. Daniel had two different personalities going on for him. The first one is that he doesn’t know what to do about being in this place without his siblings and has gone looking for them, which put him in a line that Dick wanted him in. Daniel isn’t the nice guy around Walker very much either. The second one is that when he’s near Walker at 11:11, then he becomes the guy that Walker remembers, but this Daniel can’t seem to find a way to stay at the surface for any longer than that one minute. He is a great character, and these two do make a cute couple.
Cass
Cass is still there watching Walker and being with her as friends while trying to start something new with her. Sadly this doesn’t work out for the two of them as he wanted. I love Cass as a character, and I’m still rooting for him and Walker even though I like her Daniel. I’m so torn between these two love interests for Walker. Even if she chooses Daniel for good, I hope for the best for Cass.
Principal Dick and Edward Reid
Okay, so I know that I haven’t talked much about this guy who is our main evil in the last two books, but he needs to be with this one. I won’t tell you who he is supposed to be, even though all the clues in the book are quite obvious. But this guy, no puns intended, is a dick. I just have to ask who in their right mind thought that this guy would make a great principal for dead kids. Dick just got crueler and more evil, than in the last book, for both Walker and Daniel.
Edward Reid has always just wanted one son that he wanted to take over the family business. Instead, he got two older sons who are too much like their mom, two girls that he doesn’t want, and finally a son that Edward can mold into what Edward wants as Bobby is only six. Sadly, nothing has gone his way for a long time, and he just like Principal Dick is a dick as well. These two both deserved to go to Hell or to be descended to the Down.
He won’t stop hurting them or the ones that they love, along with the help of Edward Reid, the dear old dad of Daniel and his siblings, to get what they want. For Edward, that’s easier to only have Robert as his child to groom him to become evil just like him. For Dick, that is to get the Omorrow Project of Einstein’s and rule the world as he wants it to be. Who knows if the two of them will get what they want?
Five Stars
Ascenders 11:11 by C.L. Gaber is an excellent book that found me rooting for Walker to get Daniel to remember without turning him to mush. We learned a great deal about the Midst and how big it is. I didn’t think it would be more significant than what we know about in that one little place where Walker ended up. All I have to say is that I can’t wait for the next book to come out soon. I am giving this book five stars and recommending anyone that likes fantasy ghost young adult books.
The Ascender Saga
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Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About C.L. Gaber
I’m C.L. Gaber, an author and film journalist for the New York Times Syndicate and Chicago Sun Times. I also co-authored Jex Malone series. Originally from Chicago, I make my home in Nevada with my husband, bonus daughter and two unruly dogs.
My husband knows that Ascenders began with me in bathroom half the night writing on tiny notepads because I didn’t want to wake him. When daylight did roll around, I told him, ”Baby, I had the most incredible dream”.
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Scientists don’t always agree on many things because that’s their gig. But most will inform you that the human brain doesn’t fully form until you’re 24-years-old. It’s explains a hell of a lot of things including why we do such reckless and unforgettable things when we’re growing up.
It also begs the question: What happens to those who die young? Where does all that reckless energy and boundless potential go? Does it just get snuffed out…or does it ascend to another realm?
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