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Skypunch
by C.L. Gaber
Series: Ascenders Saga #2
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Published by Big Picture Media on April 20, 2016
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery
Pages: 443
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: High School for the Recently Departed, Omorrow, Ascenders 11:11
In the Midst--a place for those who die young--there are no rules except one.
And Walker Callaghan, dead at seventeen, just broke it. She briefly revisited her earthly life . . . and the punishment is eternal. Longing for her rebel love interest, Daniel Reid, Walker finds an ally in Cass, whose attraction to her is as alive as he is. "Life is short," he tells her. "I'm banking on eternity. With you."
In the second book of the Ascenders Saga, a realm-jumping journey takes Walker and Daniel back to life again when they search for something buried in history. They team with students from several other schools in the middle realm including a place for teens born with oddities. It's home to the Claires . . . beautiful, ruthless, and quite dead seventeen-year-old quads who each have a different clairvoyant gift.
Can Walker survive another adventure of an afterlife-time--or will she find herself on the downside of eternity?
Skypunch by C.L. Gaber is about finding out what happens when you don’t follow the rules. Another great book that made me fall even more in love with these characters and them to find happiness.
Will Walker and Daniel survive?
Walker Callaghan
Walker is still our main character, and it’s always great to follow everything through her eyes. Granted, learning from another’s would be great too, but I’m not complaining. Walker has grown up a bit in this novel. She backtalks and does things that shy Walker wouldn’t. I love the character growth, and I do like seeing how ITT is different than the Academy. ITT is for Institute for the Troubled Teen. Not a school that I would want to go to for all of eternity. Seeing Walker learn how to fight for the upcoming journey that they have to take is something that I like to see. It brings forth another possibility for these ghosts that maybe it’s something that they need to learn to help them better the world.
What I like about Walker, despite what I already listed, is that she is still just a seventeen-year-old girl that had to grow up after losing her mom back to the living realm. She makes a great surrogate mom for the younger Reid kids. I like the little family that she and Daniel have made. The one that I dislike about her is that despite everything, Walker doesn’t protect herself at times.
Daniel Reid
Daniel Reid is one of our love interests for Walker. He is the one that she meets in class in the first book and ends up living with him in the first book as well. They are still living with each other, and I think that Walker does bring out a good side in Daniel. I like seeing the vulnerable sides of him, and I love that he is trying to let Walker in a lot more after they make it out of ITT. However, everything is riding on this mission that their new principal Dick has them doing. Another thing is that seeing how protective Daniel is of his siblings with his father is great as it shows how much of a better person he is than his dad.
What I like about Daniel is that he is a great character who is showing more and more that his dad didn’t corrupt him. That is something that I love about seeing since Walker does bring that out with the interactions that they have. The one thing that I dislike is that Daniel also has a side that hardens whenever he needs not to feel vulnerable. That is the side that his dad manipulates, and we see it more in this book.
Cass
Cass is the last love interest for Walker. He appears some in this book via visions with Walker so that he can show her her mom. Cass is a great guy, even if he is having a hard time not wanting to visit her when he feels like it. He is a guy that Walker probably would have fallen for if she was still alive and not Daniel. It’s going to be fun to see how this little love triangle is going to play out.
What I like about Cass is that he has good intentions and just wanting to talk to Walker in the first place. I love that Cass tries to help Walker out by letting her see bits and pieces of her mom. Cass does try a lot to help her and warn her about certain things even if he might not be able to help her out any longer.
Five Stars
Skypunch by C.L. Gaber is another fun book that follows the lives of the teenage dead. Ms. Gaber does a fantastic job with this one, and I loved everything about it. I am giving it five stars because it is so fabulous and something that I like. Learning about the different schools and about the trip that they are going on is superb. I am, of course, recommending it.
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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