laura2u 's review for:

The Soulkeepers by G.P. Ching

4.0

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I'm giving this one 4 stars only because 3.5 isn't an option, but I think it's way better than a 3. I've long enjoyed religious novels, and a recent reader of YA fiction, so this combining of the two was a difference experience for me, but not a completely foreign one. It's a good tale, Angels vs. Demons, good vs. evil and how a teenage boy learns his place in that battle. There were parts that I thought the story was too forced, to glossed over and not well developed, but there were also parts that pulled me and made me want the characters to prevail and triumph. Until chapter 43, I wasn't sure I'd invest the time or money to read the next book much less the entire series, but then I was pulled in and want to know what happens to Milani, Dr. Silva and Gideon. I'm anxious to see if the story becomes more developed and if the writing becomes more engrossing early on in the next book.

I'd definitely recommend to those who enjoy reading religious based fiction, or to those who aren't intently opposed to the concepts.