The Gathering Darkness
by
Lisa Collicutt
Description
They say "third
time's the charm", and for sixteen-year-old Brooke Day, they had better be
right. She’s been here before, twice in fact, and an evil demon-witch wants her
dead a third time.
When Brooke is
forced to leave Boston for the small town of Deadwich, she thinks her life is
over. Before long, her new friends start acting strange—downright evil. But
worse than that, nightmares she’s had her whole life become reality.
Enter Marcus Knight;
popular, hot, and the only person Brooke can trust. Not to mention, they’ve
shared the same nightmares.
With the discovery
of an ancient Celtic amulet, Brooke and Marcus unravel the secrets of her past,
which reveals the key to her future.
As the equinox
approaches, darkness and light merge for the first time in a century, soul-mates
reunite, and magic awakens.
Excerpt
Beyond the village rooftops, they stared back at me. Cold, iron
likenesses of ravens, strewn across the dormer peaks of the Ravenwyck Inn--a
place straight from nightmares.
I hated Deadwich. Dark nights terrified me.
Review
By Jessa Russo
I REALLY loved this
book. I received the final draft to proofread, and half of me is worried that I
was too engulfed in the book to catch mistakes. It was so good! I had the pleasure
of reading this without having ANY idea what it was about - hadn't even read
the blurb. This made for a very mysterious ride, and kept me guessing
throughout.
I haven't read many
books about witchcraft or witches, but I loved - LOVED! - the take on
witchcraft in The Gathering Darkness.
Brooke was a girl
with a past - not a bad past per se, and not one we really get a feel for, but
I didn't mind not knowing all of her history. Lisa Collicut managed to make me
feel for the character and connect with her, without bogging the book down with
back story. I really liked Brooke - she was awkward in moments that would make
teenaged girls awkward, and strong when it really counted. She seemed very
realistic to me.
Marcus - *swoon* -
was a dark and brooding love interest, but not in a bad way. He was never rude
to Brooke, or stand-offish like so many of our favorite YA bad-boys tend to be.
I loved him instantly.
I DEFINITELY
recommend this book. You will not be sorry.
Just for Fun
About the Author
Lisa is a native of Nova Scotia, who takes daily ocean views for granted.
She left her urban life far too early and finished growing up in rural NS,
where she met her husband and had their son. But a big chunk of her soul
remains in the city.
Besides riding on the back of her husband's Harley (because she doesn't
yet have her own bike license), Lisa’s passion is writing. Her imagination is
like an unleashed pet. It requires her attention every waking hour, whether
she’s at her day job, in a store line-up, or driving from point A to point B.
Her pet plays on the fringes of her mind, attempting to capture her attention
with story after story.
Lisa can't imagine writing without an element of magic. But besides that,
she likes to transport the reader back to their first love. There's nothing
like a captured glance, or the brush of an arm, or that first time when her
lips touch his, to send shimmers of tingles over your body and release those
caged butterflies.
Enter Lisa's imagination where light ends and fantasy begins. But heed
these warnings: It's dark . . . It's magical . . . You may experience tingles.
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