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The Gathering (Darkness Rising, Book 1) Hardcover – April 12, 2011

by Kelley Armstrong (Author)
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Strange things are happening in Maya's tiny Vancouver Island town. First, her friend Serena, the captain of the swim team, drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake. Then, one year later, mountain lions are spotted rather frequently around Maya's home—and her reactions to them are somewhat . . . unexpected. Her best friend, Daniel, has also been experiencing unexplainable premonitions about certain people and situations.

It doesn't help that the new bad boy in town, Rafe, has a dangerous secret, and he's interested in one special part of Maya's anatomy—her paw-print birthmark.

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  1. Book 1 of 3
    Darkness Rising
  2. Print length
    368 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    HarperCollins
  5. Publication date
    April 12, 2011
  6. Grade level
    8 - 9
  7. Reading age
    13 years and up
  8. Dimensions
    5.5 x 1.17 x 8.25 inches
  9. ISBN-10
    0061797022
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0061797026
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“Comfortably mixing science, myth, and mystery, Armstrong creates a vivid world highlighted by appealing characters. Fans and newcomers alike will be eager for more after Armstrong’s story drives to its pulse-pounding climax. ” — Publishers Weekly

“Armstrong begins her new series with a swift-paced start, creating memorable characters and interesting premises.” — Booklist

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When librarians finally granted Kelley Armstrong an adult card, she made straight for the epic fantasy and horror shelves. She spent the rest of her childhood and teen years happily roaming fantastical and terrible worlds, and vowed that someday she'd write a story combining swords, sorcery, and the ravenous undead. That story began with the New York Times bestselling Sea of Shadows and continues with Empire of Night.

Armstrong's first works for teens were the New York Times bestselling Darkest Powers and Darkness Rising trilogies. She lives in rural Ontario with her husband, three children, and far too many pets.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins (April 12, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061797022
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061797026
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ HL640L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.17 x 8.25 inches
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Kelley Armstrong believes experience is the best teacher, though she’s been told this shouldn’t apply to writing her murder scenes. To craft her books, she has studied aikido, archery and fencing. She sucks at all of them. She has also crawled through very shallow cave systems and climbed half a mountain before chickening out. She is however an expert coffee drinker and a true connoisseur of chocolate-chip cookies.

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The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong:I without a doubt highly rate this series! I practically bought this book blindly not fully knowing what it was about! At first it stuck me as a werewolf book but was sooo much more! It wasn’t 100% action packed but had enough to where I finished it fairly quickly! Maya and her family/friends live on an island called Salmon Creek , and after mayas friend “accidentally drowns” we learn things are about to get a lot more adventurous! We read about the new kid Rafe and why’s he’s so mysterious and maya, whose adopted also discovers who her bio parents are and what EXACTLY happened and WHO they are! This book is super YA, has great character development and is all about the magic of friendship! There wasn’t much I didn’t like, it’s very mysterious and light hearted! 100% I recommend this series, the ending was very much left on a huge cliff hanger!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great beginning to this series!
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Kelley Armstrong has a way of quickly pulling readers into her stories and keeping us engaged throughout the entire ride. The Gathering has wonderful characters, excellent world building, and an fast-paced, captivating plot. Though the story is not complete at the end of this book, I'm thankful I already have the next two in the series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Once again, Kelly Armstrong tells an amazing story!
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I've been a huge Kelly Armstrong fan since I stumbled upon The Summoning at my local library years ago. Having been a devoted reader of that trilogy, I was super pumped when I discovered that Ms. Armstrong had another series. I bought The Gathering to read on my kindle and finished it within a few days at most. If I could give this story more stars, I would.

What I liked about The Gathering:

As an animal lover, I simply adored Maya's abilities. I wish on a daily basis that I could communicate with animals so as to help them more. Maya herself is a strong protagonist that is totally loveable and more importantly, believable. She has her strengths and her faults; she's proud and independent, yet tends to hold grudges. And Rafe. I simply adored how multifaceted he was. In fact, ALL of the characters, including the minor seem to be three-dimensional, a true test of a good writer. Armstrong seems to understand exactly how much positive and negative she needs to add to her characters to make them as real as possible without tipping the balance and making them totally fake, a feat that many authors in the YA genre don't seem capable of. The scenery is beautifully well-done; who doesn't love a lush, mysterious forest where two people fall in love and another gets brutally attacked and killed almost simultaneously?! Pair that with an equally perplexing tattoo shop where a lady rants and raves cryptically and I am SO in.
The town itself is enigmatic. Just what is the reason behind it?

All of the good being said, the pace was perpetually ramped up, which is a good and bad thing for my taste. I had no time to digest new developments before more popped up, giving me the feeling of my head spinning a complete 360. That's more personal taste than writing style, and you may enjoy your stories to race at a break-neck pace. I'd have liked more questions to be answered before the end. I suppose they'll be answered in the sequel, but about 20,000 questions are hinted at and only a handful were cleared up.

I give this first in the series a four. It's a great read and I recommend it to anyone who loves YA paranormal fiction.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Beginning
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2011
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I was a little put off when I saw some of the reviews for this newest YA entry by Kelley Armstrong. I've been a fan of the Otherworld series, and I thoroughly enjoyed her first YA trilogy, so I was very excited to see this new book come out. That said, I will admit there have been books in the Otherworld series that didn't quite grab me; I'm not one of those fans who loves everything a favorite author produces. With all that in mind, I bought The Gathering for my Kindle, and set to read with a little trepidation. But I was pleasantly surprised!

If you've read Ms. Armstrong's other books, particularly her YA series, you already know the basic premise: teenage girl, Maya, thinks she's just a normal teenager living in a really small town created by the local research center for its employees and their families, but it turns out she's not 'normal' at all. Sure, she can heal animals a little to well, and local cougars seem to have taken an odd liking to her, but Maya hasn't yet figured out that those things mean anything special. After her best friend, who happens to be captain of the school swim team, mysteriously drowns, there are hints that perhaps Serena's death wasn't the accident it seemed. Serena's ex-boyfriend Daniel is Maya's new best friend, but there doesn't seem to be anything romantic developing there - yet. Enter new kid in town, bad boy Rafe, and Maya's (of course) inexplicable attraction to him. Turns out Rafe knows a lot about Maya that he's not telling, at least at first.

This is pretty standard for most YA novels these days. And for those who have read the previous trilogy, we already know the research facility isn't what it seems, and that people who have "Dr." in front of their name are not to be trusted. What makes the book special is Armstrong's deft characterization and solid, familiar worldbuilding. Unlike other reviewers, I liked Maya immediately. I also liked that she wasn't perfect, and that she realized some of her own flaws toward the end of the book (after they were pointed out to her). Yes, the book is a slow build, but so was The Summoning, which also ended on a cliffhanger, seemingly just when the story was really taking off. I'm mystified at the disappointment and surprise people are expressing: this seems no different to me from the structure of previous books in the series - I went in expecting a slower paced first book with a cliffhanger ending. Personally, I am enjoying the introduction of a previously unknown supernatural race from Armstrong's universe. (At least, I don't remember this particular race being mentioned before.) Werewolves and necromancers are fun and all, but we've seen them before. Maya is something new!

For those who saw no hint of Daniel's supernatural ability, I'm surprised. The hints were subtle, but there. In one scene, his eyes glowed red. In others, he was faster and stronger than human. Again, this is no different from the hints dropped in the first YA trilogy about other teens and their supernatural abilities. I'm sure in the next book, we'll find out exactly what Daniel and Sam are (I have strong suspicions), as well as Hayley and the others. I found this book to be engaging, and the cliffhanger ending just as tantalizing and frustrating as I've come to expect from Ms. Armstrong. I enjoyed Maya and her animals a great deal, and find I am very curious about Sam, and Daniel. I enjoyed Rafe and his connection with Maya, although I'm expecting some more road bumps along that path, perhaps with best-friend Daniel stepping up to express an interest for more than friendship? I'm also curious if Maya's parents will prove to be villains, or unsuspecting bystanders. Someone in that small town has committed murder, and I'm willing to bet it's someone Maya already knows, and probably trusts.

Overall, I found The Gathering to be a solid Armstrong book, and a great beginning to a new trilogy. Can't wait for more!
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Amanda
5.0 out of 5 stars The best
Reviewed in Canada on October 2, 2020
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My favourite book series you must read it !
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gigi
5.0 out of 5 stars KElly Armstrong wie immer gut
Reviewed in Germany on May 20, 2013
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Wie immer lässt sich Kelly Armstrong sehr leicht und fesselnd lesen. Ich habe die ganze Serie sehr schnell gelesen und war traurig als es zu ende war. Ich empfehle aber die Serie Darkest Powers von Ihr vorher zu lesen. Ich habe es leider andersherum gemacht und in Darkness Rising wird verraten wie Darkest Powers ausgeht.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in France on May 18, 2012
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J'adore les personnes et ai fait un bond dans l'histoire immédiatement ! Je n'ai presque pas lâché le livre jusqu'à la fin. Vivement les tomes suivants !
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Julie-Anne
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome new trilogy from an amazing author
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2011
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Another YA trilogy from the awesome Ms. Armstrong. A seperate trilogy from the Darkest Powers (The Summoning, The Awakening and The Reckoning) series, with different characters but still related because of the Edison Group.

As with all of Kelley's books before this, I read this in one sitting. Thank god I'd come off an early shift and was working later the next day! If I'd been early shift the next day as well, I would've been screwed, lol.

I love the new setting and I really like the new characters as well. I think a lot of the Darkest Powers fans were worried about the lack of Chloe, Derek and Simon but I think Maya, Rafe and Daniel are a nice team. I think the first characters you meet in a series always make an impression but I really enjoyed the friendship between Daniel and Maya. Plus I like Maya as a YA lead, she's a good role model.

If you like your supernatural YA and don't mind waiting to finish the story, this is a definite must read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!
Reviewed in Japan on July 19, 2011
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This new series of Kelly Armstrong will captivate you
and make you want for more!!!
I can't wait for the next book!!! :)
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