Sunrise

Yes, as you all know, Sunrise hit shelves on the 21st, and I picked it up the next day, and MAN what a book.

Now, before I begin, let me just say that if you haven't read this book, or you are behind in the series, DO NOT CONTINUE READING THIS POST. This post contains MAJOR spoilers, and well, will just ruin the experience for you. If you have read the book, or you don't care, then read on, mah friend!

First of all, the cover looks awesome. I love that picture of Hollyleaf on the front, so... fluffy! And that cool orange color... gasp. Then when you remove the jacket, there's a cool maroon color cover. Neat. Anway, the book itself is written by Cherith, so you just know its going to be one of those books that has you screaming/crying/gaping in awe/gaping in shock, etc. Also, as the wrapup of an entire series, wow... Towards the end, it really began to feel like a spinning kick; things happening so fast it was hard to keep up. I had to put the book down and take a a breather a few times. So, lets go over the list of gasps in the book, shall we?

1. Jayfeather discovers who his mother is. Even though we all knew it was coming, it was still a breathtaking confrontation with Leafpool. 

3. Hollyleaf is Ashfur's muderer! WOW. In awe-inspiring bit with Leafpool, the truth comes out.

2. Jayfeather reads Leafpool's thoughts to find out who their father is. Even more interesting, he doesn't believe them!

3. Hollyleaf reveals all at the Gathering(Save for the prophecy, and her murdering secret), forcing Crowfeather to accept the fact that he has three other children!

4. Hollyleaf forces Leafpool to eat deathberries because she knows about Ashfur's death. Leafpool says, "Which do you think would be easier for me? To go on living, or to die?" and leaves ThunderClan.

5. Hollyleaf... dies. In a tunnel collapse following a mad dash through the forest, she reveals her secret to Jay & Lion, and then she dies.

6. Whitewing & Birchfall's kit is now the new third(i.e. TFA) in the prophecy. It lives on!

And there you go. What I think is funny was I was sitting in my room doing homework, right after I had bought the book, and my brother walks in and we start talking about the book. He said, "Who doya think will be the murderer?" 

And I said, "I don't know... Hollyleaf?" And he laughed, and we decided that it would be someone totally out of the blue, but I couldn't be Hollyleaf, because we had already seen her perspective in the book. Guess not, huh?

I still think that Lionblaze is actually Squirrelflight's kit, but maybe that theory is dead... I don't know. Also, we spent all this time going on about what Holly's power was, and she didn't have one! It was a spectacular book, so be expecting a book review on it soon.

Until next time,

Ember