The Gathering by S.L. Dearing (Review)

I gave this book 5/5 stars. It was really long, which I loved.  The story is about the world after a big war and there are so many communities and each one has their own religion. They all get together for a week or so every six months to relax. They have rules and they all tolerate and get along for those days. There is one community that is just evil and is targeting some people at the gathering. There are alot of people to remember in this book so the author has a list of each person and where they are from and who they are related to. This helps you keep track if you forget who someone is. This is located at the end of the book. I did find myself saying, who is this person again. By the end of the book you pretty much remember who everyone is and where they are from. The book's main character is  Alia who runs the community or town that holds the gathering every year. She has 10 kids and is a widow. Her husband and child were killed somewhere out of their village. This story has love, suspense, magic, along with everything else to make a good story. There are alot of twists and turns that keep you wanting more. It was hard at times to put this book down. The chapters are all nice and short, not to long and not too short that make it easy to take a break if you need to in between chapters. They also find out that there is a traitor in their village and they are trying to figure out who it is. By the time they find out it might be too late. The story follows all of the characters and their stories. Each chapter is pretty much from someone else and it bounces back and forth, which I love this type of writing.
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10735287-the-gathering" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Gathering (Lia Fail Chronicles, #1)" border="0" src="https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1382924023m/10735287.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10735287-the-gathering">The Gathering</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5808145.S_L_Dearing">S.L. Dearing</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/883750165">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Well this book was really good. It takes place after a major war and there are so many communities left and each has their own religion and territory. They all get together every six months for a week. The book follows the main character Alia who has 10 kids. She runs on of the territories, the one that has the Gathering every six months. This book keeps you on your toes and is a long book. I loved it, there is a community that is just pure evil and is going after them for something. They all are having dreams of this dark community and what they are going to do.   This is the first book and I for one cannot wait to see what happens in the next book. This books is filled with love stories and magic and evil and other magical things. It was very interesting and I really enjoyed it. Totally worth a read!
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