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Realm of the Reaper (Everworld #04)

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A Review by Jonathan

The group Jalil, April, David, and Christopher are still searching for the witch Senna. They stumble upon a village of men. The need for food and rest drove them to an inn. They cannot leave this village unless a dredded "She" of which people speak, lets them. They learn of Loki's daughter Hel, and that she plans to torture them for the end of eternity. If they can't escape her clutches, they will certainly die.

I liked the feel of the environment of this book. It envelopes and immerses the reader. It creates an atmosphere that helps the reader along. It also creates a sense of emotion such as fear. Another point of liking is that it is very easy to get into. The book has a clean, crisp plot that is easily readable, yet enjoyable. One more point of interest is the problems that the characters face. This adds to the intensity of the book. I like the fact that most of their problems are god related. This makes it interesting because they also have to survive. They don't know what will happen to them in the real world if they die in Everworld. Sometimes the concept of their consciousness traveling between universes can be confusing, but I get it. This is a semi- easy book.

I recommend this book to people that take a liking to thrills and adventure. Also, there is a lot of action in this book. I think this book is excellent, I think the same about the entire series. This is a semi-easy book to read.

I really liked this and the other Ever World books! I am not finished reading it but I would suggest this series to anyone who enjoys/enjoyed the Animorph books (also written by Applegate). I myself am a former Animorphs reader turned Ever World reader.

The books, from my own opinion, are deffinatly for the older readers. Not the senior readers but the older teens (13 to about 17 or 18). Some of the language, depending on how you see it, is rather graphic. In fact, one of them even has a cuss word in it. But that is how an average teenager talks these days.

It's nice being able to read one of these books and know what they are going through. Although being swallowed by a giant wolf is probably one thing that may never happen to me, but going down to Taco Bell and getting in a fight with someone my girl friend knew, that's something that could happen to anyone.

Well, I think I better go before I relase all the secrets about these books. Take care!

..keeps you on the edge of your seat!I could not put it down,I even asked if we could have extra reading time in all my classes!Another great book to a great seires!Making there way off the battel field..the gang comes upon a city,where mainly men dwell.Not to mention a strange mountain not far from the city,with a path leading towards it.When they enter the city,it seems like an ordinary market place...until they see parts of the building demolished,with rotting parts of flesh hanging off the sides.Then...they hear who does this horriable deal they call her the "Terror Queen",and this is her city..and they are about to get a taste of her medicine...face to face...

Four teens from the modern world have been taken and whisked away to a dangerous, strange parallel universe called Everworld. This new universe is populated by the gods and myths of old Earth: Zeus, faries, Merlin, Loki. The teens are quickly learning that Everworld is not a safe place for anyone who is not immortal: viking hordes raid the countryside, an Aztec god demands human sacrifice, wild animals speak and the very plants can be dangerous. Meanwhile, terrible creatures called the Hetwan roam the countryside looking to capture the gods of Everworld for their deity, Ka Anor, the god eater.

April, Jalil, David and Christopher have come to this world because of a fourth modern-day teen, Senna. Senna is some sort of witch with the power to cross from one world to the other. She is wanted by the evil god Loki so he can escape Everworld, she is wanted by the famous Merlin the Magician to prevent Ka Anor from finding new worlds, and she is wanted by Ka Anor so that he (it??) may find other worlds to enslave and conquer.

In each of the books there is some sort of central conflict or problem that must be solved (or, at the very least, lived through or escaped from). In Realm of the Reaper, the teens find themselves in a strange city composed entirely of men. Not all of them human men, but all men nonetheless. As it turns out, they are to be "fresh meat", if you will, for Loki's daughter: the half-dead, half-alive Hel Hel is a creature like nothing the foursome has encountered before: a creature capable of ripping men's minds apart with lust and revulsion.

K.A. Applegate is the author of the popular "Animorphs" series for younger readers. She has broken new and exciting ground with this series. Each book is narrated by a different character of the foursome, and this one is told from the perspective of Jalil, the one African-American male of the group who is also the most scientifically-minded of the four. Through the first three books, the reader could tell that of the four, Jalil was having the most difficulty coping with the chaos of Everworld. Things do not follow classical scientific principals in Everworld, and magic is definitely real. We also discover why Jalil was drawn to Senna, for each character has a connection to her.

Applegate's writing is beginning to pick up the pace. This book defiinetly has tiny hints of eroticism and sexuality that weren't present before, and the language is getting a bit more crude (though most teen readers of this series will have read and spoken far worse themselves). Some reviewers feel that this is a detriment to the series or may not be appropriate for young readers. As a teacher, I have not used more than two of these books in the classroom, but I can report that part of it's appeal to teen audiences is not only the swiftly moving plot, but it's realism. The last time I looked, teens were frequently using mild language and their culture was pretty saturated with sexual innuendo and references to pop culture. As one of my students put it, "Ms. Applegate doesn't shy away from the stuff that makes the book real. Stuff like feelings and anger and death." He later went on to say that when one is running away from a half-dead goddess who intends to destroy you in the most cruel way, you wouldn't merely say "oh, rats!" In other words, in part BECAUSE the characters do speak of such things like sex n' drugs n' rock-n-roll that the book is believable.

Readers looking for a fast-paced, engrossing read would do well to check out this new series.

The first thing that drew me into this series was the believable personalities of the 4 main characters. These teenagers represent what everyone wants to be, funny, brave, logical, and witty. They are incredibly different yet they all have the same goal. Another thing that drew my interest to the series was the detail, it almost makes you think Applegate was writing non-fiction. Another thing that kept me reading was the constant danger. I am about to finish the second book and I just bought the first one last week and that is the very reason.

All right, as a former Animorphs reader, I was as excited asany one for Applegate's new series. I read the first three, and,while enjoying them, was slightly disappointed. But I continued, realizing it takes awhile to get the series running. And that's what it looks like it is now doing! Applegate has got her characters' personalities up and running. I was surprised. In the preceding three books, the characters were rather dull. Then along comes Jalil, and the book gets really psychological. The story itself was fascinating. It is easy to tell that Applegate really poured a lot into this book. The gang have wound up in a city dedicated to the underworld goddess Hel. Of course, they get involved with her...

Realm of the Reaper was absolutely terrifying! I don't get scared that easily, which just goes to show that Ms. Applegate has pure talent. I would not reccomend this book to anyone under eight years of age because of mild sex, violence, and the fact that it's just plain scary. My cousin stayed awake all night when I told her the story. Like I said, Absitively, Posolutely, FRIGHTENING!!!!!!!!

The books by K.A. Applegate are amazing. I have read Animorphs, another one of her series, since the seventh grade. I have now graduated and moved up to Everworld, where there is danger and mystery everywhere. These books are filled with everything from action, to humor, to even romantic scenes. This is truly one series not to be missed.

I like this series because it keeps you on the edge of your seat. But the book itself was cool. It was like "I can't put it down." I mean, the suspense practically killed me! I recommend this to all K. A. fans.

This series is great! It has everything that I look for in a book: Humorous, romantic, fantasy, adventure, horror, etc. I'm not an animorphs reader but this series really caught my eye. It is aimed more at the ages of 13-17. The dialogue is more in touch with reality along with what the characters' personalities are. I like the imagination that the author puts into her books. The way she writes keeps you on the edge of your seat and you always want to know what happens next. I'm letting two friends borrow my books. One friend has book 1, and the other friend has book 2. So far they both like it. I highly recommend it.