The Gathering
Bernadette Giacomazzo
(The Uprising, #1)
Publication date: March 31st 2018
Genres: Adult, Dystopian
The Uprising Series tells the story of three freedom fighters and their friends in high — and low — places that come together to overthrow a vainglorious Emperor and his militaristic Cabal to restore the city, and the way of life, they once knew and loved.
In The Gathering, Jamie Ryan has defected from the Cabal and has joined his former brothers-in-arms — Basile Perrinault and Kanoa Shinomura — to form a collective known as The Uprising. When an explosion leads to him crossing paths with Evanora Cunningham — a product of Jamie’s past — he discovers that The Uprising is bigger, and more important, than he thought.
Author Bio:My Reading Right Now! Thoughts: This was a lot of fun! I'm really glad I got the chance to read and review it. Thanks to Xpresso Book Tours and Bernadette Giacomazzo for letting me be a part of this tour. I received a copy of The Gathering for free for review, but all thoughts and opinions are 100% honest and my own. I love a good dystopian tale. Fighting against oppressors, a world gone mad, it's just a lot of fun to read about. This was a great Dystopian Read.
With an impressive list of credentials earned over the course of two decades, Bernadette R. Giacomazzo is a multi-hyphenate in the truest sense of the word: an editor, writer, photographer, publicist, and digital marketing specialist who has demonstrated an uncanny ability to thrive in each industry with equal aplomb. Her work has been featured in Teen Vogue, People, Us Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, and many, many more. She served as the news editor of Go! NYC Magazine for nearly a decade, the executive editor of LatinTRENDS Magazine for five years, the eye candy editor of XXL Magazine for two years, and the editor-at-large at iOne/Zona de Sabor for two years. As a publicist, she has worked with the likes of Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit record label, rapper Kool G. Rap, and various photographers, artists, and models. As a digital marketing specialist, Bernadette is Google Adwords certified, has an advanced knowledge of SEO, PPC, link-building, and other digital marketing techniques, and has worked for a variety of clients in the legal, medical, and real estate industries.
Based in New York City, Bernadette is the co-author of Swimming with Sharks: A Real World, How-To Guide to Success (and Failure) in the Business of Music (for the 21st Century), and the author of the forthcoming dystopian fiction series, The Uprising. She also contributed a story to the upcoming Beyonce Knowles tribute anthology, The King Bey Bible, which will be available in bookstores nationwide in the summer of 2018.
This book is intense! Some uncomfortable stuff goes down in it, so fair warning for that. I really enjoyed it though. I loved all the action, I loved the fast pace of it all. The villain was a despicable piece of work. I also enjoyed the three characters that we follow. This is a first book in a series and it really did a good job of laying out the groundwork for everything. It really makes me interested to see how the rest of the series is going to go.
If you want an intense Dystopian read, I'd definitely recommend giving this one a try. I had a lot of fun with it.
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This sounds like a fun read! Glad you liked it, Ashley!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It was a good time :D
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