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Revelations
Christiana Fletcher sets off from her orphanage home in search of her father, who doesn’t know she exists. She finds him dying and exposes herself as the experiment she is, using her abilities to cure him. Able to heal with her hands, she is a wanted loose experiment.
Chris and her father are chased by two men. After an accident nearly kills her, Chris wakes in a hospital alone; her father gone. She is given a choice by a strange man who knows she is an experiment but has no idea of her ultimate powers.
This man takes her to a desert place where others like her, escaped and released experiments, live in secret. There, she meets the love of her life, Jonas, a man with scaled skin and pointed teeth. Her life there is short lived, as a single mistake ends everything she loves.
Chris becomes the hunter to avenge the people she considered family who lost their lives in the desert. She seeks out and destroys government bases that create people like her.
Chris and her father are chased by two men. After an accident nearly kills her, Chris wakes in a hospital alone; her father gone. She is given a choice by a strange man who knows she is an experiment but has no idea of her ultimate powers.
This man takes her to a desert place where others like her, escaped and released experiments, live in secret. There, she meets the love of her life, Jonas, a man with scaled skin and pointed teeth. Her life there is short lived, as a single mistake ends everything she loves.
Chris becomes the hunter to avenge the people she considered family who lost their lives in the desert. She seeks out and destroys government bases that create people like her.
206 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 6, 2011
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October 3, 2012
After the death of her mother, as only as small child, Christiana Fletcher is sent to an orphanage where each week she is taken away by a member of the government to be experimented on. Going through her teenage years, she kind of a wild child we are told, but never given any real details. Finally deciding that she wants something different, Christiana decides to find her father, who has luck would have it is dying of cancer. Having said goodbye to all of his friends, Christian is prepared to die and is simply counting down the hours, until Christiana shows up and heals him with her hands. The two develop a strong relationship almost instantly, until the government agents show up and run them off the road, separating them and leaving Christiana in a coma.
After waking from the coma, Christiana goes to live in the desert on a commune with others whose DNA has been manipulated after meeting Philip the vampire. We are given no reason for her decision or why she trusts him given what she has been through. This is yet another instantaneous relationship. At the commune she finds love with Jonas, friendship and family for the first time in her life. Unfortunately, it is not long lived because after healing a child who has a brain tumor, the government is on her trail again and she is forced to flee. She supposedly chose this room randomly, but she had to know after being tracked down by the government after healing her father, that healing a child knocking on heaven's door was not a good idea. When Christiana is forced off the commune after the agents show up determined to recapture her, she decides to take the fight to the government, because she wants answers. Christiana wants to find her father, and get to the bottom of the experimentation on people.
Revelations could have used a good editor. There are times when the story was downright choppy and was hard to follow. There were times when the phrasing was awkward and the wrong word was used. Barker changed POV, as well as tense a few times, which made the story even more awkward. At times, it impacted my ability to really get into the story. The relationship between Christian and Christiana developed unrealistically fast and seemed to exist only to make her more tortured. Christians eventual institutionalization, along with the death of Christiana's mother, served as quick, cheap and easy characterisation to establish a sad, tortured or otherwise issue-laden protagonist with “depth.”
Christiana is clearly the chosen one, but I really don't understand the devotion of the other characters towards her. All of the women in this novel either die, or disappear without a trace. We never learn the motivations behind the antagonist - Arturo Holt. We know that he created Christiana and is a power hungry sadist, but beyond that, we are given no reason for the experimentation on humans, or even why he is so obsessed with Christiana, beyond the fact that she is of course a special snowflake. Christiana spends much of the time blaming herself and wallowing in self loathing.
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After waking from the coma, Christiana goes to live in the desert on a commune with others whose DNA has been manipulated after meeting Philip the vampire. We are given no reason for her decision or why she trusts him given what she has been through. This is yet another instantaneous relationship. At the commune she finds love with Jonas, friendship and family for the first time in her life. Unfortunately, it is not long lived because after healing a child who has a brain tumor, the government is on her trail again and she is forced to flee. She supposedly chose this room randomly, but she had to know after being tracked down by the government after healing her father, that healing a child knocking on heaven's door was not a good idea. When Christiana is forced off the commune after the agents show up determined to recapture her, she decides to take the fight to the government, because she wants answers. Christiana wants to find her father, and get to the bottom of the experimentation on people.
Revelations could have used a good editor. There are times when the story was downright choppy and was hard to follow. There were times when the phrasing was awkward and the wrong word was used. Barker changed POV, as well as tense a few times, which made the story even more awkward. At times, it impacted my ability to really get into the story. The relationship between Christian and Christiana developed unrealistically fast and seemed to exist only to make her more tortured. Christians eventual institutionalization, along with the death of Christiana's mother, served as quick, cheap and easy characterisation to establish a sad, tortured or otherwise issue-laden protagonist with “depth.”
Christiana is clearly the chosen one, but I really don't understand the devotion of the other characters towards her. All of the women in this novel either die, or disappear without a trace. We never learn the motivations behind the antagonist - Arturo Holt. We know that he created Christiana and is a power hungry sadist, but beyond that, we are given no reason for the experimentation on humans, or even why he is so obsessed with Christiana, beyond the fact that she is of course a special snowflake. Christiana spends much of the time blaming herself and wallowing in self loathing.
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December 25, 2012
Revelations by Carrie Lynn Barker
Revelations is a paranormal thriller about a young woman, Christiana, who is genetically engineered with super human powers, the most impressive being the power to heal. She is studied like a lab rat, put in coma, and somewhat brainwashed, although the brainwashing doesn’t quite stick. Early in the book she tracks down her father, Christian. He is about to die but she changes his future. He never knew he had a daughter. Their warm reunion is cut short as outside forces go to extremes to keep them apart. Christiana ends up in a remote hideout with others like her, capable of superhuman powers. One of her new friends can light fire with his hands and others were bred as a werewolf and vampire. Jonas, her love interest, has reptilian qualities. As the story progresses, Christiana’s low profile is blown after she heals a cancer ridden child in the hospital. Her new hideout is compromised. Once again, she is running from the unknown. Things become clear once she breaks into a government laboratory and discovers human experimentation. Without ruining the story, she seeks revenge.
Loved this high octane cat and mouse chase from the first page to the last! It’s got all of the elements paranormal lovers want with interesting characters and unpredictable twists and turns. The story is told in first person Christiana. The author effectively lets us in, getting us to know and care for Christiana, her father, and friends. There is a theme of conspiracy/Big Brother that I especially appreciated. The story reminded me of a mixture between True Blood and Avengers. Barker infuses light humor in several spots, getting me to laugh out loud. The writing is always clear and easy to follow, making this a quick, fun read. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes paranormal mixed with science fiction and conspiracy. It’s clean enough for teens to enjoy. 5/5 Stars
Revelations is a paranormal thriller about a young woman, Christiana, who is genetically engineered with super human powers, the most impressive being the power to heal. She is studied like a lab rat, put in coma, and somewhat brainwashed, although the brainwashing doesn’t quite stick. Early in the book she tracks down her father, Christian. He is about to die but she changes his future. He never knew he had a daughter. Their warm reunion is cut short as outside forces go to extremes to keep them apart. Christiana ends up in a remote hideout with others like her, capable of superhuman powers. One of her new friends can light fire with his hands and others were bred as a werewolf and vampire. Jonas, her love interest, has reptilian qualities. As the story progresses, Christiana’s low profile is blown after she heals a cancer ridden child in the hospital. Her new hideout is compromised. Once again, she is running from the unknown. Things become clear once she breaks into a government laboratory and discovers human experimentation. Without ruining the story, she seeks revenge.
Loved this high octane cat and mouse chase from the first page to the last! It’s got all of the elements paranormal lovers want with interesting characters and unpredictable twists and turns. The story is told in first person Christiana. The author effectively lets us in, getting us to know and care for Christiana, her father, and friends. There is a theme of conspiracy/Big Brother that I especially appreciated. The story reminded me of a mixture between True Blood and Avengers. Barker infuses light humor in several spots, getting me to laugh out loud. The writing is always clear and easy to follow, making this a quick, fun read. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes paranormal mixed with science fiction and conspiracy. It’s clean enough for teens to enjoy. 5/5 Stars
November 8, 2012
In the first few chapters, the reader is introduced to Christiana, a human with healing powers which came from experiments made on her bloodline. After healing her father and enjoying a short reunion with him, they were forced to escape from the “men in black” who showed up at their doorstep but the resulting car chase ran Chris and her father off the road into a car accident, leaving her in a coma and her father missing.
What followed was interesting enough, but the next several chapters progressed slowly, breaking the momentum of an otherwise suspenseful and entertaining read. Thankfully, the pace picked up after the first half of the book. The conclusion was a satisfactory one, and the author leaves the ending open for a possible sequel.
“Revelations” seems to be the second book that’s written by Carrie Lynn Barker. The writing was a little rough around the edges, but did not make me lose focus. The premise is not original - the author seemed to have gathered ideas here and there from other books, but she managed to pull together an altogether credible storyline. All in all, a good book.
September 10, 2012
I gave it two stars because it might pan out, but I got about a tenth of the way into it and I just couldn't read it anymore. I think the idea is a good one, the writing isn't awful, but it needs a LOT more polishing and plot development. Within 2 minutes the girl shows up out of nowhere, heals cancer, and becomes bosom buddies with a father she's never met before. Seriously, he gets out of the hospital the next day, she's still sleeping from the healing work, and she goes home with him. The development just isn't there and it couldn't hold my attention because of that. I would love for the author to find an editor, expand, polish, etc, and release another edition of the book because it definitely sounds like a story I'd want to read, just not "as is".
December 29, 2011
Of course I love my own book. :)
February 19, 2012
Awesome book from my best friend. Amazing sci-fi paranormal type novel!
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