Riders by Veronica Rossi Review

Title: Riders

Author: Veronica Rossi

Publisher: Tor Teen

Publication Date: February 16, 2016

Description:

Nothing but death can keep eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does.

While recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can’t remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny. He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Over the coming weeks, he and the other horsemen—Conquest, Famine, and Death—are brought together by a beautiful but frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the emergence.

They fail.

Now—bound, bloodied, and drugged—Gideon is interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an international incident. If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the girl he’s fallen for—not to mention all of humankind—he needs to convince the skeptical government officials the world is in imminent danger.

But will anyone believe him?

Review:

I can't believe that this doesn't have more reviews on goodreads.com. I actually looked into her first series as well, which has rave reviews from some many people, but again, not a lot on goodreads.com. 

Veronica Rossi has a great writing style. All action and character development and presented in a way that is both easy to read and incredibly entertaining. I listened to this audio book and basically devoured it. I listened as I drove, as I worked, as I did chores, because I had to know what happened. And now I find out there is another book. Seriously?!? 

This is the story of 4 boy who die and are reincarnated into the same bodies but each with a power of one of the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse. When they are brought together by a Seeker, who is basically an agent of God tasked with seeing into the past in future to help complete acts of good, their goal is to keep something hidden from a group of Demons who want to open an alternate universe to fill with humans who they will drain and use as minions. Sounds pretty strange when you describe it but honestly this was completely unique.

First, all the main characters except for one are boys. That rarely happens in YA today and it was refreshing. I think this can easily appeal to both young men and women wanting a piece of adventure. It also was not romance heavy at all which was awesome. It really was just fantastic. Just an excellent adventure unlike any other. 

I also loved the religious elements. Even if you are not particularly religious it is done in a way that doesn't make it the only part of the story the author focuses on either, in other words it isn't preachy which I loved but the elements are still there.

There was just so much about this that was great.

The only thing that made me take this down a little was that it was a little bit like a constant pissing contest between these 4 teenagers. I understand why the author wrote it that way. These are 4 guys who have been through a lot and now have this huge task to complete but at the same time it wore a little on my nerves.

I hope more people pick this up soon. A fun read. 

My Star Rating:

4.25 out of 5

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