About the Book:
For one boy and his friends, the path to Paradise comes at a cost—one they may not be prepared to pay. When a biking accident leaves 17-year-old Joss Kazdan with the ability to hear things others can’t, reality as he knows it begins to unravel. A world of legends exists beyond the ordinary life he’s always known, and he is transported to the same Paradise he’s studying in World Mythology. But the strange gets even stranger when his new friends build a device that delivers people through the gates of the Garden of Eden. Now Samael, the Creator God, is furious. As Samael rains down his apocalyptic devastation on the ecstasy-seeking teens, Joss and his companions must find a way to appease Samael—or the world will be destroyed forever.
My Thoughts:
Crashing Eden has a good plot and likeable characters. While the story is mainly about the lost paradise, Eden, Michael Sussman manages to incorporate a family story that did grab my attention. The characters and situations are believable, but I was uncomfortable with the teen suicide. As for the Eden legend, I enjoyed thinking that children 6 years old and below have a connection with the lost paradise. The ending was not what I had expected it to be.
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Not so sure about this one- but I would likely read it. I dont usually read YA or kids as the central characters just because I find it not believable. The surprise ending does sound intriguing though.
This does look interesting. I have a college age daughter who, I think, would really enjoy this. I’ll search our library website for it and if they don’t have it, I will be ordering it. Thank so much.