Raven's Gate is the first book in a series of books called The Power of Five. It is a fantasy novel written by a British author named Anthony Horowitz. The series is about is about the Five Gatekeepers who's destiny is to destroy the "Old Ones", evil creatures who wishes to rule mankind. I really liked the book because of the 'fantasy in modern time' (e.g. Percy Jackson), which is a type of plot which I enjoy reading. Kind of like 'Lord of the Rings', as the author stated, but set in a 'real world' environment.
The book centers around Matthew Freeman, a 14-year-old boy who's parents died in a car crash and had to live in Ipswich with his aunt. After getting into trouble with the police, Matthew, or better known as 'Matt', is then fostered to a village called Lesser Malling in Yorkshire due to L.E.A.F. (Liberty and Education Achieved through Fostering), a recent project by the government as an alternative to getting locked up in an institute of corrections. He was then fostered by a strange, elderly woman named Jayne Deverill. When his foster parent Mrs. Deverill gives him an errand to go to a nearby village, strange things start to happen. He discovers things about the village and horrible things start to occur, he tries, but can't escape from the sinister happenings in Hive Hall. An ancient doom is about to be unleashed and Matt soon finds out everything and that all the things that are happening are all tied to one thing... an evil place known as The Raven's Gate.
The book was very enjoyable though it was rather slow in pace at some parts. It has lots of suspense and some action in some chapters.The story was well written and had a very nice plot. I'll give it a 7.5 out of 10 because I found it very interesting and I enjoyed reading it.
Good Joseph! I'm glad you enjoyed this. Are you intending to read the rest of the series? Another student has posted a review of the second book on the blog. If you are interested in reading the rest of the series, you might want to check it out.
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