I had the pleasure of reviewing the 3rd
book of Cindy Hogan's YA suspense novels, CREATED. I haven't read WATCHED or
PROTECTED yet, but I certainly will. However, you don't need to read the others
to be completely drawn into CREATED.
Judging from
CREATED, I am certain both WATCHED and PROTECTED are every bit as action-packed
and exciting. In fact, the events that lead up to CREATED are woven into the
story in such a way that it answers enough questions to make CREATED
satisfying, but opens up enough questions that I DO want to read the
others.
What teen wouldn't
love to go to a spy school and learn the ins and outs of all kinds of hi-tech
gadgets to help them successfully complete clandestine and suspense-filled
missions, especially when they get to accomplish the greater good in creative
ways?
Ari Agave has many
tasks to complete now that she has been enrolled in an elite spy school. She
struggles to come to terms with the events leading up to her attendance at
Bresen Academy, including being placed in the Witness Protection Program, never
being able to see her parents and siblings again, and making amends for past
mistakes ... all the while coming to grips with her new reality. She has to
forget the person she was so that she can become the person she needs to be.
Too bad it isn't as easy to erase the past
as it is to forge a new present. CREATED has it all: friends, enemies, mystery,
intrigue, breath-taking suspense, moral dilemmas (without being preachy).
Most of all, CREATED gives today’s youth permission
to be who THEY want to be, by helping the reader engage in Ari’s very real
struggle to start over and still be true to who she knows she wants to be.
It isn’t easy as she goes quickly from one
intense situation to another, battling self-doubt, trying to make her way
through the difficulty of adolescence with the added drama of true life-and-death
danger around every other corner.
Being a principled person is hard enough
without bullets flying past you and having to decide if you can rely on the
person next to you in a cut-throat world of espionage, never knowing who your
true friends are, and always having to be leery of making any. “Trust no one”
is a hard motto to live by for a regular teen, but for a teen who wants to be a
spy, it may be the only policy that will keep them alive.
Cindy does an awesome job balancing the very
real dilemmas teens face while weaving an engaging story that sucks you in,
heart and soul. I am looking forward to reading her past books and will be sure
to stay caught up when the next one comes out.
Created Blog Tour
October -
23 Sumos sweet stuff http://www.sumossweetstuff.com/2012/10/review-giveaway-book-created.html
25 Donna K. Weaver http://weavingataleortwo.blogspot.com/2012/10/review-of-created-by-cindy-m-hogan.html
26 Jaclyn Hardy Weist http://nothoughts2small.blogspot.com
27 Andrea Pearson http://andreapearsonbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/halloween-iap-created.html
29 Michelle Muto http://michellemuto.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/blog-tour-created-by-cindy-hogan/
30 Mary Ann Dennis
November
1 Lisa Nowack http://lisanowak.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/new-releases/
2 Mikey Brooks http://writtenbymikey.blogspot.com/2012/11/author-interview-cindy-m-hogan-author.html
3 Angie Carlie http://www.angelacarlie.blogspot.com/2012/11/blog-tour-created-by-cindy-hogan.html
5 Shelli Proffitt Howells http://shelli-proffitt-howells.blogspot.com/
Heather McCorkle http://heathermccorkle.blogspot.com/2012/11/giveaway-winner-and-great-read.html
7 Laura Josephsen http://laurajosephsen.blogspot.com/2012/11/interview-with-cindy-hogan-author-of.html
Kathleen Brebes http://kbrebes.blogspot.com/2012/09/cover-reveal-for-created-by-cindy-hogan.html
Jessie Harrell http://jessie-harrell.blogspot.com/2012/11/indie-author-spotlight-cindy-hogan.html
Karly Kirkpatrick http://www.karlykirkpatrick.com/
Tristi Pinkston http://tristipinkston.blogspot.com/2012/11/happy-anniversary-day-8.html
Ali Cross http://www.alicross.com/2012/11/cindy.html
9 Shantal Hiatt Sessions http://shantalhiatt.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-book-plug-and-pretty-please.html
Stacey Benefiel http://staceywallacebenefiel.com/2012/11/created-by-cindy-m-hogan/
10 Jennifer Jensen http://jenniferjensen.com/2012/11/ya-author-cindy-hogan-balancing-writing-with-real-life/
Christine Bryant http://www.christinebryant.blogspot.com/2012/11/dear-me-by-cindy-m-hogan.html
11 Gaynell Parker
Elle Strauss http://ellestraussbooks.blogspot.ca/2012/11/created-by-cindy-hogan.html#comment-form
12 Renae Mackley http://renaeswritespot.blogspot.com/
Deanna Henderson http://deannahenderson.blogspot.com/
13 Tamara Heiner http://tamarahartheiner.blogspot.com/
Carolyn Frank http://franklycreative.blogspot.com/
15 C.Michelle Jefferies http://cmichellejefferies.blogspot.com/
16 Deborah DavisCarolyn Frank http://franklycreative.blogspot.com/
15 C.Michelle Jefferies http://cmichellejefferies.blogspot.com/
RaShelle Workman http://www.rashelleworkman.com/
17 Arla Cook http://leavemommyalone.blogspot.com
18 Melanie McCullough http://melaniemccullough.blogspot.com/
19 Monique Bucheger http://moniquebucheger.blogspot.com
20 Canda Mortensen http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/
21 Rachelle Christensen http://rachellewrites.blogspot.com/
Cheri Lasota http://www.cherilasota.com/blog/
Susan Quinn http://www.susankayequinn.com/
Laura Pauling http://www.laurapauling.com/
Sheila Staley http://whynotbecauseisaidso.blogspot.com
SRJohannes http://srjohannes.com/
Magan Vernon http://maganvernon.com/
Katie Klein http://www.katiekleinwrites.blogspot.com
Julie Daines http://juliedaines.blogspot.com/
Sara Kovach http://sosimplesara.blogspot.com/
Jenna Cooper http://findingthewriteway.blogspot.com/
Britney Wyatt http://living-fictitiously.blogspot.com/
Jean Book Nerd http://jeanbooknerd.blogspot.com/
Kathleen Doyle http://writingreadingandlife.blogspot.com/
Maria Hoagland http://mariahoagland.blogspot.com
Sarra Cannon http://sarracannon.com/category/the-sweetie-chronicles/
Elizabeth Mueller http://elizabethmueller.blogspot.com/
Carrie Butler http://soyoureawriter.blogspot.com/
Celesta Rimington http://celestarimington.blogspot.com/
Karen Hooper http://karenamandahooper.blogspot.com/
6 Debbie Roberts-Cluff http://debbiecluff.blogspot.com/
Karen Hoover http://karen-hoover.blogspot.com/
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