Light: The New York Times bestselling dystopian story perfect for readers ages 12+ (The Gone Series) Paperback – 29 April 2021

I am any other average fangirl who loves reading books like this. The whole dystopian future type of thing is exactly my style. I started reading the GONE series while I was on holiday and it's taken me a year to read the series (I like to take my time).When I first got LIGHT I was afraid to touch it. Sad, I know. I just knew it held so much power which would ruin my life. GONE is different from any other series in lots of special ways. By the time you finish the first book you feel like the characters are you best friends in the world. I knew that some of my friends where about to die and that's why LIGHT ruined my life.*ATTENTION SPOILERS*Its a simply ASDFGHJKLAMAZINGILOVEITSOOOOOOOMUCH book. I couldn't put it down and read it in three days. When I finally finished I was rocked by the death of Brianna. Breeze was my favourite character and some what of a best friend, like someone who I could really relate to. To put it simply, after her death I cried whenever someone said something Brianna related like "I love your new shoes."-tears. I was also shaken by Caine's death as I really hadn't expected it to come. Caine's story fascinates me and he has such a strong character development which comes from Cocky Kid to Evil Leader to King of the FAYZ to Wise Man in the end. I really felt for all the characters , especially these two and I will probably never get over the series. Ever. And I mean it.*NO MORE SPOILERS*I REALLY HIGHLY ABSOLOUTELY 100% recommend LIGHT as the perfect ending to an AMAZING experience.*SPOILER*I also cried when it said "You are now free to leave the FAYZ." But who wouldn't? After all we've been through.

Wow, what a rollercoaster ride. Michael Grant has created a series that provides a journey in so many senses.Firstly there is the actual premise - let's create a totally sealed micro-environment in which all the adults disappear and kids have to set up to the plate, oh and lets throw in some super-abilities for good measure. Then there is the execution which is top-notch. The characters are wonderfully crafted with each representing to some degree an element of teenage angst, lack of self confidence, fear of failure, bullying. The story is both a single story but also each book is very distinct in its character and clearly a self-contained story. Each I felt grew more grisly and included increasingly adult themes as the series progressed - possibly mirroring the age progression of the readership.Echoing what many reviewers have said, I also grew to love many of the characters, and hate a couple. Indeed a good test of a book is whether you care what happens to the characters and with this book you certainly did - and well done Mr Grant for not leaving us hanging on what happens afterwards with them all. I sincerely hope that when the inevitable screen adaptation arrives the characterisation is as good.I may not be the main target audience for this genre but I like to read what I like and I fail to see why the teens get all the good stuff.

I waited impatiently for Amazon to deliver my copy of Light. It took them ages after first telling me that the marketplace seller had no more copies and that I'd have to order another one. It finally came on Saturday and I've now finished the last Gone novel.It is bittersweet this final book. Not just in the way the FAYZ ends, but in the knowledge that characters that I grew to love and fear will never return. Grant drew portraits of his Perdido Beach kids that rang true, deep, and varied. They all seemed real, even the "moofs" who despite their super-powers were full of character and depth.In Light, the kids have reached what they refer to as "the endgame." It has become a battle between the gaiaphage who has taken human form in the shape of Diana's and Caine's "love child" and is now known as Gaia. Gaia has all of the powers of the other "moofs" and is growing at an inhuman rate of speed.Which is fitting considering that she is not human at all. Despite her human birth, she really is a product of the gaiaphage that is in reality a virus from another planet.Sam and Caine join forces to defeat Gaia and the other super powered children gather to help the brothers to defeat her. Even "The Healer" Lana joins the ranks in the final battle.Gaia decides to lay waste to the land in the bubble surrounding Perdido Beach to aid her in the quest to destroy the entire planet. The only thing she fears is Little Pete, Astrid's dead brother. who has managed to survive his body's death and remain in ethereal form in the FAYZ. Gaia calls him nemesis and she is terrified that he will take human form and destroy her.As the barrier gets thinner and more people from the outside world witness the death and destruction taking place on the inside of the barrier, opinion goes against the survivors of the FAYZ. The retribution that Sam has feared from the very start now seems very real and if he survives the final battle with Gaia he will have to face his accusers.Light brings an end to the Gone saga and like the rest of the novels, it entertains and excites. All the characters face their own personal Armageddon as the endgame reaches its inevitable conclusion. While the "good-guys" team up to kill Gaia, she relies on the help of her mother Diana and Drake 'whip-hand' Merwin (who still shares the same corporeal space as Brittney the religious zealot).I will miss the entire crew, Sam, Quinn, Albert, Caine, Diana, Edilio, Astrid, Little Pete, Bug, Orc, Dekka, Brianna (the Breeze), Taylor, Jack and all the other guys and girls who make up the beleaguered and embattled citizenry of Perdido Beach. But the ending of their story is just as brilliant as the rest of the books and Grant gives us a 5 star dynamite conclusion.If you've read the Gone novels, don't miss this one. If you haven't? What are you waiting for? Unlike Trix, Gone is not just for kids.To read all my reviews go to MikesFilmTalk.com