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Loss (2012)

by Jackie Morse Kessler(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0547712154 (ISBN13: 9780547712154)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Graphia

series

Riders of the Apocalypse

review 1: This 3rd book in the series can stand alone. Fifteen-year-old Billy Ballard is the bullies’ number one victim at his school. Even his home is no longer a sanctuary as every day after school he cares for his ailing grandfather who is losing his battle with Alzheimer’s, so his single mom can work a second job to keep their family afloat. Then one day Death visits him and reveals it is time for Billy to keep a promise he unknowingly made 10 years ago to the White Rider of the Apocalypse. Billy promised he would one day wear the Conqueror’s crown and use Pestilence’s Bow. At first Billy enjoys wielding Pestilence’s Bow and causing his tormentors severe sickness. Then Billy realizes his behavior now is no better than their bullying toward him and wants to give the Bow... more back, but in order to give up the Bow, Billy must enter the White to track down the previous White Rider and convince him to return to his job in the real world. When Billy finally finds the White Rider, he learns that the Apocalypse is about to be unleashed on the world. Can Billy finally stand up and fight for not only himself, but also, to save the whole world from a new Black Death? I enjoyed the first and last thirds of the book best as the middle gets bogged down when Billy is in the White and drifting between consciousness and memories. Teens who stick with the story will enjoy the ending, but most readers will likely find the middle section too confusing or tedious.
review 2: This is the 3rd title in Kessler's Riders of the Apocalypse series, coming after Hunger, & Rage. This one is about Pestilence, the White Rider, & the main character is a bullied high school boy, who is offered the chance to restore the balance of health & disease in the world, while also working through his personal demons. I didn't like it as much as the first two; felt that parts of it could have been made shorter so the story would move along faster, seemed like it dragged in the middle. Still I like the concept for the series & recommend it for readers who like titles about troubled teens & also the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. less

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