Dawn Miller

Nightmares and mysterious paintings are challenging Sam Becker’s hold on reality. He also seems to be incapable of remembering certain things about his childhood, which he attributes to the nightmares. One event in his past could hold the key. He gets in touch with the four people who may know; the four people that was with him, and finds out it’s happening to them too. The answers lead them to the knowledge of something much more important though; they are Watchers. They have to save humanity from the war of the fallen angels.
I want to start off by saying that this is an ARC copy and not the final print.
I always get excited when an author brings originality to an old plot. Ms. Miller accomplishes that. There was action, mystery, and drama to keep it entertaining. In my opinion though, there was too much clutter. There were a lot of characters and I couldn’t keep them clear. I had a hard time remembering which back story went with which one. I found myself going back to reread sentences because I was confused too many times. I got frustrated with the fact that I could have really enjoyed this book, but again that’s just my opinion. I know this is a series and I will read the second just because I do have hope for this story.
via goodreads… (mer)

NCLA Review -This is the fictional story of five teens who are part of "The Watchers". The Watchers protect us from the evil attacks of the “Fallen Angels” who are trying to take over our world. The Watchers are the only ones who can see the Fallen and fight them. Slow to start, the plot was somewhat confusing until well into the story when it began to make sense and became more interesting. The action between good and evil was very good. It showed how determined the fallen are to take us away from God. Fans of science fiction would enjoy this book. Rating: 3 —NP… (mer)

Title: The Prophecy
Author: Dawn Miller
Genre: YA Christian fantasy

Where I got it: ODLC (the e-book library)

One sentence: Five teens are reunited by a nightmare from their childhood and realize that their memories have been blocked by an evil force at work, and they must work together to stop it and uncover the truth.

Themes: Faith, truth, defeating evil, memory, friendship.

Main character: Jonah was an interesting and entertaining character. He had a fascinating past, and had a well-rounded personality. He had flaws, but they didn’t overwhelm the fact that he was a good protagonist, which was key to the plot. Jonah had to struggle with himself, with guilt, which made me connect to him.

Secondary characters: Few characters were as well-written as Jonah, but J was also well rounded and had issues to deal with that were interesting. I found the other secondary characters (Sam, Carly, Jenna) to be one-sided. Sam was portrayed as “the good one”, and had no obvious flaws besides the fact that he was deceived at times, and Jenna was basically annoying.

Writing style: Lots of POV’s. Some of the writing was a little choppy so I had to re-read every once in a while. There were also a lot of flashbacks which became slightly confusing.

Plot: I grew frustrated. At first, the whole supernatural evil thing was awesome and really spooky until I found out what they really were. Also, the memory block was reiterated too much. After the first couple times I heard that they couldn’t remember what had happened in the past, I became annoyed. I didn’t know why they couldn’t remember, and the author just kept dragging the issue on and on.

Best scene: Ending scene; lots of action, enough said.

Positives: Jonah’s character, beginning, spookiness

Negatives: Lots of confusion, stereotypical characters, slow plot movement.

Ending: Left open for the next book in the series. Not very exciting.

Verdict: Just okay. I found the plot was overdone, and after the beginning, there were things that really distracted me from just enjoying the read.

Rating: 4.1… (mer)