The Named

Marianne Curleys trilogy is a wonderful breath of fresh air in an over-crowded science fiction and fantasy world of Tolkien copycats and Harry Potter wannabees. Her books are completely original and innovative, all told through a real time first person narrative. I highly reccomend these books.

Fast Paced+ Action Filled+ Phatomable Magic= Amazing, Entertaing, Quick Read. The Named is a fun, inventive book about The Guardians of time. The Job of the Guard is to protect the past from the Order of Chaos, who's goal is to change the past in order to gain absolute power in the futre. Sound Confusing? Trust me, it isn't, you get the hang of what she is saying very quickly, and the book grabs you right at the start. So read it, i can asure you will not be disappointed.

This has got to be one of my favorite books of all! Read it! believe me you wont be able to put it down.

Why can't every book in this world be as exciting and suspenseful as this book!!?? It just makes me want to cry!!! I absolutely loved this book. The book is about a group of teens who try to protect the present by going through the past inorder to fend off people in an organization that tries to destroy the past. The organization tries to kill someone that would effect the present (you might recognize the people they hunt in your history books). The book juggles through two main chracters chapter by chapter. One, Ethan, who is really the the main chracter in the book tries to go after the monster that killed his sister. The other Isabel is a trainee in the guardians of time who Ethan must train. The Guardians of Time is the organization that must protect the past from the villians. Pretty much the entire book is exciting with some new event coming up what seems like every few pages as you read on. Your guranteed not to be bored with this so what are you waiting for? Tired of reading crappy boring books with no interesting plot? Buy this if you are (espicially for young adults).

Up to this point, I hadn't even heard of Marianne Curley, or any of her books. But recently my History teacher bought in 'The Named' for reading groups, and I immediately found myself hooked. Time travel into the past to save the future, secret societies and magic powers, who wouldn't be? This is an excellent read, with plenty of good suspense, humor, and reality inside the human mind. The characters came to life, and now I can't wait to find the next book in the trilogy!