Hunger by Jackie Kessler Review

Reading level: Young Adult

Paperback: 180 pages

Publisher: Graphia; Original edition (October 18, 2010)

ISBN-10: 0547341245

ISBN-13: 978-0547341248

Received From:  Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

                    4 Butterflies

Product Description:

"Thou art the Black Rider. Go thee out unto the world."

Lisabeth Lewis has a black steed, a set of scales, and a new job: she’s been appointed Famine. How will an anorexic seventeen-year-old girl from the suburbs fare as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

Traveling the world on her steed gives Lisa freedom from her troubles at home—her constant battle with hunger, and her struggle to hide it from the people who care about her. But being Famine forces her to go places where hunger is a painful part of everyday life, and to face the horrifying effects of her phenomenal power. Can Lisa find a way to harness that power—and the courage to fight her own inner demons?

A wildly original approach to the issue of eating disorders, Hunger is about the struggle to find balance in a world of extremes, and uses fantastic tropes to explore a difficult topic that touches the lives of many teens.

My Thoughts:

I had never read a book about the four horsemen before, so I was really excited to start this one.  It's a fresh face in the paranormal monster world (at least for me), and I'm always on the look-out for something new.  I really liked the premise of it.  I think Death was definitely my favorite horsemen.  He was funny and really put a fun spin on the concept of death.

I think it was great that Jackie Kessler managed to take a fun paranormal read and center it around the very important issue of eating disorders.  I think it's so important that teens find books that they can relate to, that help them through tough situations in their lives.  Eating Disorders are everywhere these days, and yet you still don't hear people talking about them much.

I liked Lisabeth's character.  I found her hard to relate to sometimes, but I think that was because she was struggling with herself so much in the book.  She had a hard time relating to herself.  The eating disorder was eating her. 

Overall, this was a great new addition to the YA world and the paranormal world and I'm really looking forward to reading Rage, the next Horseman book!

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