{"id":2681,"date":"2013-09-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2013-09-19T14:00:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T19:00:59","slug":"gated-by-amy-christine-parker-book-review-safe-from-evil-world-perhaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=2681","title":{"rendered":"Gated, by Amy Christine Parker (book review) – safe from evil world…perhaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>Inside the gates, it’s safe.
\nOutside, the evil world will end soon<\/a>.
\nOr maybe it’s the other way around.<\/p>\n

The messages that Pioneer began receiving from The Beloved in space during 9\/11 have sent an entire colony of families to create their own Armageddon<\/a>-proof underground Silo against the coming endtimes.<\/p>\n

Inside the Community’s gates, Lyla’s mother still mourns a long-ago kidnapping, shooting practice uses human-size targets, and no outside TV, radio, or magazines are allowed in – sanctuary or captivity?<\/p>\n

Doomsday cults are nothing new, but Lyla’s future is now, and it’s not at all what Pioneer promised!\u00a0 What a page-turner!<\/p>\n

**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: Gated \/ Amy Christine Parker. Random House, 2013.\u00a0 [author Facebook page<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Pioneer comforted Lyla’s parents after her sister’s kidnapping and the 9\/11 attacks, led them to establish the Community to survive the imminent endtimes, will keep them safe from the world’s evils… maybe.<\/p>\n

Lyla has grown from shy little girl to inquisitive teen in this pastoral place of horses and friends and meadows and shooting practice on human-shaped targets. Yes, Pioneer expects everyone to defend the Community when the Earth’s rotation reverses soon and these chosen ones go into their underground fortress to wait out the chaos.<\/p>\n

Despite Pioneer’s efforts, the Community hasn’t completely escaped the notice of nearby townspeople during their monthly supply runs. In fact, the sheriff has just come for a visit to make sure everyone is within the gates of their own free will.<\/p>\n

When Lyla is chosen as tour guide for the sheriff’s teenage son, she begins thinking about the outside world and finds Cody in her dreams (even though Will is her intended now).<\/p>\n

A small mistake on her part leads to disastrous results as Pioneer shows the Community outside news that confirms his prophecies are coming true now!<\/p>\n

“This is not a drill!” Pioneer thunders – but Lyla doesn’t want to believe that the endtimes have arrived in this novel about belief, lies, and faith.\u00a0 (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inside the gates, it’s safe. Outside, the evil world will end soon. Or maybe it’s the other way around. The messages that Pioneer began receiving from The Beloved in space during 9\/11 have sent an entire colony of families to create their own Armageddon-proof underground Silo against the coming endtimes. Inside the Community’s gates, Lyla’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,68],"tags":[22,7,4,11,20,5,70,37,16,134,18,43,39,49,15,21,35,33,3,28],"class_list":["post-2681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-future","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-belonging","tag-communication","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-crime","tag-death","tag-determination","tag-faith","tag-family","tag-growing-up","tag-love","tag-memories","tag-relationships","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-teens","tag-villains"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2747,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions\/2747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}