One god’s love will heal my heart. Another god’s love will heal humanity.So I can heal people. Sounds cool in theory. Feels great when I can actually swing it. Unfortunately, my dad is all about keeping a low profile and healing folks only when it’s absolutely necessary. I suppose that’s best even though I’m super sick of hiding what I can do, especially from my best friend Angie.I think I might … Angie.
I think I might have royally screwed up, though. Someone has been following me for weeks, and there are two new guys at my school who act like they know me, asking me pointed questions about my work at the hospital and how I “help” people. Tie and Victor may say they’re seniors in high school, but they don’t play the part so well.
I should stay away from them. It would be the safe thing to do.
But if I play it safe, I’ll never find the answers I’m looking for…
…and I’ll never understand this connection I feel to Tie.
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“The Healer is an excellent example of Fabulism/Magical realism, combining myths and fables from the Japanese culture, as well as touching on a few others. C.J. Anaya has an excellent writer’s voice and sets a brilliant pace…It was impossible not to get lost in the story.” -K.J. Simmill, Readers’ Favorite
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Excellent YA novel that will resonate with teen females who are talented and unsure, as most of them are.
Loved this story and the characters.
I seldom give a book 5 stars, but this is a truly an exceptional book. It has everything you could want in a book…lies, trust issues, weird happenings, kept secrets, long ago lives brought to life, etc. Well, you get me, this book is really great!!!
Because I am a spiritual person, stories like these help me understand what I perceive in the “real world.”
Also, C.J. Anaya provides thought provoking wisdom through her characters.
Even though the story is a bit drawn out, I am drawn in to want to know what happens next and how evil will be defeated….
I DID NOT like this book.
I picked this book on a whim. I am amazed at how much I’m enjoying this book. The twist of Gods and Mortals, with a Japanese background has turned out to be riveting. I flew through this book, the second and am enjoying the third in the series now. If you can get past the teen drama, and yes it is there and can be annoying at times, the story is great. I hope you enjoy it as I have.
Awesome book can’t wait to read the rest of the seires!!!
Hope is a normal teenager in a normal school with a normal best friend, so she thinks. She, on the other hand, is the furthest thing from normal. She is a person that can heal others by connecting to their “life forces” and showing their cell what needs to be done to heal themselves. She is in hiding with her father, who is a doctor at the local hospital. She finds it difficult to be around others that are hurting without helping them. Her father struggles to keep her reigned in because of his overwhelming fears of being found out for her abilities. But even with everything he has done to keep them off the grid, she is sought out and discovered.
This was a really great story and a very quick read. It was one of those that every time I thought I was at a stopping point it drew me back in with a “No, don’t go” moment. I loved the characters. They were entirely believable in a fantastical fictional way. Even though it is obviously fiction, I liked that literary mythology was inserted. The descriptions used are tangible. I could actually see the black cherry blossom and the colors of Hope’s dress bleeding from black to red in Hope’s flashbacks with Musubi-no-kami. I enjoy reading things that make me want to look it up and see if it’s on track. I learned about Japanese mythological characters including Nekomata and the Japanese Deities. I felt so many emotions radiating through me throughout the whole story. I felt genuine pain for the sadness and feelings of defeat Hope deals with when it comes to Kirby. I felt the excitement with the underlying fear of meeting Tie and Victor. I felt how overwhelmed Hope must feel at the knowledge of her true heritage. I connected with Tie and felt strongly where he should be in Hope’s life. I see Victor as very stiff which makes perfect sense when it is revealed who he is in the ultimate scheme of thing. I think Angela is amazing and I find it interesting that after the accident she experiences when they are young, she becomes withdrawn at times and as Hope details, a “germaphobe.”
There are many instances in the book that I would pull up a note and say, “who is this person in the bigger picture.” I would go back and forth from what I was reading to what I had read and have aha or how did I miss that moment. I stayed intrigued and involved throughout the whole book. Great Job!
Hint to those reading this, you will not get all of the answers you want. The questions are left to be followed up in the series. It does not come all tied up with a pretty bow, but it is worth it!