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Rileigh heads to the mall with her best friend Q when the pair leaves they witness a attempted mugging. The mugger flee's with but before he can run past Rileigh she trips him ending up with the purse and he runs off. It isn't till Rileigh and Q get to her car that they are confronted by the mugger and his two friends. They attempt to rough them up but Rileigh surprises them as well as herself by using ancient samurai skills. When she's caught on the security camera's beating up the bad guys, suddenly the guy she's been dying to date in high school is showing up at her home. She's also visited by a stranger who claims to know who she is and why she's suddenly hearing a voice and has some new fighting skills.

At his urging Rileigh agree's to meet the stranger at his dojo in hopes of learning what's going on. She's attacked by three strangers who attempt to kill her but with her skills she easily fights them off. She learns that Kim was testing her to prove that she is indeed the one he's been searching for the fifth of their group well as his long lost love. Rileigh struggles with learning the truth, unable to believe they are telling her all the truth she decides to go out with the guy from school at the urging of her best friends. It's on the date she's attacked, and when her home is broken into and the katana stolen she heads back to Kim for advice.

I've been dying to read Katana forever since long before it came out and after procrastinating on purchasing it due to the ever growing review pile I caved. However it hit the shelf where it's been teasing me for months. I was tickled when I found the chance to read while my kindles had dead batteries. I love the cover cherry blossoms are one of my favorite flowers to start with plus one of my favorite movies is Kill Bill so I had high hopes. I was drawn in right from the first chapter I couldn't wait to see what would happen next in Rileighs adventure. Katana is a fast story that is easy to lose all track of time, with a flowing story-line it a story that teens as well as adults will enjoy. I will admit it is a little stereotypical but I don't think it detracts from the story. I like the concept for Katana it's my first martial art's related story but the concept of soul mates and past lives is one of my favorite romantic stories. I've always wanted a stereotypical gay best friend so I'm a little jealous that Rileigh has one and he even accepts her for the samurai she is. I found all the characters are great they way that their past lives mix with the current lives just creates a better story. I can honestly say I really loved Katana; it's a awesome story that left me going aw[...] I can't wait to get my hands on the next one.


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Katana A Katana Novel Cole Gibsen 9780738730400 Books Reviews

My rating 4.5 out of 5 stars

This novel was pretty darn good. Being a HUGE fan of Japanese culture, I ate this book up like crazy! The premise of Katana was unlike anything I have ever read before! It was a real page-turner for me and I instantly fell in love with all of the characters.

Gibsen's characters are unique, and their dark pasts define who they are in a way that's so different and refreshing compared to the other cliched novels out there. Rileigh Martin was a kick-ass, strong-willed, do-it-herself kind of protagonist, and I grew to like her within pages. I liked how it took her a while to accept what was going on as well. In a look of books these days, the hero accepts things a little too quickly, and here we see Rileigh struggling with her issues in a way that makes her more realistic, believable, and relatable to people.

My favorite thing about the book has got to be the relationship between Rileigh and Kim. Since I don't wanna spoil anything for anyone, I'll just leave it at this Wow ) Their relationship is so complicated, so steamy, and so darn awesome that when the book ended I had this "O" face goin' on because I wanted to know more about them. Fantastic chemistry in this novel with the characters. Not just with Releigh and Kim, but with Drew, Michelle, Whitley, and Braden as well.

I can't express just how refreshingly unique this story was! I had NO idea what was going to happen, and the suspense literally kept me up until 1 in the morning trying to find out what would happen next.

Very promising novel, Gibsen. I'm very impressed, and looking forward to the next one. )
So that you know where I'm coming from, I'm a 28 year old male. This places me pretty far outside the young adult demographic they were goin for but when I saw I could buy this book for a penny, I figured "What the hell".

My overall opinion is a negative one since this book could have been much more than it was. Here are some of the things that annoyed me

1. The stereotypically flamboyant gay friend - Did he have to be made of cardboard? Would it have killed the author to give him even a little depth? It seemed that his only purpose in the book was to snark at the main character and make remarks about how fantastically gay he is. Nothin wrong with having a gay character, of course. Lots of great characters are gay (I'm looking at you, Dumbledore!) but, unlike this character, being gay is not their only discernible trait or why they're remarkable. The treatment of this character did nothing to enhance the story or give you insight into any character's hearts. Hell, even the other samurai heroes barely noticed him there.

2. The fighting - For a martial arts story there seemed to be very little care taken with the fights. The descriptions sounded as though the author watched an entire season of Buffy before writing this book. There was just nothing present that had shown me Gibsen knew the first thing about martial arts and combat.

3. The romance - I know they're teenagers but they're also, literally, 'old souls' too. So why is that they cant help but say things like, "I would rather die a thousand deaths than have you think for a second that I don't love you". Puke.

4. The history - I am no Asian history scholar but there are many instances that tell me that Gibsen knows even less than I do when it comes to Japanese history. Foremost that one cannot be granted samurai status; it is something you are born into.

5. The villain - He goes from Cedric Diggory to Tom Riddle with no transition, no triggering event, no nothing. He just simply comes back in the end all evil and the reader is supposed to just go with it. Sorry Gibsen but this didn't fly with me at all and came off like this was a last minute decision.

I bought this book hoping for another "Sensei" (read it, its good) but what I got was a 21st century coming of age story about a girl with skinny jeans and mommy-issues. I'll pass on the sequel.
Rileigh heads to the mall with her best friend Q when the pair leaves they witness a attempted mugging. The mugger flee's with but before he can run past Rileigh she trips him ending up with the purse and he runs off. It isn't till Rileigh and Q get to her car that they are confronted by the mugger and his two friends. They attempt to rough them up but Rileigh surprises them as well as herself by using ancient samurai skills. When she's caught on the security camera's beating up the bad guys, suddenly the guy she's been dying to date in high school is showing up at her home. She's also visited by a stranger who claims to know who she is and why she's suddenly hearing a voice and has some new fighting skills.

At his urging Rileigh agree's to meet the stranger at his dojo in hopes of learning what's going on. She's attacked by three strangers who attempt to kill her but with her skills she easily fights them off. She learns that Kim was testing her to prove that she is indeed the one he's been searching for the fifth of their group well as his long lost love. Rileigh struggles with learning the truth, unable to believe they are telling her all the truth she decides to go out with the guy from school at the urging of her best friends. It's on the date she's attacked, and when her home is broken into and the katana stolen she heads back to Kim for advice.

I've been dying to read Katana forever since long before it came out and after procrastinating on purchasing it due to the ever growing review pile I caved. However it hit the shelf where it's been teasing me for months. I was tickled when I found the chance to read while my kindles had dead batteries. I love the cover cherry blossoms are one of my favorite flowers to start with plus one of my favorite movies is Kill Bill so I had high hopes. I was drawn in right from the first chapter I couldn't wait to see what would happen next in Rileighs adventure. Katana is a fast story that is easy to lose all track of time, with a flowing story-line it a story that teens as well as adults will enjoy. I will admit it is a little stereotypical but I don't think it detracts from the story. I like the concept for Katana it's my first martial art's related story but the concept of soul mates and past lives is one of my favorite romantic stories. I've always wanted a stereotypical gay best friend so I'm a little jealous that Rileigh has one and he even accepts her for the samurai she is. I found all the characters are great they way that their past lives mix with the current lives just creates a better story. I can honestly say I really loved Katana; it's a awesome story that left me going aw[...] I can't wait to get my hands on the next one.