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I received a free kindle copy of The Gateway Through Which They Came by Heather Marie, published by Curiosity Quills Press from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

I gave this book five stars. It kept my full attention & the pages turned quickly.

Description of Aiden, the seventeen year old 'Gateway'. "He stares at me, expecting more. But I can’t give him what he wants. What they all want. Confirmation. Reassurance. All I can tell them is what I feel; that the thing inside of me is like nothing else. The warmth. The safety. The peace. I feel it each and every time one of them passes through. The unfortunate ones who are ripped from their lives without a chance to say goodbye."

After an especially difficult time, he questions who he is & what he can do. Or what he has done.

"Becoming a Dark One means feeding off your wants and needs; their instincts are to cause damage no matter how malicious. It’s the consequence of losing touch of your humanity."

Justin Chase is Aiden's nemesis. In church, Aiden bumps into Justin's dad, Vincent. "It's an accident, clearly, but his displeased expression is far from understanding. A snarl of disgust slips from the thin line of his mouth. Grabbing the lapels of his black coat, he adjusts it as if I'd made a mess of his finely pressed attire.

"'Perhaps you should be more mindfull of where you're going' The words are thick & unkind, a threat wrapped in a breath of distaste."

After looking for seven months, Aiden finally finds Koren. "She's haunting in a way, standing beside us as if she's any other girl, but inside she's battling a yearning for the darkness to overtake her. It's this that makes us so alike. I may not be a Bleeder, but I know what it feels like to fight a part of you that is beyond your control."

Link to purchase: http://www.amazon.com/Gateway-Through-Which-They-Came-ebook/dp/B00N0EH7OA