The Lost Gate Review

                                                                                             

  The Lost Gate   By Orson Scott  tells the story of a boy named  Danny, who is part of a family who can do very powerful  things but Danny can't do  anything. One day, Danny discovers that he is capable of making  Gates, passages  through  the air. The problem is that, these type of  people are not respected in Danny's world and they are hunted  down and killed. So Danny must leave his  family and go out into the human  world, trying to understand his powers and humans better.We also learn the story of  a man stuck in a  tree who one day comes out of the tree and is taken in  by  a kind cook, for the king and queen.  This man, Wad   can  also make gates. He uses his power to spy on people and to protect the people of the castle.

As a GateBrother, Danny is naturally  good with  languages  and  a   trickster. When he  goes into  the human  world,  he does  horrible things like rob  rich houses, steal a precious book and moon a security guard multiple  times.  Along the way, he meets  Eric, an eighteen year old boy who wants to use  Danny for his advantage. They go to DC and stay at  a  friend's of Eric. Here  Danny meets  Stone, a man who is not the least bit shocked by what Danny can do.  Stone knows everything  about  the world  Danny used to live and he wants to help protect Danny. He gives him the address of  a   kind old couple.

The  kind couple  takes Danny in and tries to teach Danny everything they know about these gates. This couple let's him have the family he  never really had. Throughout the book, he meets numerous  people who live in the human world but know  about  what he could do.With the help of all them, he tries to figure out how to make the biggest  gate of all, to  the planet where  people like Danny come from ;Westil.

 I love Orson Scott Card, even though he is kind of a homophobe, but his  writing is spetacular. This book didn't  fail to  deliver, it was   funny and thrilling. At times it was quite confusing, but I was   always  enraptured in this world. I loved how Orson Scott card made Danny  go into the human world, those were my favorite parts when he was just doing what normal kids would do.

 I admit  at times, I was disgusted with Danny's character but  thankfully that never lasted for too long.

 Overall I really enjoyed this and  gave it a  4/5 stars on goodreads