Radiance (book)

2010 novel by Alyson Noël

Radiance

First edition (US)

Author| Alyson Noël
Country| United States
Language| English
Series| Riley Bloom Series
Genre| Children's fiction, fantasy
Publisher| Square Fish (US)
Turtleback Books (UK)

Publication date

| 31 August 2010
Media type| Paperback
Pages| 192 Pages[1]
ISBN| 978-0-330-52691-3
Followed by| 'Shimmer

Radiance is the first book of the Riley Bloom Series written by Alyson Noël, which is a spin-off of The Immortals.

## Plot[edit]

Riley Bloom crossed the bridge into the afterlife following a car crash - with her parents and her beloved dog, Buttercup. The afterlife is situated in - Here & Now . And it turns out that the afterlife is not just an eternity of leisure. Riley meets The Council where she is assigned a job as a Soul Catcher, with weird but maybe cute boy as her guide whose name is Bodhi. Her first assignment will take her back to earth, to everything she's left behind - where she must find the Radiant Boy, a ten-year-old, long - lost spirit in the haunting castles of England for centuries, who doesn't want to move on.

## Reviews[edit]

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"Riley, who appeared in ghost form to her older sister, Ever, in Noël’s bestselling Evermore, takes center stage in this middle-grade spinoff, first in a planned[clarification needed] series. . . . her wit, attitude, and maturation should have readers gladly following her into the second installment."—Publishers Weekly

"Narrating in a contemporary voice with an honest and comfortable cadence, Riley is imperfect, but always likable as she sweeps readers to her faraway land where she makes herself and readers assess their behaviors and, quite possibly, make adjustments. In the midst of this wildly fanciful setting, Noël is able to capture with nail-on-the-head accuracy common worries and concerns of today’s tweens."—School Library Journal

"A tale for lovers of the genre . . . For those preteens who like a mild supernatural adventure with romantic overtones, you go, ghost."—Kirkus Reviews

Radiance is rated 3.57 out of 5 at Goodreads.com [3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Radiance | Alyson Noël | Macmillan". Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
2. ^ Noël, Alyson (2010-08-31). Radiance: A Riley Bloom Book. ISBN 978-0312629175.
3. ^ "Radiance (Riley Bloom, #1)".

## External links[edit]

* Author's Website