The Prophecy of Days by Christy Raedeke

For March book club we read book one of The Prophecy of Days by Raedeke. It was a cute and quick read. There are questions raised about the Mayan calendar and prophecies. I never buy into the end of the world prophecies when people talk about them. It was fun to see how Raedeke had a teenage girl (Caity) be the center of the plot and have to unite other teenagers around the world to keep a prophecy from coming true. Raedeke writes the book from Caity's viewpoint. There are emails and texts between Caity and friends that are convincing with abbreviations and token teenage sayings. The reader can easily believe it is a teenage girl telling the story. The plot moves along fairly quickly. For me it was a little strange how everything just worked out for Caity. In discussion someone talked about how things happen when a prophecy is supposed to come about. That things just fall into place. I understand that; but it was anti-climatic for me. The characters are likable though and I will probably eventually pick up book two so I can see what happens. Another aspect of the book is Caity's guilt for continually lying and deceiving her parents. She knows that it is safer for them to not know. However, she knows that she is supposed to be honest with them too. This is troubling for her and adds to the intensity of her role in the prophecy.