Warriors: The Darkest Hour

The Darkest Hour, by Erin Hunter is a thrilling novel. To write this novel, Erin had to think like a cat because the story is about cats. The cats were amazingly intelligent in the novel and the story is very vivid. This makes the reader think the story could really happen. I was enthralled after just 10 pages!

However, I don't think this story is just about cats. It seems more like the story of history. These cats live like an early civilization! They believe that when someone dies, its spirit goes into some sort of heaven, where it watches over its family and friends. Bad people are punished. They call this heaven "StarClan", because it is up in the sky with the stars. These cats believe that their leader is chosen by StarClan, and have a ceremony to initiate the new leader. There is a social structure with the leader on top, then his or her deputy, the elders, warriors, apprentices, and kittens. The whole book is about the fight between different groups of cats. Erin Hunter turned history into a thrilling novel about cats. It was weird at first, but now I can't wait to read the rest of the series!