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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
4.5 - curse the lack of half stars on Goodreads.
WHY DID NO ONE SAY THIS WAS A MURDER MYSTERY?!?!?! I would have read it so much sooner!!! (I grew up on Agatha Christie...)
I started this book cause it was little. I mean it's not even 250 pages! (I read the ARC.) Sometimes I judge books on their fatness - either too big or too little and sometimes I feel like little books aren't meaty enough. Well, I tell you, friend. This book is ALL meat. In fact I'm impressed at the author's ability to pack that much of a punch in such a wee book. It certainly didn't feel like under 250 pages!
It had murder. It had A LOT of hot boys. It had a kick ass heroine. It was set in one of my favorite places in the world. What the hell is there not to love?!
I find a murder mystery truly good when I can't guess the ending. Years of Agatha Christie, CSI, Law and Order have trained me well. And good job, Harrington, I didn't expect that one at all.
I am so so so so looking forward to Perception. Like, who do I have to bribe for an ARC?! Oh, and by bribe, I mean make homemade chocolate chip cookies for.
WHY DID NO ONE SAY THIS WAS A MURDER MYSTERY?!?!?! I would have read it so much sooner!!! (I grew up on Agatha Christie...)
I started this book cause it was little. I mean it's not even 250 pages! (I read the ARC.) Sometimes I judge books on their fatness - either too big or too little and sometimes I feel like little books aren't meaty enough. Well, I tell you, friend. This book is ALL meat. In fact I'm impressed at the author's ability to pack that much of a punch in such a wee book. It certainly didn't feel like under 250 pages!
It had murder. It had A LOT of hot boys. It had a kick ass heroine. It was set in one of my favorite places in the world. What the hell is there not to love?!
I find a murder mystery truly good when I can't guess the ending. Years of Agatha Christie, CSI, Law and Order have trained me well. And good job, Harrington, I didn't expect that one at all.
I am so so so so looking forward to Perception. Like, who do I have to bribe for an ARC?! Oh, and by bribe, I mean make homemade chocolate chip cookies for.
Crime with some supernatural powers...What else can I say? Love it! :)
Had this one on the radar for awhile too. Picked it up at B and N, mostly because I have a thing for paranormal mystery books. I still have to finish my work for my class, but I needed to read something last night that I could get through in one night and would destress me, so I grabed this one, which read a bit like a paranormal Veronica Mars (though not quite as Snarky.) I rather enjoyed it, they kept tossing random teenage boys in leading the reader to wonder which one would turn out to be involved someway. I really was not sure how it could put together, looking back I should have noticed, there were clues that seemed like random through-away comments at the time. This was a quick, fun paranormal YA, a little fluff mixed with some very good writing. It was nothing taunt or tense- more fun with a little danger, and mostly doubt, tossed it.
Very easy read, and not quite what I was expecting. It really carried the lesson that you should never judge a book by it's cover and you should never assume things, or listen to gossip. This seemed to be an ongoing them in this book, and it was fairly surprising how often it still happened over and over, true to life I guess you could say.
I actually want expecting a murder mystery when I picked it up, but where I normally don't go for that kind of thing, that was actually quite intriguing and totally caught my interest.
And of course there was a little bit of romance, even though it was unresolved, which leave me wondering if there will be a sequel. I have to say, I wouldn't be disappointed if there was!
If you like the Blue is for Nightmares collection, or the Wake series, this book might be right up your alley!
I actually want expecting a murder mystery when I picked it up, but where I normally don't go for that kind of thing, that was actually quite intriguing and totally caught my interest.
And of course there was a little bit of romance, even though it was unresolved, which leave me wondering if there will be a sequel. I have to say, I wouldn't be disappointed if there was!
If you like the Blue is for Nightmares collection, or the Wake series, this book might be right up your alley!
I couldn't put it down it was fun! A mystery that was enjoyable! I finished it in one sitting so it's a super fast read, I was down to 2 people of who the murderer was and I was right with 1 of them! It was enjoyable!
I couldn't put it down it was fun! A mystery that was enjoyable! I finished it in one sitting so it's a super fast read, I was down to 2 people for who the murderer could possibly be and I was right with 1 of them! It was enjoyable but not super amazing... There will be a love triangle and it left me completely hanging and wanting to read the 2nd book! So the author achieved her goal in that aspect! Honestly I think the author could've made this one book instead of however many she is going to write.
However, the thing that I had the most difficulty with was how she got involved in the first place. Apparently when there‘s murder in town, who you gonna call? Why, the local 16 year old psychic. Swallowing the pill of authorities actually roping her in to help (albeit secretly,) was a difficult to do. But once done, I found I enjoyed Clarity and the rest of the story. Clare is that fiery/snarky/spunky character that I like in a book.
Language: heavy
Violence: moderate
Sexual Content: moderate
Drugs/Alcohol: moderate
Overall: I'd be careful with who reads this due to the content but it was a fun fast read...
I couldn't put it down it was fun! A mystery that was enjoyable! I finished it in one sitting so it's a super fast read, I was down to 2 people for who the murderer could possibly be and I was right with 1 of them! It was enjoyable but not super amazing... There will be a love triangle and it left me completely hanging and wanting to read the 2nd book! So the author achieved her goal in that aspect! Honestly I think the author could've made this one book instead of however many she is going to write.
However, the thing that I had the most difficulty with was how she got involved in the first place. Apparently when there‘s murder in town, who you gonna call? Why, the local 16 year old psychic. Swallowing the pill of authorities actually roping her in to help (albeit secretly,) was a difficult to do. But once done, I found I enjoyed Clarity and the rest of the story. Clare is that fiery/snarky/spunky character that I like in a book.
Language: heavy
Violence: moderate
Sexual Content: moderate
Drugs/Alcohol: moderate
Overall: I'd be careful with who reads this due to the content but it was a fun fast read...
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I can't say enough how much I enjoyed this book. I'm planning on using this for a book talk on March 12, 2012. I loved all of the characters, especially Clarity (Clare) and her ditzy mom. I'm excited that this will be a series! A great teen mystery book.
I thought this book was a fun little mystery. The romance angle wasn't overbearing, there was some good action, and the plot was entertaining. I'll be happy to follow this up with "perception."
Loved it! Cant wait for the sequel.
Full review to come.
Full review to come.
This is just your typical, formulatic YA. You have your speshul snowflake of a MC that's better than anyone else in this small town with only small-minded people. She has no friends because she's apparently a freak but also because she's above anyone else. Then there's an asshole, but hot, mate, hot love interest that's, you know, just so HOT, like!!11!!! Then we have cheating ex-boyfriend who just wants to get back with MC and MC starts to consider it because he so sweet!!!! Of course, there's also this slut who's like so slutty because she has SEX, OH MY GOD!!! Not to mention that MC actually slut-shames her own brother because he often has sex. No. Just no. I'm sorry I don't know what people see in this. I tried reading it till the end just because of the mystery, but I ended up skipping the last 100 of pages and seeing who did it. And, to be honest, it didn't surprise me, I kind of expected it.
So yeah, this book did nothing to me. I felt as if I've read it hundreds of times already and maybe I am missing something, but this was just painful to me.
So yeah, this book did nothing to me. I felt as if I've read it hundreds of times already and maybe I am missing something, but this was just painful to me.