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5.0
I so totally love this cover! And as you know, I am a cover lover. This one is so beautiful and for lack of a better word, it's just haunting beautiful. 'One night changes everything' So true!
This story grabbed me from the very beginning and I just read and read. The first chapter ends with a car accident and someone dies. How does that not grab ya? That is always such a tragedy and so sad.
But the young man, Jeremy, does not realize that he is dead and just wants to connect with his girlfriend again. And Hailey, who was driving the car when the accident happened, feels so guilty and cannot imagine going on with her life, cannot imagine loving anyone after Jeremy.
I am always fascinated with stories that look at life after death. Since we really don't know what that is like or what it will be like (at least I don't and no one I know, knows), I love reading what authors' imaginations can come up with. And I love the idea that the dead can give us 'signs' that they are still with us.
'As I reach to close the door, I spot something against the curb, something red. A feather. It's reminds me, though it's painful to remember. I pick the feather up. As I run my fingers back and forth over it, I feel myself slip into the once-was for a moment and almost believe I'm there.'
Susan has done a believable job of creating a world where the dead and living try to communicate and ultimately try to move on. I loved the way the story was told from the point of view of the three main characters. It was a wonderful glimpse into the lives and thoughts of three teenagers, all going through their own personal hell.
'The world should have come to a halt. But it didn't. Doesn't. It keeps spinning and rotating and moving out of my control. People continue living, and it makes my stomach twist.'
Haunted is a wonderful, well written story that explores teenagers, death, and life after death. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I highly recommend it!
Originally posted on The Book Bag
This story grabbed me from the very beginning and I just read and read. The first chapter ends with a car accident and someone dies. How does that not grab ya? That is always such a tragedy and so sad.
But the young man, Jeremy, does not realize that he is dead and just wants to connect with his girlfriend again. And Hailey, who was driving the car when the accident happened, feels so guilty and cannot imagine going on with her life, cannot imagine loving anyone after Jeremy.
I am always fascinated with stories that look at life after death. Since we really don't know what that is like or what it will be like (at least I don't and no one I know, knows), I love reading what authors' imaginations can come up with. And I love the idea that the dead can give us 'signs' that they are still with us.
'As I reach to close the door, I spot something against the curb, something red. A feather. It's reminds me, though it's painful to remember. I pick the feather up. As I run my fingers back and forth over it, I feel myself slip into the once-was for a moment and almost believe I'm there.'
Susan has done a believable job of creating a world where the dead and living try to communicate and ultimately try to move on. I loved the way the story was told from the point of view of the three main characters. It was a wonderful glimpse into the lives and thoughts of three teenagers, all going through their own personal hell.
'The world should have come to a halt. But it didn't. Doesn't. It keeps spinning and rotating and moving out of my control. People continue living, and it makes my stomach twist.'
Haunted is a wonderful, well written story that explores teenagers, death, and life after death. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I highly recommend it!
Originally posted on The Book Bag
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