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A review by allmadhere106
Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
4.0
Aura and everyone born after her can all see ghosts due to a mystical event called the Shift. Everyone her age and younger have learned to live with this ability and everyone older has worked to get control over ghosts everywhere, be it through blackboxing areas to prevent ghosts entering or be it through putting a tracker on them and summoning them. Aura knows she is somehow tied to the Shift and she makes it her goal to learn all that she can about the mystery behind it. In addition to this, Aura finds herself conflicted in terms of her love life. Her longterm boyfriend and lifelong friend *SPOILERS* has suddenly died but his ghost still visits her, and a new boy has shown up that she is drawn to more than anyone she's ever known and he is supportive as she deals with her loss. Aura finds that both of the boys work together to give her more answers about the Shift while also creating several more conflicts.
The storyline is just wonderfully original in terms of the Shift and the way that ghosts are presented. I loved it in that way. Smith-Ready shows several different kinds of ghosts throughout the book and each type gives clues to the reality behind the event. I found the love triangle drama a little taxing and over the top, mainly because one boy was alive and one was not. Myabe I missed something vital that the target audience would have latched on it, but I couldn't help but think that I would have wanted a loved one to move on instead of keeping them somewhere potentially threatening. Either way, the romantic scenes were fun and steamy and the characters had distinct enough personalities that I could let most issues slide. I'm very interested in learning more from the other books in the series.
The storyline is just wonderfully original in terms of the Shift and the way that ghosts are presented. I loved it in that way. Smith-Ready shows several different kinds of ghosts throughout the book and each type gives clues to the reality behind the event. I found the love triangle drama a little taxing and over the top, mainly because one boy was alive and one was not. Myabe I missed something vital that the target audience would have latched on it, but I couldn't help but think that I would have wanted a loved one to move on instead of keeping them somewhere potentially threatening. Either way, the romantic scenes were fun and steamy and the characters had distinct enough personalities that I could let most issues slide. I'm very interested in learning more from the other books in the series.