I heart you, You haunt me by Lisa Schroeder

Author: Lisa Schroeder

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Rated 9/10

Girl meets boy.

Girl loses boy.

Girl gets boy back...

...sort of.


Ava can't see him or touch him, unless she's dreaming. She can't hear hisvoice, except for the faint whispers in her mind. Most would think she'scrazy, but she knows he's here.


Jackson. The boy Ava thought she'd spend the rest of her life with. He's back from the dead, as proof that love truly knows no bounds.

MY REVIEW
I really liked this book and it's writing style. I have never read a verse novel before and I must say it was quite enjoyable. This book is a very fast read I'm sure most will like. Fifteen year old Ava's boyfriend Jackson has died. At first she's really sad but then he comes back to haunt her at her house. At first she's thrilled by the thought Jackson is with her still. As time goes on she starts to realize she's not living life and feels the need to let Jackson go. Go read it because I really don't want to give too much away!

The Afterlife by Gary Soto

Author: Gary Soto

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Graphia

Rated 7/10

                                                                                    

A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.

MY REVIEW
This is an OK book I guess,it just didn't have anything that stuck out to me to make it a wonderful book and I didn't really like the ending too much. I just feel like Mr. Soto gave up before he finished or something(also it's not a very long book for those that like books like that). The story is told through 17 year old Chuy's eyes. He's in the bathroom of a club one night getting ready to meet a girl he likes when he is stabbed to death for complimenting a guy's yellow shoes. He is now a ghost going to family and friends after and finding out how much he was really loved. He meets the ghost of a girl(Crystal) who commited suicide and they go back to her parents and boyfriends(she had more than one). Some people may like this book(it wasn't terrible) but it really didn't do anything for me except pass some time.

Second Child by John Saul

Author: John Saul

Reading level: Adult

Publisher: Bantam

Rated 8/10

 One hundred years ago, in the beautiful village of Secret Cove, Maine, on the night of the annual August Moon Ball, a shy and lovely servant girl committed an act so unspeakably violent that its legacy still lives. Now, the blood-drenched past of this small town is about to come to life once more--just in time for this year's August Moon Ball.

MY REVIEW
I liked this book. It starts out with 15 year old Terri losing her mom and step dad in a mysterious fire in their home. She then goes to live with her real dad,step mom, and lil half sister Melissa. Melissa is 13 and is abused by her mother and to hide from it she let's her imaginary(or so it seems imaginary) friend D'Arcy take control of her body. Terri soon fits in with all the other rich kids leaving Melissa feeling lonlier than ever with the other kids picking on her. Day by day things turn out for the worse and Terri has Melissa convinced she is doing bad things blaming it on D'Arcy. Don't want to give too much away but as you can tell Terri is the evil sibbling! This is the first book I've ever read by John Saul and I liked it. I've read a lot of reviews for his books some good while others not so good. So just like me you'll prolly have to find out for yourself if you like his books.

The Hollow by Jessica Verday

Author: Jessica Verday

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Rated 5/10

 When Abbey's best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead?and rumors fly that her death was no accident. Abbey goes through the motions of mourning her best friend, but privately, she refuses to believe that Kristen is really gone. Then she meets Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen's funeral, and keeps reappearing in Abbey's life. Caspian clearly has secrets of his own, but he's the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again...but also special.

Just when Abbey starts to feel that she might survive all this, she learns a secret that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her best friend. How could Kristen have kept silent about so much? And could this secret have led to her death? As Abbey struggles to understand Kristen's betrayal, she uncovers a frightening truth that nearly unravels her—one that will challenge her emerging love for Caspian, as well as her own sanity

MY REVIEW
I've always been told and always tell people myself never to judge a book by it's cover.Well I should have listened to my own advice.I got the book because the cover looked awesome(which it is,it's pretty) But when it comes to the book not so much. It has too many questions and no answers for those questions, it kind of pissed me off. The only reason I would even read the sequel would to be to see if I could actually get some answers to my questions.WARNING!!! If you have not read this book and wish to then do not read any further,I'm about to spoil it for you if you do. The story begins with Abbey attending her bestfriend Kristen's funeral(They're just burying a casket,they find her body later in the book)Abbey notices a very unique looking guy(Caspian) at Kristen funeral.Her and Caspian quickly become close and Abbey falls in love with him(predictable)She later discovers Kristen's diary and learns she kept a secret boyfriend nobody else knew about.Also Abbey meets an elderly couple(Nikolas and Kate) at the cemetery too after Kristen's death(she thinks they are caretakers)While reading this book you learn a tidbit here and there about the Sleepy Hollow legend and it's author Mr.Irving(who's grave Abbey likes to visit a lot)Later Abbey finds out Caspian and the elderly couple are ghosts towards the end,where Caspian tells Abbey he doesn't love her.And then she leaves to go live with a great aunt of hers.It's a very slow paced book,I had to make myself read a lot of the book and there a too many parts in which have nothing to do with the storyline or the plot whatsoever,so I don't know why it's in there,maybe it's to make the book longer(the book is already too long but whatever)Anywho there are all these parts of the book that have you wondering.These questions that arise are never answered.Who is Kristin's secret boyfriend and why was he a secret in the first place? Was he the reason Kristen was on the bridge when she fell? Was he there,did he push her,or was he there and not help her after the fact she fell?Abbey is able to see ghosts after the death of Kristen but not before,why is that.They practically spent all their free time in the cemetery so why did Abbey see these ghosts only after Kristin's death? And how does she kiss Caspian in the book towards the beginning and not be able to towards the end or even touch him? It's not like he can't touch things.He drew in a sketch pad for her for a Christmas present and gave her some necklaces. Also where did he get the sketch pad and things to make these presents if he's dead? Did he happen to steal them? I have a lot more questions but I'll just leave it at this cuz if I don't this will just go on and on and it's already long enough LOL!

Haunted Sister-Lael Littke

How can you have a ghost story without a ghost? What if the ghost is only in your head? How would you know that you aren't losing your mind?




By medical standards, sixteen-year-old Janine Palmer dies on the day of her automobile accident. When her spirit travels to the "other side," however, she is told that it isn't her time to die, and is sent back to live out her life. When she awakens from her coma, though, she discovers that she hasn't come back alone. There is someone else inside her mind. The voice in Janine's head claims to be the ghost of Lenore, Janine's twin sister, who drowned twelve years earlier. Lenore blames her own death on Janine and is determined to live again in her sister's body.



Now the two girls must vie for one body. Can Janine be sure that her twin is really inside her, or is she simply going crazy?


MY REVIEW
Good book, but it kinda freaked me out a lil though. You never find out whether she's really being haunted by her dead twin sister or having personality problems. It made me hope something like this never happens to me. Although in the middle of the book it got a lil predictable I still would tell people it's a good read.