Book Blurb:
Carlie Henson is pretty, popular, and an All-American girl. She has a gorgeous boyfriend and a mother who lives to keep her safe. Probably because everyone is drawn to Carlie…including the murderers she has the ability to identify when she looks in the eyes of their victims.
Keeping Carlie’s secret is pretty simple when all she has to do is avoid dead people. But when a cheerleader at her high school is murdered and the killer seems to have gotten away with it, Carlie knows what she has to do. With the help of her boyfriend, Dillon, she devises a plan to see what she must, no matter her personal safety.
But when Dillon is the one who’s injured in the showdown with the killer, Carlie vows to never help anyone again…until the next young woman attacked is her best friend, Jenna.
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My Review:
3.5 Out Of 5 Stars
Genre: Mystery, Supernatural, Suspense, Teen--
When Carlie was five she inadvertently saw an unsolved mystery show her parents were watching and knew who killed the girl- but the scary part was that the murderer knew who she was also. After almost being kidnapped and solving a murder, her mom decided to never let her see another picture of a dead person in case it happened again- something challenging since her mom's job is to make crime scene sketches and profiled for the police. When a friend of Carlie's goes missing, Carlie wonders if she could help. When the friend is found dead, Carlie wonders if she still has that strange supernatural ability she did as a kid...and if she is willing to risk the killer knowing who she is in return.
The premise of this book is death and there is a lot of death and murder mentioned in the book, but I found this to be surprisingly upbeat. A lot of the book was spent dealing with the drama of high school, family issues and first love. Carlie has a gift (or curse depending on who you ask) and it let's her get resolution for people, something that she was so hopeful about. She wanted to help and was willing to overlook the danger if it would get justice for her friend.
I will admit that I was a little bit miffed at Carlie's attitude towards her mom for at least the first half of the book. She was slightly hostile all the time and completely blamed her mom for her parent's divorce since her mom loved her morbid job and did not want to quit. I had to keep telling myself she was only 15 and had no idea how real life worked. I did like watching Carlie mature as the book progressed and gain more insight into her mom and life in general. It helped her with her interpersonal interactions so much, her confidence as well as her goals. I liked the person she became by the end of the story.
Overall this was a really interesting premise for a YA supernatural murder mystery. Everything was wrapped up by the end of the book, making this a nice fast read that can be consumed in one afternoon. I am pretty sure that this is a standalone book, but it could easily be made into a series.
I reviewed a complementary copy of this title.
Author Bio:
Lee Ann Ward is an award-winning fiction author with a background in journalism and mass communications. She is also the former Senior Editor of Champagne Books. Her love of books started at the age of three, and she's been addicted ever since. She's published six novels with her seventh and eighth on the way (SEE a YA paranormal by Evernight Teen in June 2017 and GLIMPSES OF WILDERNESS a YA romance by Inkspell Publishing in December 2017) and has written several more. When she's not writing, she's reading, singing, baking designer cakes, bowling and dreaming. She's married to Joe (who also happens to be her publicist) and they have 4 sons whom they adore, and a granddaughter who is the love of their life. They make their home in the small fishing community of Bayou La Batre, Alabama.
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