Hi guys! It's a pleasure to share to you my review of Notes from Ghost Town by Kate Ellison, which comes out this February 12, 2013, You may know Kate Ellison from her last book, The Butterfly Clues. Egmont USA is also generous enough to offer an awesome giveaway which includes ONE hardcover copy of Notes from Ghost Town and a paperback copy of The Butterfly Clues, this is in celebration of the paperback release too!
Title: Notes From Ghost Town
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Author: Kate Ellison
Publisher: Egmont USA
Publishing Date: February 12, 2013
Source: publisher (via netgalley)
They say first love never dies...
From critically acclaimed author Kate Ellison comes a heartbreaking mystery of mental illness, unspoken love, and murder. When sixteen-year-old artist Olivia Tithe is visited by the ghost of her first love, Lucas Stern, it’s only through scattered images and notes left behind that she can unravel the mystery of his death.
There’s a catch: Olivia has gone colorblind, and there’s a good chance she’s losing her mind completely—just like her mother did. How else to explain seeing (and falling in love all over again with) someone who isn’t really there?
With the murder trial looming just nine days away, Olivia must follow her heart to the truth, no matter how painful. It’s the only way she can save herself.
My Thoughts:
Hmm...it was a nice mystery murder story. I think this will interest young readers in the sense that it's not gory in details (the murder) and the mystery is not that complicated. It didn't rise up a lot of effort for me to guess who the murderer is, but I pretty much guessed who even before I was halfway through the story. I loved how it was written though, and how unsure the genre is because it's on the brink between mystery murder and paranormal. While reading, you will always wonder if it's just insanity or if it really exists. What I like about this kinda of soties is the ambiguity whetehr what's real and what isn't. Unlike some other novels where the paranormal really exists, thus it's normal, and you know feom the start that it's paranormal.
I also like Olivia. (This name is always coming up in the books I read) she's tough and honest and very brave and inependent. She basically has all the right characters and attitudes each great girl MC must have, in my opinion. Plus, the presence of Austin in her life was not overly excessive. It. was. Just. Right. And I like her relationship with Raina. All the more,, I adore her relationship with her father and mother. His father was a good man and the kind of father that he is is not always seen in the novels I've read so I was really touched whenever her issue with her dad is brought up.
The story in itself was okay but very engaging. In the end though, I felt like things were too easy and comfortable. But anyway, that's how endings are supposed to be. It was a good read and it might also stir up your hearts a little bit. Mine did.
GIVEAWAY TIME!
Prize: ONE hardcover copy of Notes from Ghost Town and ONE paperback copy of The Butterfly Clues, both books by Kate Ellison.
Sponsored by: Egmont USA
US/Canada addresses only
until February 12, 2013
until February 12, 2013
Thank you for the opportunity to win these books :)
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