Published: 4th August 2011
By: Edie Claire
Target Audience: YA
Blurb:
She thought that seeing the shadows was a curse. Until she saw him.
Seventeen-year-old Kali has always seen two sets of people: those living now, and those who lived before. But on her spring break in Hawaii, she is suddenly surrounded by more shadows than ever. Including one who, unlike the others, can see her too.
Zane remembers nothing besides surfing the monster waves of Oahu's North Shore. He doesn't even know how, or when, he died. He only knows that Kali's "gift" could be his last chance to find the light--before the mysteries of his past plunge them both into darkness…
And now, a short excerpt......enjoy :)
I leaned closer, trying to see what color his eyes were, but he had them closed against the sun. I wondered if the light had been just as bright—and shining from the same direction—the day that he had been here.
How long ago was that? It must have been recently; maybe even this past winter, when the surf was at its highest. The North Shore’s winter waves—monstrous swells that often topped twenty feet high—could be lethal, even for the professionals. And he seemed so… present. His body was near solid enough to have fooled me. Unlike the older shadows, the transparency wasn’t visible everywhere—it merely floated through him, like ripples. If I hadn’t seen the blue sole of one of my discarded flip-flops quite clearly through his left thigh as he lay down, I might not even have suspected.
I watched him doze a moment more, then sighed and lay back down on my mat. "The cute ones are always dead," I muttered.
The feeling came over me like a cold prickle. The feeling that I was being watched. I didn’t hear him move. I didn’t feel him stirring. I wouldn’t anyway, because the shadows can never move anything, except whatever equally nonexistent things they happen to be carrying with them. But still, when I opened my eyes to find him leaning over me, staring intently into my face, I was surprised. I was more than surprised. I was totally freaked.
"What did you say?" he asked.
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*gasp* I am SO loving the cover, and the writing in the excerpt is pretty great. So, awesome synopsis, great cover, great writing - a certain winner.
Thanks, Suzanne!
Ha ha loved that line."The cute ones are always dead." That was funny. This sounds like a great beach book to me.
Very mysterious as well. Thanks for sharing, Suzanne :)
ohhh sounds good! Although I admit after Shade and Shift I try to avoid ghost books. They are soooooooo sad! I cried for days. If this ends with the ghost magically becoming human and they live HEA then I'm down to read it lol like The Mediator series. Loved that ghost series.
I love that excerpt! I haven't come across this before but I am a fan of ghost stories so I will definitely be adding this to the list. :)
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