Jeri Smith-Ready : Shade

Review : Jeri Smith-Ready : Shade 

Released : 4th May 2010

Started : 6th December 2010
Finished : 8th December 2010
Plot : 4.5/5
Cover : 4/5
Page Turner : 4/5
Characters : 4.5/5
Ending : 4.5/5
Over-all Rating :
 

The Blurb : 
Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability has always been annoying, and Aura had wanted nothing more than to figure out why the Shift happened so she can undo it. But not with Logan's violet-hued spirit still hanging around. Because dead Logan is almost as real as ever. Almost.
It doesn't help that Aura's new friend Zachary is so understanding--and so very alive. His support means more to Aura than she cares to admit.
As Aura's relationships with the dead and the living grow ever complicated, so do her feelings for Logan and Zachary. Each holds a piece of Aura's heart...and clues to the secret of the Shift.
My Review :

I was pretty gripped by this book from the start! What l love most about this book is even with the magic in this book it feels so real. l get the feeling Jeri wrote this book with clear ideas and stuck with them whereas with some books they just get too magical and unbelievable. What helped this book feel real was Aura, the main character, she is just a normal teenage girl who wants to have fun and is with a boyfriend she loves. When Aura loses her boyfriend her grief l feel is exactly how a normal teenage girl would react which again explains the great way Jeri has wrote this book. 
I found the book confusing in some places but it felt like the book was constantly explaining things to help you understand, this was done is a very clever interesting way and your soon feeling like this world Jeri had created is very real. 
The ending has left this book in a great way, l wasn't sure if a second book is coming out but once you read the end you are pretty sure there is. 
The second book 'Shift'  is out in the beginning of May 2011. 
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