Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Genre: Young
Adult/ Paranormal/ Ghost Story
Approximate
word count: 60-65,000 words
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Author:
“Melissa MacVicar lives on Nantucket Island with her
husband and two children. She is a full-time teacher who loves classic rock,
watching football, and reading anything that is romantic and suspenseful.”
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her at her website or stalk her on Facebook.
Description:
“New
town, new school, new ghost.
Jade has a dedicated boyfriend, an overprotective mom, and a full
scholarship. Uprooted from Nantucket, Jade is installed off-island at her dad’s
new house so she can attend snobby Layton Academy. Leaving Charlie behind is
sheer torment, but living with her father has plenty of dangerous
distraction—in the form of a terrifying spirit haunting her new school. Hottie
classmate Mateo Fernandez can’t see the ghost, but he knows its story. He’d
like to know hers, too, but Jade still misses Charlie, even though distance
seems to be changing him.
With support from Mateo and the mysterious Noemie, Jade commits to
helping the agonized spirit cross over. As she delves into the ghost’s past,
the disturbing secrets Jade learns draw her into a deadly confrontation with a
desperate man. If she can’t play his demented game, the spirit’s harrowing fate
could become her own.”
Appraisal:
This story is told through multiple first person points of view that
are clearly marked at the beginning of each chapter. The main characters are
well developed and the dialogue between the students sounds believable. Of
course the ghost doesn’t waste any time appearing to Jade and she seems a
little better equipped to deal with him than she was in the first book. However,
she is trying to adapt to a new school environment and make new friends.
The plot moves along at a decent pace as Jade fumbles around looking
for a mentor to help her with the ghost since her Grandma Irving is too busy
taking care of her sick Papa. Then there is the distraction of Mateo, the
hottie who has taken an interest Jade. However she is still hung-up on her new
step-brother, Charlie. This is one reason why Jade is now living with her
father and enrolled in Layton Academy, a private school in Manchester. Luckily
Jade finds a suitable mentor in Noemie before the plot takes a frightening
turn.
I did find Jade a little more personable in this story, her narrating
was interspersed with more dialogue which made the story easier to relate to.
Noemie is an interesting character and she seems to have a lot to teach Jade. I
hope she will be around for a while because she added a dimension that had been
alluded to by Jade’s Gram in Ever Near
and needed to be explored further. This opens up new possibilities for things
to get very interesting or troubling for Jade in future stories.
FYI:
Even though this is the second book in Secret Affinity series, Ever Lost could be read as a
stand-alone. Any facts that you may need to know from Ever Near are repeated in this story for the readers’ convenience.
Format/Typo
Issues:
I read an Advanced Reader Copy and I found no significant editing or
proofing errors.
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