Review: Hereafter by Tara Hudson

Book: Hereafter by Tara Hudson

Pages: 404

Genre: Young Adult, paranormal

Source: library

Short Synopsis: Amelia has never felt so alone. She realizes that she's a ghost. No one can see her and no one can hear her. It isn't until she sees an accident happen on the river that a boy named Joshua, is about to drown. And though he was gone for only a couple minutes, Amelia figures out that there is a special connection between Joshua and her.

My Thoughts: I really wanted to like this book a lot, but as I kept reading, it wasn't what I'd expected.

Amelia has no recollection of who she is or how she died. She wanders day to day with no human contact and no idea what to do and where to go. One thing for sure is, she has unpleasant night mares even in death.

It isn't until one day she witnesses a car accident and a boy drowning in the very river she has drowned in. Before it's too late, she tries to do everything she can before it's too late. When the ambulance takes him away, Amelia discovers that he is the only one that can see her.

After Joshua's near death experience, he returns to the scene to find Amelia to find out more about what happened that day and to find out more about her.

But as Joshua and Amelia start to get close, there's another ghost named Eli that has been haunting Amelia. Can Amelia find out who she is, and have a relationship with Joshua without Eli getting in the way?

I initially loved the story for this book, but as I continued to read, it didn't really sit right with me. I loved the relationship between Joshua and Amelia. But it wasn't really explained why they had this so called 'spark' whenever they touched, or that if Amelia was in fact a ghost, how could Joshua even touch her at all? And why was Eli so intent on claiming Amelia as his apprentice? When novels are left with a lot of unanswered questions, it kind of puts me off of the book. I started out really liking the book, but as it progressed, there were just too many loose ends and it felt like there should have been a sequel to this novel. In general, the novel was okay, but I felt like it could have had so much more potential.

Would I recommend this book: Eh

Rating: 3/5.