Book: Angelina's Secret by Lisa Rogers
Pages: 186
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
Source: Sent by Spencer Hill Press
Short Synopsis: Ever since Angelina has been a young child, she had an imaginary friend named Josie. Years later, Angelina starts to have premonitions which comes true, and in turn also brings back her friend Josie. Angelina is forced to either accept that she can see ghosts or that she has gone insane.
My Thoughts: An interesting read, with a psychology aspect and great characters that leave you wondering for more.
Angelina has always been able to see her friend Josie at a very young age, when others couldn't. Her family had always just written it off as an imaginary friend. But what if Angelina's imaginary friend wasn't what everyone thought it was?
Years later, as a teen, Angelina starts to have weird premonitions which actually come true, and her friend Josie comes back to haunt Angelina. Angelina doesn't know what to believe and who to trust. She now has two options to choose. Either she has gone insane, or she can actually see ghosts.
Angelina chooses the latter, and accept her gift for who she is. But not everyone is on Angelina's side. Her family, especially her mother, believes that Angelina has definitely gone insane, and has Angelina admitted to a psychiatric facility. Angelina must devise a plan to convince her mother that she can in fact see ghosts, and to get out of the mental institution.
I was originally attracted to the story because it had both elements of psychological and paranormal which I found to be really intriguing. It was interesting to read the how the main character struggles with trying accept the fact that she is in fact sane and can see ghosts as well as dealing with people who can't wrap their minds around that particular subject.
Rogers did a great job of really wanting to dislike Angelina's mother, and though she does redeem herself, it was rather annoying that her mother didn't believe her, and couldn't accept the fact there are in fact ghosts in the world.
The ghosts were interesting as well. I liked reading about the background information on each of the ghosts and how they came into the position they are now in. It was also interesting to read how supportive the ghosts were of Angelina's situation. I was a little disappointed with the fact that it wasn't really as scary as I'd hoped it would be, and it had a light upbeat tone through out the story, considering the situation was pretty serious. Overall, it was still an entertaining read, with an interesting plot.
Would I recommend this book: Yes
Rating: I give this book a 3/5.
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