Book: The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington
Pages: 304
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Murder Mystery
Source: Library
Short Synopsis: Jade moves to a new town in a new house, with a new school. But things start going from good to bad when Jade finds out that someone had died in her new house.
My Thoughts: Was an okay read. It wasn't as spooky has I'd expected it to be, but still an interesting read.
Jade loves the house she's just moved into with her family. She doesn't even mind being the new girl at the high school: It's a fresh start, and there's that one guy with the dreamy blue eyes. . . . But then things begin happening. Strange, otherworldly things. Jade's little brother claims to see a glimmering girl in his room. Jade's jewelry gets moved around, as if by an invisible hand. Kids at school whisper behind her back like they know something she doesn't.
Soon, Jade must face an impossible fact: that her perfect house is haunted. Haunted by a ghost who's seeking not just vengeance, but the truth. The ghost of a girl who ruled Jade's school — until her untimely death last year. It's up to Jade to put the pieces together before her own life is at stake. As Jade investigates the mystery, she discovers that her new friends in town have more than a few deep, dark secrets. But is one of them a murderer?
--From Goodreads
When Jade moves into a new town, she is ambushed at school with news that her house had a previously suspicious death of a fellow popular student. At first, Jade doesn't want to believe all that's happened, until Jade's little brother, Colby, tells her that he sees a 'glimmering girl' and when this strange 'glimmering girl' posses Colby. Jade must get to the bottom of finding out why and who had motive for this girl's death.
An interesting read, Harrington did an excellent job of disliking the character, Kayla, aka 'the glimmering girl.' Kayla is a very popular student, but mean to the core. Her diary entries show that she was a very selfish individual, and manipulating. The part that irked me the most was when Kayla used numbers to mark people. And though I get she was trying to keep her secrets, it also felt like her labeling people as numbers, didn't mean very much to her.
I'm not sure what to say about Jade. She was a bit of an enigma, as she cares deeply for her baby brother, but doesn't really have a good relationship with her step mother. She also is friends with one of the smartest girls in her class who is also an outcast, but is also friends with the popular people as well. There is also a bit of a love triangle, between Jade, Kane, and Donovan. There is a lot of resemblance between Kayla and Jade's new life, especially with the boys, which I found a bit odd, since both boys fell for the same girl twice.
I wasn't very impressed with the ghost/paranormal aspect of this novel. The creepiness factor didn't really hit the spot, which was a bit of a let down. I was expecting this novel to have more of the scary drama but it was a miss. Needless to say, it was an okay read, but was no where near in comparison with her first series, Clarity and Perception.
Would I recommend this book: Eh
Rating: I give this book a 3/5.
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