The Body Finder

I have literally just read the prologue and I feel haunted by this story already. I have chills running down my spine - can't wait to get more imto it.

Wow! I actually couldn't put this book down. I loved it! I'm downloading book 2 for Kindle as I write this. I loved thd characters, the way it was written, the twists and surprises in the plot. Just wow! I know for sure that this story with stay with me for such a long time.

BLUF: The Body Finder is equal part mystery and YA puppy love.

Overview: Violet Ambrose has a gift - she can see dead people. Just kidding, but she can sense animals and people that have died at the fault of others. Sometimes this sense is auditory, other times it can be olfactory, gustatory, or visual. While fascinating to an extent, this gift can be traumatizing - she found her first human body at the age of eight.

Mystery Plot: When the killer dumps a body outside of town, Violet and her classmates are shocked. Soon after, a local girl is taken without a trace from the killer. Violet takes it upon herself to help the catch the killer, but can she do so without moving too far into harm's way?

YA Puppy Love Plot: Over the summer, Violet's best friend has grown from boy to manboy. He's turned into a real hunk and is completely oblivious to all of the girls fawning over him - including Violet. How can he be so clueless?

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My thoughts: The concept of somebody who has an ability to sense the murdered as well as the murdered's imprint on the murderer is exciting. It's taking the detective's intuition and pulling it into one of the other senses. I love it.

Unfortunately, these senses aren't quite like intuition: they aren't built up through clues and observations. This means that the reader isn't brought into the trail to find the killer - we aren't able to make our own assumptions. We are left in the dark with no ability to guess the killer.

Don't get me wrong, it's interesting to see her hunt, but not as much fun as it would be to hunt with her.

Now the YA portion, oh my. I can't say I miss the emotional state of being a teenager, but it was captured painfully well...

I can't say that I wasn't annoyed by it. Violet spends a majority of the book crushing on her best friend while, simultaneously, telling herself that she is going to stop crushing on her best friend. Ah, I remember the days of constant self-doubt and uncontrollable emotions. (Or... rather... this book had me relive it.)

In the end: It may be irrational, but I really enjoyed this book. I know I shouldn't as Violet's crush/obsession completely overshadows the murder mystery, but I really did.

Denne boka var skikkelig bra. Jeg synes plottet var unikt og godt gjennomført, og jeg synes også Violets evne til å kjenne imprintene var godt beskrevet, så jeg skjønte liksom hvordan det var å være henne. Violet virket litt uoppmerksom på omgivelsene sine av og til (hallo, Jay!) og hun er superheldig som har en sånn venn som Jay. De andre vennene hennes – Chelsea, Claire og Jules – var kjempemorsomme å lese om. Og slutten var så spennende – herregud, siste kapittel – jeg trodde jeg skulle dø. Og jeg gikk i fella som helt garantert var plassert der med vilje, så epilogen var veldig oppklarende. Vent og se (les) så skjønner du. :-) Gjett om jeg gleder meg til å lese bok to, da!