Review: Likeable heroine, clear writing, but plot lacks complexity and staying power
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2012
I won this book from member librarything giveaway in exchange for an honest review.This book is about Rachel, someone who can sense and banish the dead. She lives in a small town full of Bible pushers and one day, a teenager decides to raise the dead. Too many dead.Don't get me wrong, I like Rachel. I think she's sarcastic and funny and Mrs. Saunders, the old lady who has been like a second grandmother to her, steals every scene she's in. But the big problem with this book is that nothing really happens. What we see in the first few pages is what we get for the rest of the book. I got tired of Rachel not being able to banish the dead multiple times, tired of her non-relationship with David, and tired of the father of Manny screaming that Rachel is a witch and demon lover over and over.While it's clearly written and has a couple of promising characters, overall, to me, the book lacks punch and staying power.