Review: Filled with heartfelt emotion
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 26, 2013
Originally published at Rookie Romance.Summer appears to be a popular girl on the high school dance team with a quarterback boyfriend, but underneath the surface she struggles to keep herself from falling apart. She sometimes sees people's deaths before it happens, and soon discovers from the Angel of Death that she is a Cipher. It's her job to help people resolve their issues with loved ones before their deaths. And it's not a job Summer wants. She has to befriend Ashlyn, a girl at her school, before it's too late to repair the relationship with her mother.Summer is easily relatable, she just wants to live a normal teenage life, and works hard to do just that. But her world is turned upside down by a visit from the Angel of Death. She struggles to understand and accept her responsibilities as a Cipher, as any sane girl would! Summer has such a journey to make in this book, her mother's death has made her lose her way a bit. Her friendship with Ashlyn helps her rediscover who she really is, and wants to be.The romance between Troy and Summer is a slow starter, for most of the book they're just friends- understandable since she's dating Cody at the beginning. I'm definitely intrigued to see where this goes in the rest of the series, because they're very sweet together.Cipher is filled with heartfelt emotion, and that's what really made this book. It's about friendship, grief and love and you feel such a spectrum of emotions throughout. The ending was just so genuinely moving.I love Cindi Madsen's writing, and I'm looking forward to seeing where Summer and Troy's relationship will go in the next book.*I received a review copy from the publisher, for my honest review. Thank you!