Review: Perfect Amount of Paranormal
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2013
I was lucky enough to snag a free copy of "Here" from Eric Marier, in return for an honest review.First of all, I want to see this book as a movie. I think it would be a great movie! It was so unpredictable and didn't go at all like most books with similar plots. It was very realistic as well! I really enjoyed that it was a relatively short story - it wasn't intimidating since I haven't gotten much time to read lately. I also really liked the fact that the chapters were the dates instead of just numbers and they were pretty short.Compared to a lot of people on Goodreads I haven't read a lot. It was a rather unusual book; it was just the perfect mix of paranormal, romance, and suspense. It's plot takes place in modern times but the setting makes you think differently.I really liked the main characters; they were very relatable and not over the top in any way. I also liked how they weren't successful in their peers views, since they didn't go to college. Sam and Michelle were two of the most down to earth characters I've ever came across.Also, I was impressed at just how consistent the characters were. Andrew was always a jerk, Ricky was always a supportive but still non-helping friend. It amazes me how much authors end up changing their character's attitudes throughout a book. Speaking of which, I wish Marier would have elaborated a little more on Cass and her mood swings - although you can't blame a girl for being upset about her ex moving on.I thought it was funny that Marier included Facebook throughout the whole story. I couldn't help but smile and roll my eyes whenever one of the characters was logging on to Facebook. I also thought it was perfect that this old massive mansion had high speed WiFi. I just adored the house and it would be such a lovely setting for a movie.I did get a little confused though whenever Mistral's daughters came into the story. I had forgot about them and it seemed like they were a little inconsistent a few times. I kept waiting for the police, the daughters and their lawyers to escort Sam out of the house. That was the only thing that really bothered me; although it's actually probably realistic, since you can't just get something like that to happen overnight.