Review: Frustrating but enjoyable!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
I stumbled across this book when browsing ebooks and ended up buying it. I enjoyed the story but the characters drove me crazy! Annabelle can see and hear dead people who need her help to cross over. Her parents are quick to put her on drugs that basically turn her into a zombie because they think she has mental issues. Her best friend calls her parents to tattle that Annabelle has been talking to herself (actually ghosts) which causes her parents to freak. Annabelle's ghost "mentor", Jack, can manipulate solid things but for some reason she doesn't have him do anything to convince her parents she's sane. Her little sister tattles that Annabelle hasn't been swallowing her pills, which causes her parents to freak even more. I kept thinking that the problems Annabelle was running into were her own fault because she didn't have more backbone or stand up for herself. I can't imagine any sane parents putting their kid on drugs that cause the kid to fall asleep constantly, then send her off to school (driving herself of course!) and to babysit a little child. The author probably wrote the book this way on purpose to add more drama but it just annoyed me to no end. Still, I will be purchasing and reading the sequel!