Review: Maybe when you kill yourself you end up living forever in your own private hell.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2014
Lizzie Monroe died a few hundred years ago. She killed herself in her families barn after a soldier of war came to tell her that her fiance, Daniel had been killed. She knew then what she must do. Now one hundred and fifty years later, the church that she is buried in is burned to the ground by Shane and his band mate Preston. As they are burning the church down they hear screams from inside. What was the noise they are hearing? How could someone be in the church? Both of the boy freeze. Shane is the brave one that goes in to check it out. Sure enough there is a young girl screaming but what Shane doesn't realize is that the screams are coming from Lizzie Monroe, the girl who supposedly should be long dead and gone.The premise of this story is so exciting to me that I had just had to review it. I couldn't believe that a person could kill herself but yet not be dead. The synopsis had me hooked on this book from the first time I read it. The writing was superb. The author gives us little clues each chapter but doesn't reveal anything that would spoil the fun. A book that is hard to predict is the best because you are on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next.Creepy. Exciting. Exhilarating. So much fun. This book had everything a romance, a spooky premise and even a bit of humor as well. While the story is being told, it flashes back to the time when Lizzie was young. It tells us how she became Daniel's fiance and even how she killed herself. The back and forth from present day to civil war times was so interesting to me. It helped to understand why Lizzie was having such a hard time grasping where she was today and how different things seemed. The author really wrote on point when flashing back. She made sure not to confuse the reader but to tell us just enough to make us interested in the more to come.This story had an inspirational flare to it that I just was NOT expecting but ended up making the story even more amazing to me. Shane had no faith. He grew up without his father and him and his mother really don't see eye to eye. In walks Lizzie. Shane can't believe there is a dead girl in his bed and that he of all people saved her from the flames of the fire. He is not one of those knight in shining armor types and he has a real problem with his current situation. Will Lizzie show Shane how to feel again or will Shane make Lizzie realize that people just don't care?Such an original story, told beautifully. A great and powerful read in my book.