Review: Coma Will Leave You Wide Awake
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2013
Coma is more than just a paranormal romance novel; it is an inspiring and at times, heart wrenching story of two lovers who find each other, lose each other, and find each other again. This book speaks to the power of love and the possibilities other worlds can offer to the human race.The story begins with 17-year old Lyra graduating from high school and looking towards the future. It is her last summer to spend with her two best friends before they go off to college in the fall, a path Lyra has chosen not to take, at least not immediately. While Lyra and her friends enjoy their summer vacation, she begins to feel the presence of a paranormal being wherever she goes. Whether she is shopping with her friends at the mall or soaking up some sun on the beach, her paranormal stalkers shows up wherever she does. Lyra even encounters him at a friend's party and is subsequently accused of drunkenly talking to herself. This causes tension between Lyra and her two best friends, because while she can see and communicate with her paranormal stalker while they cannot.Through a series of encounters, Lyra finally meets Zach, who has come from another realm. Though at first she finds him to be a burden, Zach slowly grows on Lyra and before she knows it, she has fallen head over heels for him. Much of the book is about the journey they take in a quest to be able to remain together.As Lyra gets increasingly sucked into Zach's world, she finally comes clean to her friends, who warn her to get herself out of this situation before she gets hurt. Not content to listen to them, Lyra becomes more entwined in Zach's world and learns that he is a time traveler and that she can be too. By deceiving her parents; Lyra enters into Zach's world where they fight together to stop two evil beings from gaining total control over the world. In doing so, Lyra is devastated to learn that she is returned to life on earth with her parents and in the process, has lost Zach. Lyra's actions and moods during this period of time leave her parents with no choice but to have her committed to a mental hospital, where she is at the conclusion of the story.From the beginning of this book to the very end, readers are sucked into the story and can feel every emotion Lyra feels throughout the book, both good and bad. True romantics at heart will be rooting for Lyra and Zach to somehow find their way back to each other and to have their happily ever after that so many people crave with the person they love more than anyone else. To find out whether or not this happens, anyone who loves a good romance novel, paranormal or otherwise, should purchase this book with its gripping story and a main character many women and perhaps even some men can relate to.