Review: Wonderful Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2012
This is a great story and I loved it.  One of the things I really like about Amazon ebooks is that you can try out new authors by reading one of their free selections.  That's what this was and I'm really glad I downloaded it.  The story itself is entertaining and the editing is excellent, making it a pleasure to read.  This is a long book and may seem to move a little slow in places, but the characters are so well-developed that you find yourself caring what happens to them and that keeps you turning the pages.  I read the whole thing in about ten hours.  I kept waking up in the night and reading "just a few more pages".In this story the main character, Jacob, suddenly finds that he can see and hear ghosts, or "shades", and he also discovers that there are a lot of them around.  As a matter of fact,they far out number the living in this tiny, little southern hamlet.  Into the mix comes Melissa, Jacob's childhood best friend and first love, who is escaping from an abusive husband with her infant daughter.  Add ghostly parents, sinister spirits, ex's that just don't get the message, and raging hormones and the fun ensues - among both the living and the dead!This is a really good read and I can't recommend it highly enough.  One word of warning - if you're easily offended by politically incorrect language there are a couple of places where african american's are referred to in the way that they would have been in the deep south during the civil war era.  The character using the language is a malevolent, vile spirit from that era so it fits in with how he would have spoken and is not excessive.