 | Title: Hereafter
 Sexual Content: Kissing Rating:
Good - A fun read with minor flaws. Maybe read an excerpt before buying. |
Description
Can there truly be love after death?
Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she's dead. With no recollection of her past life—or her actual death—she's trapped alone in a nightmarish existence. All of this changes when she tries to rescue a boy, Joshua, from drowning in her river. As a ghost, she can do nothing but will him to live. Yet in an unforgettable moment of connection, she helps him survive.
Amelia and Joshua grow ever closer as they begin to uncover the strange circumstances of her death and the secrets of the dark river that held her captive for so long. But even while they struggle to keep their bond hidden from the living world, a frightening spirit named Eli is doing everything in his power to destroy their newfound happiness and drag Amelia back into the ghost world . . . forever.
Thrilling and evocative, with moments of pure pleasure, Hereafter is a sensation you won't want to miss.
Review
Ghost stories in paranormal YA have exploded lately, much in the same way angels did a couple years ago. They represent the ultimate in starcrossed romance. Love can overcome a lot, but unless we’re talking about vampires, the grave isn’t usually one of them. But it can be so delicious to read about impossible love.
As much as I enjoyed this particular impossible love, I feel like almost every element in HEREAFTER fell just a tiny bit short. The main characters while likeable, never captivated me the way that other recent YA ghost stories have (Jeri Smith-Ready’s Shift series and Stacey Kade’s The Ghost and the Goth series), the explanation for ghosts, Seers etc was only partly explained, and the writing, while very pretty, was a bit slow.
I say almost every element fell short because there was one big part that delivered perfectly: the romance. It was very bittersweet and honest. The attraction grew believably and naturally turned into a very touching love. The scenes where Joshua and Amelia get to touch each other for the first time is thrilling and very sensual without crossing over into anything explicit. The descriptions of what they feel…well, it was hot without being raunchy.
Overall, HEREAFTER tells a touching love story between the living and the dead that stumbles a bit in mythology and character development, but the romance is both tender and sensual in a way that makes up for those shortcomings enough that I’m looking forward to the second book in the Hereafter series, ARISE, when it’s published sometime in 2012
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This book had me completely hooked at the beginning. Any who love paranormal romances, I highly reccomend this book!
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