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I read the entire series in a row, so honestly there's a bit of blurring together, but I really liked these books, I thought they were so fun and different from Cabot's other books! I loved her constant paranoia that the ghost haunting her bedroom was watching her undress . . . Just so many fun little details!
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Cabot writes frothy YA books that are weirdly good. She has a real skill for writing realistic, fully-realized young female protagonists. They never feel by-the-numbers, despite the cliched positions they find themselves in (this particular narrator can talk to the dead)--they're always very definitely *themselves*. Also, even her most otherworldly of books has an edge of common sense to them, which is a welcome change to the "vampires are just like humans, only sexier" route most "otherworldly
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My second favorite Cabot series, after the nearly pitch-perfect Princess Diaries. Suze is a fun and reasonably realistic character, especially if you overlook the part where she talks to dead people. And beats them up! I loved her initial dislike of Jesse.
Jesse is actually my favorite Cabot hero - Michael Moscovitz was better before we got to know him, while Jesse only got better. He's also her most real hero - which is particularly ironic, of course, because Jesse is the dead one. But! I love t ...more
Jesse is actually my favorite Cabot hero - Michael Moscovitz was better before we got to know him, while Jesse only got better. He's also her most real hero - which is particularly ironic, of course, because Jesse is the dead one. But! I love t ...more
I picked this up on a whim at fictionwise.com because I have enjoyed her Princess Diaries books. This is in a different vein, though still "young adult". I enjoyed it for a short fluff read and will be on the lookout for the other books in the series though I don't think I will go out of my way to find them. Good mindless reading.
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I dunno about the narrator........... maybe she'll grow on me through the series.... ? Hopefully?
Good book.... though I always just want to skip ahead to books 4-6!!! :) LOVE THOSE!!! ...more
Good book.... though I always just want to skip ahead to books 4-6!!! :) LOVE THOSE!!! ...more
April 18-19, 2016
I love this book. It's a great start to a fabulous series!
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I love this book. It's a great start to a fabulous series!
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katayoun Masoodi
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