This book was around 280 pages but it felt much shorter. Not because I flew through the book (which I did) or I was so into it that I did not know the length, but instead because it felt like just the introduction to a book rather than a full book.
Ashlyn Greenfield is recovering. She recently lost her mom in an accident, her sister has disappeared, and even though her dad is still around, he might as well be gone as he is emotionally distant from Ashlyn. In addition to her emotional scars from the death and abandonment, Ashlyn suffers from trances. The trances lead Ashlyn to partial cryptic visions of impending tragedy. Ashlyns sister Kyra also experiences trances leading to partial visions. Ashlyn and Kyra always see parts of the vision and must work together to decode the vision. Nevertheless, of course, Kyra is gone, which presents one of many of Ashlyns problems.
The romance, friendship and even the co-worker (who conveniently knew numerology, which is what Ashlyn needed to decode her visions) needed serious character development. I felt nothing for any of the characters because there is no background information on them and they seemed to be placed in the book as props for the plot development and nothing more. The worst characters, by far, were the father and sister. Because the book is lacking serious character development, the reader is forced to make up his or her own mind about the dad and sister. I hated them. They seemed incredibly selfish and abusive. Because I felt they were abusive, the issue of abuse should have been dealt with. It was not. A father completely ignoring his daughter after the girl just lost her mother and suffered serious physical injuries is abuse. This issue was entirely glossed over.
Because of everything Ashlyn was going through, I really liked her. That was what made me finish the book. The overall book has promise, and if it had about 10 more chapters, it could have been an excellent book.
Ashlyn Greenfield is recovering. She recently lost her mom in an accident, her sister has disappeared, and even though her dad is still around, he might as well be gone as he is emotionally distant from Ashlyn. In addition to her emotional scars from the death and abandonment, Ashlyn suffers from trances. The trances lead Ashlyn to partial cryptic visions of impending tragedy. Ashlyns sister Kyra also experiences trances leading to partial visions. Ashlyn and Kyra always see parts of the vision and must work together to decode the vision. Nevertheless, of course, Kyra is gone, which presents one of many of Ashlyns problems.
The romance, friendship and even the co-worker (who conveniently knew numerology, which is what Ashlyn needed to decode her visions) needed serious character development. I felt nothing for any of the characters because there is no background information on them and they seemed to be placed in the book as props for the plot development and nothing more. The worst characters, by far, were the father and sister. Because the book is lacking serious character development, the reader is forced to make up his or her own mind about the dad and sister. I hated them. They seemed incredibly selfish and abusive. Because I felt they were abusive, the issue of abuse should have been dealt with. It was not. A father completely ignoring his daughter after the girl just lost her mother and suffered serious physical injuries is abuse. This issue was entirely glossed over.
Because of everything Ashlyn was going through, I really liked her. That was what made me finish the book. The overall book has promise, and if it had about 10 more chapters, it could have been an excellent book.
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