My review of She Smells the Dead

A few weeks ago, I finished reading the second installment of E.J. Stevens thrilling YA mystery/romance entitled Spirit Storm.  This past week, I picked up the beginning of the Spirit Guide series.  Again, I was struck by the fascinating manner in which Ms. Stevens writes, and I thoroughly enjoyed the book!

Our heroine, Yuki, is introduced in She Smells the Dead.  For anyone that remembers, being a teenager is filled with angst, drama, and a weirdness that defies logic.  Adults will never understand a teenager, don’t ask me why.  We’ve all been there, but the world of those budding adults is confusing.  Perhaps, more so, it’s a memory we wish to suppress.

Yuki’s teenage world is far more dramatic than most adults or teens would ever imagine.  Unlike most people who have the ‘vision’ (where they see the spirits of the undead), Yuki smells the undead as they flit about the shadowed realms of the world.  Employing the assistance of her friends, who have secrets of their own to hide, she’s on a mission to solve the spirits untimely human demise.

Ms. Stevens writes a thrilling novel filled with the paranormal, adventure, mystery, and the unknown.  The Spirit Guide series is a spell binding YA read, brimming over and reminding me of all those fantastic adventure and fantasy books I read as a teen.  Readers will sit, enraptured by the author’s skill in creating characters that explode from the pages.

I loved She Smells the Dead and highly recommend it and Spirit Storm to anyone that has a weakness for well-written YA novels.

5 fantastic Stars!

You can find your own copy at: http://www.amazon.com/Smells-Dead-Spirit-Guide-Book/dp/0984247521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306180770&sr=1-1

 

Visit the author at: http://www.fromtheshadows.info/

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