TPPL Teen
290 pgs.
Rating: 2.5/It was okay
Setting: An island off the coast of Washington state, big enough for its own high school.
OSS: When Isobel's mother marries a guy with a "hot" son her own age, she has to move to a strange high school during her senior year and deal with weird, ghostly things that happen in the huge old mansion she must now inhabit.
1st sentence/s: "When the minister asked if anyone knew any reason why these two shouldn't be married, I should have said something.
Isobel's mother is a self-centered woman who has never been a particularly good mother, and this sort of things irritates me (of course). It's a real happenstance, and I like that it was written that way. The new stepfather, Dick, has only been widowed for seven months, so that's cause for head scratching and great and immediate questioning about his The developing relationship between Isobel and her stepbrother Nathaniel is.....interesting. And then there's the weird happenings in Isobel's bedroom - the room that used to house Nathaniel's drowned sister.
A fast read, perfect for reluctant teen readers. I found it predictable, but I've read many similar books. It went fast and was interesting, but isn't a standout for me. There were also a number of misspellings that hadn't been caught or edited, and this bothered me (although it shouldn't have!)
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