Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready

WHY!????!!!!!?????!!!!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!??!?!! WHY END A bOOK LIKE THAT!?!?!?!??!!?!??!?!

That is exactly what is running through my mind after reading the end of the book! It was why!? first a synopsis.

From good reads:
Love ties them together. Death can't tear them apart.

Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan's band playing a critical gig and Aura's plans for an intimate after-party, Aura knows it will be the most memorable night of her boyfriend's life. She never thought it would be his last.

Logan's sudden death leaves Aura devastated. He's gone.

Well, sort of.

Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability has always been annoying, and Aura had wanted nothing more than to figure out why the Shift happened so she can undo it. But not with Logan's violet-hued spirit still hanging around. Because dead Logan is almost as real as ever. Almost.

It doesn't help that Aura's new friend Zachary is so understanding—and so very alive. His support means more to Aura than she cares to admit.

As Aura's relationships with the dead and the living grow ever complicated, so do her feelings for Logan and Zachary. Each holds a piece of Aura's heart...and clues to the secret of the Shift.

that was the summary from good reads... how for my own summary

MY OWN:
Aura is a girl who could see ghosts, but in her world, she is not the only one. Five billion plus teens and kids could see ghosts due to one thing, that one thing was the SHIFT. Aura was the first child born during the Shift, and believe me, she was the first. No other baby shared her exact birthday, down to the minute. (ghosts are violet... or black when they turn into shades)

On the night of Logan (aura's boyfriend and love) birthday, he was about to get signed to a company and he had the love of his life with him. But all that changed when he died. He died after snorting cocaine (not only that... he drank many beers before that... so alcohol + Cocaine= death.... yea... and the reason why he did cocaine was because he couldnt "get it up" for his girlfriend.... and he thought that cocaine would help... yea strange boy)

After that things changed. Aura couldn't physically be with Logan. She couldn't touch him or anything, but still they saw each other at night. Logan left his family torn and in mouring (had a funeral and a grave stone thingy anyway.. for the pre-shift people <--- couldn't see ghosts)


Side note: Aura had a project that she was working on. She was trying to get to the bottom of the shift... and she had clues. Her mom (dead) left a journal... with pages ripped out, but what was in it had Aura curious. During her study, her teacher thought that a partner would help. A kid named Zachary (from ireland... or was it scottland.. i don't know)wanted to be her partner. Little did she know that she would fall for him. and that he had a secret... in fact three secrets.

Secret number 1: His dad worked for the uk governmeent and was assigned to the states (USA) because of her. Secret number 2: He was the LAST born before the shift.... Secret number 3: He was a walking ghost repeller person (the only other things that could possibly keep ghosts away were the color red and obsidian) Aura's feelings for him grew, but she could not give up on Logan.

Logan's parents were sueing the record company that gave him the cocaine. After the trail, he was about to move on... until he turned SHADE! the government was going to contain him in a little black box... FOREVER, but Aura and Dylan (logan's brother) fought with the government officials the she shade logan escaped.

Before, Zachary had told Aura that he would wait until she got over logan... he was still waiting for her. Aura couldn't give up on Logan, even after he turned shade... so she waited for him.. months pasted by and no logan.... until one day when Aura ran out of songs to play and just asked where he was... He came as a shade and Aura wouldn't give up... after a little bit, he turned violet again.. BACK to a ghost... and there the book ends.... WHAT THE HECK HAPPENS NEXT?!??!?!?!?!?!??!

yea, that's one of the only things i didn't like about the book..... the freaking ending!!!

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