Secure A Copy The Body Finder (The Body Finder, #1) Originated By Kimberly Derting Released As Hardcover

is a hard one for me to rate, First off, I flew through it it's an easy and fairly addictive read but I don't think it's a book that will linger or be a favourite,

For a serial killer book, it wasn't that creepy and there weren't clues for the reader to feel a part of the investigation which is part of the thrill for me as a reader.
I can't help but think of books in this similar genre in Adult fiction which pack a lot more punch, and maybe it's unfair to compare a YA novel with Adult thrillers, but it fell a little flat for me there was nothing original or surprising about the killing/investigation part of the story.


The book really was more about Jay and Violet, Unlike most people, I found Jay to be fairly dull despite his gorgeous grin, We are told he and Violet are best friends, told he is hot and then watch for a good quarter of the book how half the girls in the school are falling all over him.
The scenes with him and Violet were sweet, but he didn't do anything to impress me, His dialogue was standard, neither funny or brilliant,

That is, until half way through, Okay, so after the party things turned suddenly hot and Jay's personality finally showed up, It just took half a book for him to get there, And considering nothing happened between him and Violet for the first half, well, Derting more than made up for that in the second half, Jay knows how to charm the parents but once they leave the room, he brings the sexy right on back,

As for the supporting cast of friends, they all seemed a little interchangeable none made an impression on me,

I did love the family vibe, Vi's parents were cool and so was her uncle,

This book is written for teens and it probably is the perfect blend for them some wish fulfilment with a hot stud of a best friend turned boyfriend, lots of sexy/hot scenes that are still PG, a not too freaky serial killer to ease young teens into the genre although when I was a teen I read lots of thriller/killer adult fiction with some freaky bad dudes and coped pretty well :
Ohhhhhh.
Emmmmm. Geeeeeeeee. ! This is my new favorite series!!!! Holy crappadoodle!!! Fdgdrtesacvnkoyessxcnooyrecbhtrd hfdh, Yea that's what I said! to come as soon as my head clears!! This book left me speechless!!!!!




Okay, I think I am composed enough to write this review now.
Sorry, my head was reeling from the events that took place before my very fearful eyes, WHEW!!!! It was a whirlwind for sure, So, upon reading this, I had bought this book along with its sequel aboutmonths ago, The covers intrigued me, compelled me to read them, But instead they sat on my shelf collecting dust with the rest of my forgotten sad and lonely books, Then just two days ago, my friend VEE, seriously, . . YOU ROCK SISTER . okay Shreya you too . before I get yelled at!!had reminded me of this book, She read it and raved about it and told me I had to read it now! Well, I didn't do it right then exactly, I was in the mmiddle of My Soul To Takewhich is amazing by the way.
So I put the book on hold and searched for my copy of The Body Finder and started it right away, WOW!!!!I read this in ONE DAY people, ONE DAY!!!!!! I couldn't put it down!!! It was mesmerizing, intense, suspenseful, romantic, haunting, . . but I absolutely loved every minute of it!!!!!




SYNOPSIS:


Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability.
While the sixteenyearold is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodiesor at least those that have been murdered.
Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes that the dead leave behind in the world, . . and the imprints that attach to their killers,

Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift it mostly just led her to find the

dead birds her cat had tired of playing with.
But now that a serial killer has begun terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, she realizes she might be the only person who can stop him.


Despite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet on her quest to find the murdererand Violet is unnerved to find herself hoping that Jay's intentions are much more than friendly.
But even as she's falling intensely in love, Violet is getting closer and closer to discovering a killer, . . and becoming his prey herself,


My review:

So I have no idea where to start, I've got to admit, this book was creepy, I normally don't read murder mysteries, This one didn't leave a very fuzzy wuzzy feeling in my stomach, In fact, there were times that I checked my front door to make sure it was locked at all times and was very observant of everything around me in public.
Paranoid much I think not, since it is not unusual for this to happen in real life, But what made up for the freakydeaky storyline was the two main charactersVi and Jay,

First of all, let me talk about the secondary characters for a second, I have to give them notice because they did their parts well, Too well I think. Chelsea Vi's best friend. She was cool. I liked her alot and her sarcastic bitchy attitude, It was quite humorous at times, Although, she was an idiot at the end of the book and I practically yelled at her for she did, I wanted to jump in the book, grab her and shake her like a rag doll, OMG, I was on the edge of my seat, Actually, no I wasn't half the time I was pacing almost biting my nails off yelling out loud to myself, It would have rather comical to see me in person, Then Jules, Claire and some other friend of theirs I can't remember were pretty cool too, They made me laugh at their gossipy hilarious banter, I felt like part of the crowd, It was great! Then we have Uncle Stephenthe police chief who played a huge and important role in keeping Violet safe whilst using her gift to help track down the monsternot to mention heroic.
He was a great uncle, always trying to protect her from the sadistic psychopath, If it hadn't been for him, . nevermind. mouth sealed

Violet Amrose, Vi. Wow, what an amazing heroine she turned out to be, Although I had a feeling from page one I'd love her, But seriously, she goes out looking for trouble and shit, I was screaming at her for being so damn stupid and careless, She put people's lives in danger because of her stubbornness, In all honesty though, she did what she had to do and if she hadn't played "hunter", things would have turned out differently, I had to forgive her for being impulsive, The burdens she carries with her since she was a child is more than I myself could bare, Really, there have been worse heroines COUGH CALLA COUGH SO I am just grateful I actually liked this girl, I was kinda jealous of her though, Shhhhh, don't tell her!

Then there is JAY, JAY Heaton. Snookums. Hottie with a Godly body, Knight in shinning armor. Man of my dreams. OMG, I could write a story on this guy and it would be a whole book in length, Okay, so when I say he was better than Daemon, GASP Yes, I know SHOCKING!!!! How can anyone be better than that sexy hot Godlike of a man, Considering Daemon is all I could obsess over for weeks now, Looks like he has competition, But to be fair, Jay isn't powerful or immortal or even a bright light for that matter, He is just Jay, which is good enough for me, He is human. Perfect in every way. I guess Daemon still wins in the nonhuman competition, . . but in the ever so stunningly hot, sexy, knowsalltherightwordstosay and never ceases to place more and more fluttery butterflies in my stomach just seeing his name competitionJAY takes the cake or metal or whatever it is they win.
I mean, holy shit!!!! I cried in some moments just because of his romantic heartfelt words were so genuine and left me breathless, Of course a couple of times I wanted to backhand him for being a douche, But I loved this love story because for once, there really wasn't a love triangle, Sure there were other trying to win both of their affections but once they both realized and I knew it before she did and wanted to hit her for being blind since it was so obvious the signals he was giving herthat they were meant for each other, it was totally lustworthy and steamy at times.
I found myself blushing so hard I thought my face was gonna burst!! I was cheering them on and so happy for them that they finally figured it out after all these years of being best friendshow ridiculously cute they werepretending to be "just friends".
But I was also glad that it took them sometime instead of that insta love or "love at first sight" crap, They both knew each other inside and out and no one understood them better than they did, Ah, I can't get him out of my head, I really want to read Desires of The Dead the sequel but I must finishe My Soul To Take first, Jay and Vi will have to wait, Enough about him . holy crap, see This is a long spiel about the oh so gorgeous and swoon worthy Jay Jay! SIGH blushing profusely My face is gonna fall off,

Another thing I loved was that Derting included the killer's devious and creepy plans, Every few chapters it switched to his mindset and how he lured each girl into his arms and to their fatal death, That was the creepiest part, it really showed how sadistic and psycho he was and how he showed no remorse for taking innocent girls' lives, But it really had me glued to the book, the descriptives of his plans in action was none other than creepy, He would find them alone and pretend to help them if they were out on their own and get them to trust him until he had them, . . then BAM!!! I wanted to spit at him, except I'd never get that close to him, Shudders

The story was greatsad but it was told very descriptively and vividly, That was the scary part, I could see the events unfold before my eyes and I ached for those young innocent girls, Stupid psycho!!!!! It was like watching "The Lovely Bones" all over again, though there were some differences but the storyline was pretty much the same, Wow, this book did a number on me, I had to hide out in my bathroom a few times away from my kids so that I could get the full effect and they didn't freak out at the mask of horror written on my face or the curse words spitting out of my mouth as I am holding on for dear life in absolute fear and suspense of the last few chapters of this book.
shudders Kudos to Derting, she really captured me from the start, The writing is spectacular and believable, telling the story of every mothers' worst nightmare, I recommend this to all who love romance and a little mystery, It was so worth the lack of sleep and my zombielike state I am in today,



Some of my favorite quotes:




“He loved her,
Jay Heaton, her best friend since childhood was in love with her, He didn't say it but she knew that it was true,
And the part that really freaked her out, the part that caught her completely off guard, is that he wasn't alone, Because even though she'd been denying it for a long, long time, it had always been there, . . waiting beneath the surface of thier friendship, And now that it was out there was no going back,
And it was so wierd to even be thinking it but, . . she was in love with him too, ”


“I swear that boy can't function without you, not even at lunch, ” Chelsea



“I was just waiting for you to want me as much as I wanted you, ” His words were quiet but carried one hell of an impact, “I knew we were going to be together it was just a matter of time, I kept hoping that you would figure it out, But for a smart girl, youre a little dense, Vi, I kept bringing up Lissie Adams, and showing you the notes she was leaving me, hoping that youd get pissed enough to finally admit how you felt about me, ” Jay



“I've been so worried about strange men following you around that I forgot how dangerous Homecoming Queens can be, ” Jay


“What was that all about" Jay asked in loud whisper,
She still felt like her head was reeling, She had no idea what she was going to tell to Grady when school was out, "I think Grady just asked me to Homecoming," she announced to Jay,
He looked at her suspiciously, "The game"
Violet cocked her head to the side and gave him a look that told him to be serious,
"No, I'm pretty sure he meant the dance," Violet clarified, exasperated by the obtuse question, ”


“No, I tried to use Lissie, But apparently you're more pigheaded than I gave you credit for, I thought for sure that would do it, Instead, it backfired on me, and you agreed to go to the dance with, . . someone else. ”
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