Author: Kimberly Derting
Rating: 4 stars
The Blurb:
Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies—or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes 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 dead birds her cat left for her. But now that a serial killer is terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, Violet realizes she might be the only person who can stop him.
Despite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet find the murderer—and Violet is unnerved by her hope 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.
Review:
I stumbled upon this book while at a signing for Kim Harrison and Kelley Armstrong. The premise sounded so different from most other books that I read that I had to try it. The Body Finder is a great read, especially if you're looking for something other than your standard paranormal romance.
Violet's amazing gift of being able to find the dead is incredibly impressive. She is able to sense the echos of dead things as well as sense if someone has ever killed anyone (whether intentional or not). This is a terrifying gift to have but Violet makes the most of it and uses it to try and help people around her.
One of the most interesting things about this book is that every once in a while you get a chapter from the point of view of the killer. It makes the book so much scarier and more interesting than if those chapters were left out. Whenever I read those chapters I always got so creeped out and it made the book even more fun to read.
Violet Ambrose is a very relatable leading character. Other than her ability to find dead bodies of course. One of the things I love about this book is that her family knows about her secret. It's a refreshing change from most other books where the heroine has to hide the deep dark secret from her family. Violet is able to ask them for advice which I think is so great because a lot of books portray teenage girls as being ambivalent towards their families. I also love that Violets best Friend Jay Heaton knows.
The romance between Violet and Jay is really nice. I like that it springs out of friendship and rather than an instantaneous love it builds slowly over time. This is one of the more realistic relationships I've had the pleasure of reading about. Romantic tension aside I think the friendship between Violet and Jay is great. The fact that he knows her secret creates a high amount of trust.
This book is really engaging, as is the entire series. I think the author did a great job creating a world full of mystery and romance.
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