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. (synopsis taken from Goodreads)
If I am not mistaken, this is Kimberly's debut novel! I adored the book. She wrote from two different views, Violet's and the killers and it was so believable. I was rooting for Violet and was repulsed by the killer. The book is FULL of suspense and twists and turns, I did not see how things were going to end up. There is even a love interest thrown in there, Jay. Who let me say is one of my fictional boyfriends ;p. I enjoyed seeing Violet and Jay's relationship grow and evolve and not just into a romantic relationship but their bond of friendship and the strength of that bond.
Ending: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
Plot: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
