Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne

Still Waters

by Emma Carlson Berne (Link goes to Goodreads)

Synopsis: 

Hannah can't wait to sneak off for a romantic weekend with her boyfriend, Colin. He's leaving for college soon, and Hannah wants their trip to the lake house to be one they'll never forget.

But once Hannah and Colin get there, things start to seem a bit...off. They can't find the town on any map. The house they are staying in looks as if someone's been living there, even though it's been deserted for years. And Colin doesn't seem quite himself. As he grows more unstable, Hannah worries about Colin's dark side, and her own safety.

Nothing is as perfect as it seems, and what lies beneath may haunt her forever.

My Review: 

Still Waters is unlike any other book I have read. It kept me wondering what was going on until the end. I honestly couldn’t understand why Colin was acting differently in the Pine House. I thought that he was probably possessed by an old ghost from the house, or that maybe he had multiple personalities. At the end of the book, it turned out that what had gone on at the Pine House was very different. The last chapters were very intense and they kept my attention all the way to the end. I would have never guessed the ending. It would have been better if we were given more information on Jack, though. I felt like I needed a little bit more on him at the end. However, overall I really liked the book. Hannah and Colin’s relationship felt so real. I really enjoyed reading it. It was as if I could feel everything Hannah was feeling. There were very good descriptions overall. 


Rating: 4.0

Emely

Angelina's Secret by Lisa Rogers

Angelina's Secret (Angelina's Secret #1)

by Lisa Rogers

Published February 1st 2012 by Spencer Hill Press

Synopsis:
As a child, Angelina spent years in counseling learning that Josie, her imaginary friend, wasn't real, but it turns out her childhood friend wasn't imaginary after all.Now Angelina has to accept she's either (A) crazy or (B) able to see ghosts. Wanting to believe in her sanity, she chooses (B) and welcomes Josie back into her life. But even Josie can't help her deal with Shelly, the spirit of a confused teenager, and things go very, very wrong.When Angelina finds herself in a psychiatric hospital, she faces a choice: she can spend the rest of her life pretending to be someone she isn't, or she can embrace who she is and take a chance that she may never get to go home.


My Review: 

I really liked that this book was different than most and that most of the characters were so real, I loved that it could make me feel so angry about the things that were happening to Angelina when no one would listen to her and they sent her to the "mental facility". It felt as if I was her and I could relate to what she was feeling. It made me feel hopeless and frustrated just like Angelina would feel when her mom wasn't listening to anything she was saying when she tried to explain things and when they treated her as if she was crazy. I was also surprised when she decided that she was going to try to convince her parents and her brother that she could see ghosts instead of saying that she had just been lying so she could get out which is what you would expect her to do. But I didn't really get interesting until late in the story when I started wondering how Angelina would try to convince her mom she wasn't crazy. Most of the characters seemed real, but I felt like Kathy was too exaggerated and I don't feel like the book had enough about the relationship between Jason and Angelina because it didn't explain how they met or anything else about their relationship.

Rating: 4.0

Monty

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Where She Went by Gayle Forman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This sequel was most definitely amazing and just as emotional as the one before. I felt for Adam, he was devastated that Mia had left him without a reason why and not even fame and fun, or all the money in the world, made him happy. Mia and Adam find each other again and decided to talk about stuff. Adam has flashback from his time moping around after Mia broke up with him and how he got to where he was now. He was miserable and wanted answers but didn't dare ask because he was too mad. When he finally does... well, her answer kind of made sense.
I didn't want to cry nearly as much as in the first book but this one was sad nonetheless. Still, I thought it was stupid of Mia to leave just like that without saying anything. For the first time I got to know how Adam felt about things. He'd been worried about Mia so much. He loved her. So it was extremely sad when she left.
Still, I loved the book. And greatly recommend it.


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