Shattered Souls

by Mary Lindsey

When a Texas high school student starts hearing voices, she assumes she is schizophrenic like her father, but instead she finds out that she is a "Speaker," who can communicate with the dead in order to help their troubled souls find resolution.

• ISBN10: 0399256229
• ISBN13: 9780399256226
• Publish Date: 8 December 2011 (first published 1 December 2011)
• Publish Status: Remaindered
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Philomel Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[stefu1]

Slow in the beginning, but then picks up till you can't put it down.

[e_rodz_leb]

I don’t know why it took me so long to read Shattered Souls. I absolutely loved it! It was one of those books that you start and you cannot put down (you know what I mean, right?). I started reading after work around 5:00 and I couldn’t stop until I was done around 11:00.


Where to start? Shattered Souls introduces a new world in which there are Speakers, beings that hear lost souls and are always partnered with a Protector, someone that help them in any way they can to achieve their purpose. They are reincarnated, living many ‘cycles’, but the problem is that Lenzi (Rose) cannot remember her previous lives and when she starts hearing voices, she logically thinks she is going insane. Even if this premise seems familiar, I mean, at the beginning I was comparing it to Angelfire, this is where the similarities end.


I love Lenzi and Alden’s relationship, and although the whole story in this first book takes place in about a week, their relationship doesn’t feel rushed; after all, they have been in love for years and years, and many lives. The characters are amazing. Lenzi is afraid and brave at the same time. She is loyal, realistic, and very loving. Alden is wonderful; he is also loving, loyal, full of knowledge, and very responsible. He would do anything for Lenzi, and that is just plain hot. Zak is bad news and I didn’t like him at all from the beginning.


The plot is original, and the story started slow and quickly picked up. I’m glad that Lenzi wasn’t left ‘hanging’ wondering for months if she was going insane. The ending was just right, not a cliffhanger and with enough closure for me. This is a good thing, because book #2 is still untitled and not due until 2014! I do hope this was a typo, has to be, right?


About the cover: Just gorgeous!

[lizarodz]

I don’t know why it took me so long to read Shattered Souls. I absolutely loved it! It was one of those books that you start and you cannot put down (you know what I mean, right?). I started reading after work around 5:00 and I couldn’t stop until I was done around 11:00.


Where to start? Shattered Souls introduces a new world in which there are Speakers, beings that hear lost souls and are always partnered with a Protector, someone that help them in any way they can to achieve their purpose. They are reincarnated, living many ‘cycles’, but the problem is that Lenzi (Rose) cannot remember her previous lives and when she starts hearing voices, she logically thinks she is going insane. Even if this premise seems familiar, I mean, at the beginning I was comparing it to Angelfire, this is where the similarities end.


I love Lenzi and Alden’s relationship, and although the whole story in this first book takes place in about a week, their relationship doesn’t feel rushed; after all, they have been in love for years and years, and many lives. The characters are amazing. Lenzi is afraid and brave at the same time. She is loyal, realistic, and very loving. Alden is wonderful; he is also loving, loyal, full of knowledge, and very responsible. He would do anything for Lenzi, and that is just plain hot. Zak is bad news and I didn’t like him at all from the beginning.


The plot is original, and the story started slow and quickly picked up. I’m glad that Lenzi wasn’t left ‘hanging’ wondering for months if she was going insane. The ending was just right, not a cliffhanger and with enough closure for me. This is a good thing, because book #2 is still untitled and not due until 2014! I do hope this was a typo, has to be, right?


About the cover: Just gorgeous!

[Kelsenator]

Originally posted on my blog Kelsey's Cluttered Bookshelf

I honestly didn’t know what to expect with this book, whether I’d like it or not, but I’m glad I read it.

On Lenzi’s 17th birthday, the little noises in the background she usually hears get more intense, to the point that they turn into voices. They follow her, always asking for help, and she thinks she is going crazy like her father did before he died. That night she meets Alden, who wants to help her understand and control what she’s going through. She doesn’t trust him at first, but after her first attack by a ghost, she is willing to take the risk. He tells her that she’s been doing this for centuries under the name Rose, and for some reason she has no recollection of any of her past memories.

Lenzi is a Speaker, one who can communicate with the dead to help them pass on, by letting them house their soul in her body for a short time. Alden is her Protector, one who is there to watch over her, and help release the souls she lets in. The ghosts are called Hindered, and it is their job as a team to help them out. The Malevolent are the dangerous ones, what they would refer to as demons, who are violent and angry. Dealing with a jealous boyfriend Zak, she tries to handle what is going on with all this new information, and to make it worse, there’s a Malevolent that seems to be out to get her, and Alden knows more than he’s telling her.

Ok, I have to say that I really liked this book, it was not what I was expecting. I loved the story behind Rose and Alden, Race and Maddi who we meet later were pretty cool. I would recommend this to those who is looking for paranormal, romance, some action and definitely a good story.