Claire

by Rod a Galindo

[Inkslinger]

(Review posted in its entirety at www.betwixtthesheets.com!)

"After reading the synopsis for this book, I was so excited for a good 'them against the world' ghost story. Unfortunately, that isn't quite what I got, though I do think that was the intention.

To be fair, in the background out of sight much of the time, Max and Claire are working toward a common goal.. even if we don't realize it for a long while.

I will say that Galindo has a good grasp on story structure. I found his ideas within, to be creative and interesting. For a teen/young adult title, he played with some very adult concepts about zealotry and predetermined social assessment.

The story is nicely dark and the one thing I noted that I really like, is the author doesn't--"