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See by Jamie Magee Published by Self-Published on May 5, 2012
Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal
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Forgetting who you are, your ambitions, your passions is crippling….but remembering – embracing your purpose with a new sense of determination is more than empowering….it's life altering. Charlie Myers is on a life altering path that will cause the dammed to humble in silence.
One night…just a few friends, how could it go so wrong? That was the question seventeen year old Charlie Myers was asking when she found herself in the ER. Outwardly nothing was wrong with Charlie, she was a vision of perfect heath, internally she was battling a raging headache…one the doctor told her she would overcome shortly, but Charlie knew something else was wrong …very wrong. Part of her had been stolen…she was missing memories. Those memories were sacred. They held the key to her sanity. They told her that the sinister whispers, the shadows that came to life before her were not as ominous as she felt they were. They held the bond with her late father, a famed musician. They caused her to forget the one talent that allowed her to face the darkness that haunted her every waking hour. They also masked a much deeper bond, the face of the one that had stolen her heart, long before the age of seventeen.
Sitting in the ER with her angry mother she couldn’t figure out what she was missing, or even how. Her thoughts told her that she needed to protect Britain, a friend of hers, but that didn’t make any sense –Britain didn’t need to be protected from anyone, he was strong, young, and absurdly wealthy. Charlie also knew that even though her friend Bianca called Charlie her best friend, she didn’t trust her …she was almost sure she despised her, but she couldn’t figure out why, or understand how random thoughts were telling her that she adored both Britain and Bianca – that they were her saviors – that they brought silence to the unstoppable whispers, but the silence scared Charlie. In her mind anyone or anything that could bring silence to something that dark could not be good.
Charlie wanted to stay in NY, figure out what she was missing, why, and who was behind it all, but her mother had other plans. Against her will, Charlie was sent to Salem to live with her sister, within that small town Charlie found her memories and so much more.
Her story begins now.
I have not had the chance to read any other books by Ms. Jamie Magee and so I always wonder how I might find this book and see where it will go for me. Overall I sold and I just wanted it to not end.
Plot: What I loved most about the story line was everything happened unexpectedly. Not once did I know what might be coming next and when it did I had to pause and take everything in. I felt like the idea behind the story was “fresh” and the originality is something that I fell in love with.
Characters: There are mixtures of both good and bad characters throughout the book and with these characters it made the storyline even more interesting. There is Bianca and Britain who we meet somewhat in the beginning and right from the start we get a bad vibe from them as not that good of characters. There are other characters that we are introduced to in the book as Charlie moves to Salem with us meeting her sister and the twins, every person played a role in the book and although we were able to meet more characters more than others everyone had a role to play in the story that made it great.
Romance: Okay for the romance in this book was tricky for me. I fell in love with two guys, Britain and Draven. Britain is the guy that red flags pop up telling everyone to stay away from because deep down he is obsessively crazy while Draven is the guy that should be everyone’s first choice. I thought as I read this book that there was going to be some crazy love triangle but in the end I have to admit when saying that Charlie knew the right person to select.
Writing: I really was fascinated with the writing. There are sometimes that the book can be really good but there are those little bump in the roads that can make the reader slow down their pace as they read but with this book I found no bumps in my direction. I felt that with her book, I felt it easy to flow through the book and never had the feeling of wanting to put it down or slowing down.
In the end I loved how music was a major theme pressed in the story and with the idea Ms. Magee was able to write a stellar story. Simply wonderful See is a book that will leave an impact on your memory.
I give it 4 bites!
Jamie Magee has always believed that each of us have a defining gift that sets us apart from the rest
of the world, she has always envied those who have known from their first breath what their gift was.
Not knowing hers, she began a career in the fast paced world of business. Raising a young family, and
competing to rise higher in that field would drive some to the point of insanity, but she always found a
moment of escape in a passing daydream. Her imagination would take her to places she’d never been,
introduce her to people she’s never known. Insight, her debuting novel, is a result of that powerful
imagination. Today, she is grateful that not knowing what defined her, led her on a path of discovery
that would always be a part of her.
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Thank you so much for an awesome review!!!
Oh this sounds interesting. I love the sound of the writing and how music was incorporated. Will have to check it out.
I’m glad you really liked this one, it certainly sounds good! I hadn’t heard of it before this. 🙂