Waiting on Wednesday #WoW @thudsonwrites

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It's to spotlight upcoming reads which I can't wait to get my hands on.

This week my book is: 

Elegy (Hereafter #3) by Tara Hudson

Release date: June 4th, 2013

A stalker ghost, misguided Seers, and spellbinding wraiths—Amelia Ashley has faced them all. Now her greatest hope is to spend the rest of her afterlife with her living boyfriend, Joshua. But the demonic forces return to give her an ultimatum: turn herself over to the darkness or watch them murder one living person per week until she does.

Amelia fears she might really be doomed, until the forces of light give her another option. She can join them in their quest to gather souls, with a catch: Once she joins them, she can never see Joshua again.

Faced with impossible choices, Amelia decides to take her afterlife into her own hands—and fight back.

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In My Mailbox [14]

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme from Kristi at The Story Siren.

I have been so behind since coming back and blogging! Trying to get things back on track here at Jump INto Books has proven to be a challenge now that I'm a single mother and living on my own. So in this edition, I'm listing the past 2 weeks of what I have received in my mailbox. I'm hoping to get the rest of the blog back on track soon.

For Review from Abrams (and a giveaway later):

For review from Scholastic:

Won in giveaways:

Purchased:

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Book Review: Hereafter by Tara Hudson

Title: Hereafter 
Author: Tara Hudson 
Publisher: HarperCollins 
Genre: YA, Paranormal Romance 
Release Date: June 7th 2011 
Source: ebook, TBR Challenge 
Series: Hereafter 

Can there truly be love after death?

Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she's dead. With no recollection of her past life—or her actual death—she's trapped alone in a nightmarish existence. All of this changes when she tries to rescue a boy, Joshua, from drowning in her river. As a ghost, she can do nothing but will him to live. Yet in an unforgettable moment of connection, she helps him survive.

Amelia and Joshua grow ever closer as they begin to uncover the strange circumstances of her death and the secrets of the dark river that held her captive for so long. But even while they struggle to keep their bond hidden from the living world, a frightening spirit named Eli is doing everything in his power to destroy their newfound happiness and drag Amelia back into the ghost world . . . forever.

My Review:

I thought this book was very well written. It had me going from beginning to end. The characters were remember able, the story was amazing and the outcome was great. I just had one problem with it.

While Amelia was wondering aimlessly around the afterlife, she has a chance encounter with Joshua. She ends up saving Josh’s life. After that they are bound together by a strong urge to be with one another. While that is all great and wonderful, I still don’t understand how that is. How she is able to touch him and feel him when she can’t do that with anyone else. Maybe it is because of their connection, but maybe it’s not.

As for the ending of this book, it did leave it wide open for a second one. Which the second one, Arise, is due to hit shelves June 5th 2012. 

Final Thoughts:

I think overall, this was a great paranormal romance with some good twists in it. 

Star Rating:   

Purchase from: Amazon/The Book Depository

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