by Andrew Klavan
Sam Hopkins is the "preacher's kid" in town. He's the good boy who no one acts normal around, and one day decides to hang with the wrong crowd. While at first Sam experiences the thrill of hanging with the school thugs, he knows that in short time, things will go too far.
Jennifer is a little strange. Eccentric. She hears voices telling her of the evil they plan. She has hallucinations of demons bringing about death. When one day Sam witnesses his thug "friends" harassing Jennifer, Sam stands up to them to save her; and while he loses one set of friends, he gains a very strange new one in Jennifer.
When Sam discovers that Jennifer's hallucinations might just be more than they seem, Sam has to decide if he has the courage to dig deeper and confront these "demons" that Jennifer believes are about to commit terrible deeds.
I found this book very juvenile and lackluster. Before learning more about Jennifer's "condition", the writing felt very....annoying and silly with the repetitive phrases and silly made-up words Jennifer used. Even after coming to understand the mental issues behind the verbiage used, I still found it a little annoying.
I did not care for any of the characters and found Sam's actions to be wholly unbelievable when it came to actions he took on Jennifer's behalf. While likely a very quick read, due to it's simple nature, I found it took me quite a while to get through because it simply did not capture my interest.
I can completely see this book being appealing to a much younger audience, but for me (age 32), I thought it didn't have enough redeeming qualities to keep my attention. And, sadly, I am not sure that I will try any other of Klavan's works (even though he has been highly lauded as an author), because of this first impression.
This book was provided to me for free by Thomas Nelson Publishing through BookSneeze in exchange for my honest review. Thank you Thomas Nelson Publishing.
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