LILY DALE: BELIEVING
WENDY CORSI STAUB
Paranormal YA
Walker
ISBN 978-0-8027-9656-1
256 Pages
$15.95
Hardcover--Available Now
Rating: 4 Enchantments
Ms. Staub does an excellent job melding paranormal and suspense together in her LILY DALE series featuring Calla Delaney.
Picking up mere moments after the first book left off, LILY DALE: BELIEVING has Calla finding herself the target of a serial killer targeting teenage girls, a case that first came to light in book one. However, reading "Awakening" is not required to enjoy LILY DALE: BELIEVING for it stands quite well on its own. Calla is still trying to deal with the unexpected loss of her mother, the realization of her own medium abilities and adjusting to life in Lily Dale with her unique grandmother Odel and the physical distance between her and her father. Add in the normal teenager issues and things can get pretty complicated. What I like most about Calla is her willingness to learn about her newfound abilities, something that's much changed from her behavior in book one. The fact that we see things from both the killer's point of view several times during the story adds a creepiness to the book that keeps the reader rapidly turning the pages, knowing that at some point there will be a meeting between he and Calla.
Threads left unsolved from the first book continue on in book two, and with BELIEVING's own startling ending it will no doubt leave readers waiting anxiously for book three releasing November 2008.
Learn more about the Lily Dale series and Ms. Staub on her website, http://www.wendycorsistaub.com/youngadult.html
Lisa
Enchanting Reviews
October 2008
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