"Welcome to Wyldcliffe, the place that haunts my present, my past, and my future.
Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies is elite, expensive, and unwelcoming. When Evie Johnson is torn from her home near the sea to become the newest scholarship student, strict teachers, snobbish students, and the oppressive atmosphere of Wyldcliffe leave her drowning in loneliness.
Evie's only lifeline is Sebastian, a mysterious and attractive young man she meets by chance. As Evie's feelings for Sebastian blaze with each secret meeting, she begins to fear that he is hiding something about his past. And she is haunted by glimpses of a strange, ghostly girl—a girl who is so eerily like Evie she could be a sister. Evie is slowly drawn into a tangled web of past and present that she cannot control. As the extraordinary, elemental forces of Wyldcliffe rise up like the mighty sea, Evie is faced with an astounding truth about Sebastian, and her own incredible fate."
I finished this book a few days ago, but due to it being an odd hour and the fact that I only get 6 hours of sleep each night, I definitely did not have brain power and time together. That said, I have some things that I really liked about this book as well as a few things I didn't.
Like: Different theme! Yay for NOTHING to do with Vampires! I'm currently on a Vampire strike. Side characters are okay, but no more central Vampire themes. Ghosties are totally okay, for now.
Dislike: Relationship progression between Evie & Sebastian. Unless I fell asleep and kept reading, one minute they didn't know each other, and the other, she was ridiculously in love. Okay, so maybe there was some sort of hidden attraction with their histories being intertwined, but he didn't even do anything to make her like him (in my opinion). All he did was run her over on his horse and then kept making her sneak out at night. Lame.
Like: Seemed like a combo of "The Hollow" by Jessica Verday (which I need to post about) and "Fallen" by Lauren Kate. Two books which I enjoyed.
Dislike: Okay, I actually didn't dislike anything really besides Sebastian.
I think Evie is going to be a lot cooler in the next book. Luckily it won't be long before we figure out whether or not I'm right. I got "Betrayal" on my library run today (along with 3 other books) and the 3rd book comes out August 2nd, so it should be in the library when I get done moving.
Final Verdict: Give it a shot. I don't know that I would buy it, but I'm also poor and therefore quite picky about the books I buy. Libraries rock for a good reason (they're free). Shields put some really unique ideas into the book and it could turn out to be an interesting series, but other reviews I have read say otherwise.
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