*SPOILER ALERT! If you have not read Beautiful Dead: Jonas and Arizona there may be spoilers.
ARC: 288 Pages
Genre: YA Paranormal
Series: Beautiful Dead # 3
Book from: Publisher*
Six months have passed since the last Ellerton teenager died, but Darina is still traumatized by the stabbing of her own beloved Phoenix. But there's work to be done as Darina must now turn her attention to the shooting of Summer Madison - the beautiful and gifted, singer-song-writer with a heart of gold. It's been nearly a year since the random shooting in a shopping mall caused Summer's meaningless death.
Summer left behind recordings of her wonderful songs and a deep sadness amongst high school friends. Now Darina must act as Summerās agent to track down the psychotic killer in a clear search for justice. With the sound of Summer's music constantly playing inside Darina's head, recalling the wonderful months when she was alive and performing her first gigs, Darina, Phoenix and the Beautiful Dead are determined to catch the crazed killer. And all the while Darinaās love for Phoenix continues to beat ...
Review by Jessica
BEAUTIFUL DEAD: SUMMER, by Eden Maguire picks up a few months after the last one left off, Summer's story is so raw and emotional, while still action packed and thrilling. Darina faces many new challenges in the latest installment of the Beautiful Dead and I could not stop reading.
Darina faced more challenges in this novel more so than the first two and it was great to see Maguire take full advantage of Darina's headstrong attitude and put her through situations where she is not the strong girl everyone sees her as. I liked seeing a softer side of Darina even though she puts herself in bad situations or pushes the limit too far.
The development of the characters really shoots forward in this one and I loved it, along with the addition of new characters, and sidelined characters coming into play. I distinctly loved how she brought in characters that had very little roles in the first two books so smoothly into the third, and I look forward to seeing where they come into play in the fourth and how they will effect Darina and the Beautiful Dead.
Summer's story is most definitely my favorite so far, I can't remember the last time a book made me really cry. After reading this I had dreams about it and I truly can not wait to read the next books in this series. Eden Maguire, you do leave me restless... restless for more.
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*FTC Disclosure: I received this finished copy from the publisher. I do not receive payment of any kind in exchange for a review. I do not receive monetary compensation from any book links in my review.
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