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Kill Me Again
Realizing that she is living the life of another person in her dreams, Alexis comes to understand that she has somehow come back to life after being killed and fears that someone is out to murder her a second time
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1996
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Leslie Rule
11 books487 followers Leslie Rule's true crime debut, A Tangled Web, covers a frightening Omaha love triangle murder. "I chose this case because I want to warn readers that the female sadistic sociopath may be the most dangerous killer of all."
A veteran author for over three decades, Rule's works include two suspense novels and five nonfiction books on the paranormal, including Coast to Coast Ghosts, True Stories of Hauntings Across America. Rule was only seventeen when she started attending murder trials with her mother, author Ann Rule. "It was my job to shoot the killers, not with a gun, but with my camera," says Leslie. Many of her courtroom photographs have appeared in her mother's books.
A veteran author for over three decades, Rule's works include two suspense novels and five nonfiction books on the paranormal, including Coast to Coast Ghosts, True Stories of Hauntings Across America. Rule was only seventeen when she started attending murder trials with her mother, author Ann Rule. "It was my job to shoot the killers, not with a gun, but with my camera," says Leslie. Many of her courtroom photographs have appeared in her mother's books.
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August 26, 2022
4 stars - English Ebook
Just a short note about the book in my agenda:
The characters draw me in and the story and builds to a surprising ending.
I enjoyed this book, as all thrillers I guess, really got caught up in the twists and turns, but mostly in the strong characters! The carry the story.
Just a short note about the book in my agenda:
The characters draw me in and the story and builds to a surprising ending.
I enjoyed this book, as all thrillers I guess, really got caught up in the twists and turns, but mostly in the strong characters! The carry the story.
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April 29, 2021Again, it's a damn shame this gal only wrote two (1990s-era) YA horror books, because she was so good at what she did! Everything was there: The too-pretty and perfect heroine, the truly evil villain, the quaint small town with a dark past, the completely convoluted paranormal twist that only makes sense in such books. Or maybe not even then. Even the Kings of that era, RL Stine and Christopher Pike, would be sooooooo jealous of this lady's writing.
Hey...
Maybe they WERE jealous and saw to it she didn't write any more.
Conspiracy theory anyone?
Probably not, but what if??? Pike and Stine had twisted minds. Especially Stine...
Anyway, this book stars Alexis. She and her family are moving back to her mom's hometown while they figure out some family drama. They don't have their own place yet, so they're staying with Grandpa. And Gramps is a real piece of work. He's a cranky old man who never got over the disappearance of Alexis' Aunt Nan when Nan was just about Alexis' age. Everyone suspects she ran away with her boyfriend. Also, Gramps only has one hand. He lost the other in an accident decades earlier, an accident Nan caused. Alexis' mom hasn't been back since her daughter was a baby, but life has forced her hand. Here's the thing: Alexis is the spitting image of Aunt Nan. And we're not talking your average genetics either, like the two look similar. Nope... The two could be twins. Now that's a kick in the arse for you. And did Mom think to warn Gramps? Nope. Just: Hey...meet your Grand-daughter who, by the way, looks exactly like the long-lost daughter you're still unreasonably bitter about. You almost feel bad for the old guy. And I would if he wasn't such a jerky-jerk.
So even though Alexis has never visited this town, she knows things about it. Like the town mural in the clown-themed restaurant where all the cool kids hang out. Clown-themed restaurant? Are you effing kidding me?? WTF is up with that?!? Whose sick idea was this? I ask you!! That tells you right away there's something deeply and profoundly wrong with this town. And if you think a restaurant shaped like a giant clown head is the creepiest thing about the place, you just wait! The town isn't even the original town. The first town was buried underwater when the powers that be dammed the river. And all the old buildings are still down there!! Stuff like that makes Fear Street (Stine) and Castle Rock (of Stephen King fame) seem like freaking Mayberry. Aunt Nan and her boyfriend used to go diving down to the drowned town to explore. Somehow Alexis knows all about all of this, even though no one ever told her about it. Not mom and certainly not Gramps.
Moving on... Even clown restaurants and drowned ghost towns get boring after a while. The author apparently felt the need to spice things up a bit. So it's about here that the first body turns up. It's the skanky classmate who has her sights set on Alexis' new BF, Josh. Somehow I'm not surprised that Alexis is the one to find the body. And this wasn't even her first found body. Apparently she found one last time she and Mom visited Gramps when she was a toddler, and this is why Alexis and Mom got the hell out of dodge. Suspicious.... One might think that Alexis had something to do with both killings since she was the one to find the bodies. No one suspects the baby. No one. Alexis being the killer... Now THAT would have been an AMAZING twist, but this is isn't Fear Street, people. We're not going to get that profound.
So... Alexis tries to put all this out of her mind, even though she herself has been having nightmares about drowning and is suspects she might possibly be the next target. Might? You mean that "DIE" message someone left for her wasn't enough. Pack up and leave town, girl!! I don't care where you go. Just leave!! But like all heroines in this sort of book, Alexis isn't that smart. Besides, there's Josh, who she is really falling for. Also, she really likes her school classes. Especially her psych class, even though the teacher is kind of a dork.
All this time, Josh has been trying to convince Alexis to go explore the town under the lake. Because that's apparently what all the cool kids do. Alexis, who doesn't swim and is actually scared of water. But the guy just doesn't let up until Alexis finally caves. No means no, dude!! Do I find this suspicious? Yes indeed. So Josh teaches Alexis how to dive and leads her down to the old theater... where Alexis finds not one, but TWO bodies!! These are both skeletons, by the way. But one has long blonde hair that is the exact shade of blond as Alexis' hair. She decides this bodes further investigation, so she she asks Josh to help. He's a no-show, so returns to the old theater on her own.
When she surfaces, the killer is there waiting for her.
It's....HER PSYCH TEACHER!!
Turns out this guy had a major crush on Nan. Like obsession-level crush. But when Nan rejected him because he was too dorky, he killed her. And for good measure, he killed her boyfriend too. And stuffed the bodies in the old theater, knowing no one would find them. Those skeletons Alexis found? Yep. And now he wants to kill Alexis because Alexis looks so much like Nan it's freaky. Oh yeah...and also because Alexis won't date him either. Nevermind that the guy is old enough to be her father. Pedophile, anyone? Gross, gross, gross....on SO MANY levels, gross!!!!!
Anyway, Josh shows up and he helps Alexis take the dude down. They knock him out with an air tank and he falls into the lake and drowns.
So...wait! Alexis IS the killer after all!!!
But I almost forgot the best part: Turns out Alexis is a reincarnation of Nan, and that's why she knew so much about everything!! Wait...WHAAAAAAT?????? Honestly, this felt like something that was added way after the fact in attempt to make the story more interesting. I could have done without this bit. The story could have stood on its own without this bit and been better for it. And the truly effed up thing is after Alexis somehow (I'm still not clear on this) discovers this about herself and tells everyone else, they freaking believe her. At least she makes peace with Gramps. Personally, I would have taken the kid to a psychologist to get professional help.
Oh...wait... Alexis killed him. So never mind. Otherwise, he probably would have gotten away with it, too....
Damn meddling kids.
Hey...
Maybe they WERE jealous and saw to it she didn't write any more.
Conspiracy theory anyone?
Probably not, but what if??? Pike and Stine had twisted minds. Especially Stine...
Anyway, this book stars Alexis. She and her family are moving back to her mom's hometown while they figure out some family drama. They don't have their own place yet, so they're staying with Grandpa. And Gramps is a real piece of work. He's a cranky old man who never got over the disappearance of Alexis' Aunt Nan when Nan was just about Alexis' age. Everyone suspects she ran away with her boyfriend. Also, Gramps only has one hand. He lost the other in an accident decades earlier, an accident Nan caused. Alexis' mom hasn't been back since her daughter was a baby, but life has forced her hand. Here's the thing: Alexis is the spitting image of Aunt Nan. And we're not talking your average genetics either, like the two look similar. Nope... The two could be twins. Now that's a kick in the arse for you. And did Mom think to warn Gramps? Nope. Just: Hey...meet your Grand-daughter who, by the way, looks exactly like the long-lost daughter you're still unreasonably bitter about. You almost feel bad for the old guy. And I would if he wasn't such a jerky-jerk.
So even though Alexis has never visited this town, she knows things about it. Like the town mural in the clown-themed restaurant where all the cool kids hang out. Clown-themed restaurant? Are you effing kidding me?? WTF is up with that?!? Whose sick idea was this? I ask you!! That tells you right away there's something deeply and profoundly wrong with this town. And if you think a restaurant shaped like a giant clown head is the creepiest thing about the place, you just wait! The town isn't even the original town. The first town was buried underwater when the powers that be dammed the river. And all the old buildings are still down there!! Stuff like that makes Fear Street (Stine) and Castle Rock (of Stephen King fame) seem like freaking Mayberry. Aunt Nan and her boyfriend used to go diving down to the drowned town to explore. Somehow Alexis knows all about all of this, even though no one ever told her about it. Not mom and certainly not Gramps.
Moving on... Even clown restaurants and drowned ghost towns get boring after a while. The author apparently felt the need to spice things up a bit. So it's about here that the first body turns up. It's the skanky classmate who has her sights set on Alexis' new BF, Josh. Somehow I'm not surprised that Alexis is the one to find the body. And this wasn't even her first found body. Apparently she found one last time she and Mom visited Gramps when she was a toddler, and this is why Alexis and Mom got the hell out of dodge. Suspicious.... One might think that Alexis had something to do with both killings since she was the one to find the bodies. No one suspects the baby. No one. Alexis being the killer... Now THAT would have been an AMAZING twist, but this is isn't Fear Street, people. We're not going to get that profound.
So... Alexis tries to put all this out of her mind, even though she herself has been having nightmares about drowning and is suspects she might possibly be the next target. Might? You mean that "DIE" message someone left for her wasn't enough. Pack up and leave town, girl!! I don't care where you go. Just leave!! But like all heroines in this sort of book, Alexis isn't that smart. Besides, there's Josh, who she is really falling for. Also, she really likes her school classes. Especially her psych class, even though the teacher is kind of a dork.
All this time, Josh has been trying to convince Alexis to go explore the town under the lake. Because that's apparently what all the cool kids do. Alexis, who doesn't swim and is actually scared of water. But the guy just doesn't let up until Alexis finally caves. No means no, dude!! Do I find this suspicious? Yes indeed. So Josh teaches Alexis how to dive and leads her down to the old theater... where Alexis finds not one, but TWO bodies!! These are both skeletons, by the way. But one has long blonde hair that is the exact shade of blond as Alexis' hair. She decides this bodes further investigation, so she she asks Josh to help. He's a no-show, so returns to the old theater on her own.
When she surfaces, the killer is there waiting for her.
It's....HER PSYCH TEACHER!!
Turns out this guy had a major crush on Nan. Like obsession-level crush. But when Nan rejected him because he was too dorky, he killed her. And for good measure, he killed her boyfriend too. And stuffed the bodies in the old theater, knowing no one would find them. Those skeletons Alexis found? Yep. And now he wants to kill Alexis because Alexis looks so much like Nan it's freaky. Oh yeah...and also because Alexis won't date him either. Nevermind that the guy is old enough to be her father. Pedophile, anyone? Gross, gross, gross....on SO MANY levels, gross!!!!!
Anyway, Josh shows up and he helps Alexis take the dude down. They knock him out with an air tank and he falls into the lake and drowns.
So...wait! Alexis IS the killer after all!!!
But I almost forgot the best part: Turns out Alexis is a reincarnation of Nan, and that's why she knew so much about everything!! Wait...WHAAAAAAT?????? Honestly, this felt like something that was added way after the fact in attempt to make the story more interesting. I could have done without this bit. The story could have stood on its own without this bit and been better for it. And the truly effed up thing is after Alexis somehow (I'm still not clear on this) discovers this about herself and tells everyone else, they freaking believe her. At least she makes peace with Gramps. Personally, I would have taken the kid to a psychologist to get professional help.
Oh...wait... Alexis killed him. So never mind. Otherwise, he probably would have gotten away with it, too....
Damn meddling kids.
July 11, 2025
Disregard the boring cover—it’s genuinely good.
It reminded me a lot of a Christopher Pike novel—it’s a murder mystery with a side of romance and a big helping of reincarnation(there’s even scuba diving!! 😆), but more fleshed out.
Climax was very rushed but I enjoyed it.
It reminded me a lot of a Christopher Pike novel—it’s a murder mystery with a side of romance and a big helping of reincarnation(there’s even scuba diving!! 😆), but more fleshed out.
Climax was very rushed but I enjoyed it.
May 13, 2025
2025 review: 4 stars.
I forgot how romantical this book is. Makes sense why my preteen self loved it. But me today was like whoa so toxic. How are they 17 year old soulmates who knew each other in different lives? Also funny the author dedicated this book to her soulmate whom she is now divorced from.
This was so good! Really well written for 90s YA. A cut above. Well drawn small town PNW and townspeople. I didn’t guess the killer. The first half is a lot of set up then it starts to get really good 40-50% in.
Were they really reincarnated or not?
Read on archive.org and paperback.
90s review: 5 stars
I forgot how romantical this book is. Makes sense why my preteen self loved it. But me today was like whoa so toxic. How are they 17 year old soulmates who knew each other in different lives? Also funny the author dedicated this book to her soulmate whom she is now divorced from.
This was so good! Really well written for 90s YA. A cut above. Well drawn small town PNW and townspeople. I didn’t guess the killer. The first half is a lot of set up then it starts to get really good 40-50% in.
Were they really reincarnated or not?
Read on archive.org and paperback.
90s review: 5 stars
June 3, 2020
I loved this. Young girl, and her family move to her Grandparents house to live. After moving there, Alexis started having dreams and premonitions. She looks just like her Aunt, who left home years ago.
As a baby, Alexis found a young girl drowned in the lake. She did not remember that, but had a phobia about water. Present day, history repeats its self.
More odd things happen. Alexis and her boyfriend, go on a hunt for the killer or killers of these young women.
This keeps you guessing until the end.
As a baby, Alexis found a young girl drowned in the lake. She did not remember that, but had a phobia about water. Present day, history repeats its self.
More odd things happen. Alexis and her boyfriend, go on a hunt for the killer or killers of these young women.
This keeps you guessing until the end.
July 3, 2019
Please...17 year old soul mates? Reincarnation? Young boys adoring a Ford Fairlane? I figured out who the killer was early on; I only finished the book because I didn't have anything else with me to read.
August 29, 2022
8.75 - 9.0
February 16, 2022
I couldn't put it down. It's an amazing book. Highly recommend if ur into crime books and killers. Great story 👌
July 7, 2012
This must be one of the shortest synopses ever, but yet it still intrigued me enough to request a review copy of this book through Netgalley. Let me start by saying that Kill Me Again did not dissapoint in the slightest. When I first started this book, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I thought this was going to be a ghost story, or at least a story about a girl who dreams about a past life. While that’s partly true, this novel is so much more as well. Alexis travels back to the town where her Mom grew up. But as soon as she arrives in town, it looks eerily familiar, as if she’d been there before.
According to her Mom, that’s normal because she went there once when she was a toddler. Eerily enough, while she was there, Alexis stumbled upon the body of a teenage girl, who drowned in a pond in the park. But as Alexis spends more and more time in her hometown, she begins to suspect the teenage girl drowning wasn’t a drowning at all. And as for her aunt Nan, Alexis isn’t entirely convinced Nan left home all those years ago.
Then another girl ends up missing, and eventually Alexis is the one to find her body in the same body she found that other drowned girl over a decade ago. As she begins to remember things she couldn’t possibly remember, Alexis grows convinced of two things. She’s the reincarnation of Nan, and she didn’t run away from home – she was murdered. And she wasn’t the only one…A serial killer is loose in the town of Oxford, and Alexis is the only one who can figure out who it is. Before it’s too late and she becomes his next target.
The author does a great job of describing the town of Oxford to the readers. I especially liked the “drowned” city, a part of the city flooded by water which now rests in an underground lake.
I really enjoyed Kill Me Again. All of the topics, from the romance subplot to a serial killer on the loose to reincarnation intrigued me. I was a bit dissapointed that ghosts didn’t play an actual part in this book, but I got over that quickly. Leslie Rule definitely surprises with sublime characterization skills, excellent prose and the ability to hold one’s interest until the very end, revealing the clues slowly enough to keep tension building. If you’re a fan of thrillers, ghost stories and paranormal mysteries, this is definitely a nice read. I hope Leslie Rule’s other book, Whispers From The Grave, is just as good.
According to her Mom, that’s normal because she went there once when she was a toddler. Eerily enough, while she was there, Alexis stumbled upon the body of a teenage girl, who drowned in a pond in the park. But as Alexis spends more and more time in her hometown, she begins to suspect the teenage girl drowning wasn’t a drowning at all. And as for her aunt Nan, Alexis isn’t entirely convinced Nan left home all those years ago.
Then another girl ends up missing, and eventually Alexis is the one to find her body in the same body she found that other drowned girl over a decade ago. As she begins to remember things she couldn’t possibly remember, Alexis grows convinced of two things. She’s the reincarnation of Nan, and she didn’t run away from home – she was murdered. And she wasn’t the only one…A serial killer is loose in the town of Oxford, and Alexis is the only one who can figure out who it is. Before it’s too late and she becomes his next target.
The author does a great job of describing the town of Oxford to the readers. I especially liked the “drowned” city, a part of the city flooded by water which now rests in an underground lake.
I really enjoyed Kill Me Again. All of the topics, from the romance subplot to a serial killer on the loose to reincarnation intrigued me. I was a bit dissapointed that ghosts didn’t play an actual part in this book, but I got over that quickly. Leslie Rule definitely surprises with sublime characterization skills, excellent prose and the ability to hold one’s interest until the very end, revealing the clues slowly enough to keep tension building. If you’re a fan of thrillers, ghost stories and paranormal mysteries, this is definitely a nice read. I hope Leslie Rule’s other book, Whispers From The Grave, is just as good.
June 10, 2012
middle school & up
Alexis & family have just moved back to her mom's old hometown. Soon, Alexis begins experiencing weird deja vu and remembering things that happened to someone else. The someone else is her aunt Nan who left home years ago and never came back. No one has seen or heard from her since. Alexis becomes convinced that this is because Nan is dead and that her killer is still out there and now is after Alexis. She thinks she is in danger because she believes she is the reincarnation of Nan.
I don't like the cover I attached but it is the only one I found. This cover makes the book seems much darker than it actually is. The story is narrated by Alexis and two words kept coming to mind about her "overly dramatic." Not melodramatic, because I think that has a negative connotation and I liked Alexis. She seems like a very innocent, almost naive, teenage girl. The kind who still believes in love at first sight and is convinced her high school boyfriend is her soul mate and they'll be together forever. The whole story feels that way; like it is from an easier, simpler time. So I checked the copyright date. Earliest copyright date was 1996. (1996? I remember '96. Cell phones were around but not quite as ubiquitous as today. I mean, come on, Zach's phone was a freakin' brick.)
Which brings me to the second reason I checked the date. A character was driving along and couldn't find an available phone booth to make a call. Yeah, that kinda clued me in on the whole 'not set in current times' thing. (1996? I remember '96. Cell phones were around but not quite as ubiquitous as today. I mean, come on, Zach's phone was a freakin' brick.)
The pacing is really strong. I was never bored and didn't feel like the author was thinking "been a few pages, I should make a monster pop out of a closet." The story is positively littered with red herrings though. I must brag and say I never fell for them. Then again, I'm old and used to watch "Murder, she wrote." (Yes, really)
Verdict: recommended. Especially if a literature teacher is doing a unit on mysteries.
Alexis & family have just moved back to her mom's old hometown. Soon, Alexis begins experiencing weird deja vu and remembering things that happened to someone else. The someone else is her aunt Nan who left home years ago and never came back. No one has seen or heard from her since. Alexis becomes convinced that this is because Nan is dead and that her killer is still out there and now is after Alexis. She thinks she is in danger because she believes she is the reincarnation of Nan.
I don't like the cover I attached but it is the only one I found. This cover makes the book seems much darker than it actually is. The story is narrated by Alexis and two words kept coming to mind about her "overly dramatic." Not melodramatic, because I think that has a negative connotation and I liked Alexis. She seems like a very innocent, almost naive, teenage girl. The kind who still believes in love at first sight and is convinced her high school boyfriend is her soul mate and they'll be together forever. The whole story feels that way; like it is from an easier, simpler time. So I checked the copyright date. Earliest copyright date was 1996. (1996? I remember '96. Cell phones were around but not quite as ubiquitous as today. I mean, come on, Zach's phone was a freakin' brick.)
Which brings me to the second reason I checked the date. A character was driving along and couldn't find an available phone booth to make a call. Yeah, that kinda clued me in on the whole 'not set in current times' thing. (1996? I remember '96. Cell phones were around but not quite as ubiquitous as today. I mean, come on, Zach's phone was a freakin' brick.)
The pacing is really strong. I was never bored and didn't feel like the author was thinking "been a few pages, I should make a monster pop out of a closet." The story is positively littered with red herrings though. I must brag and say I never fell for them. Then again, I'm old and used to watch "Murder, she wrote." (Yes, really)
Verdict: recommended. Especially if a literature teacher is doing a unit on mysteries.
January 29, 2013
Review based on ARC! Merci beaucoup Andrews McMeel Publishing et Netgalley
Alexis was always told that she shared a lot of characteristics with Nan, her aunt who disappeared when she was a teenager. It isn't until she starts having strange dreams about dying that she believes that her aunt was murdered, not living it up on a sunny tropical island. Who doesn't like a good mystery? Who doesn't like a story about reincarnation? And now you know why I requested this book! While the mystery was solid, I felt like this book tried to do too many things at the same time. We have Alexis dealing with her fear of water and uncovering a murder she witnessed when she was a wee' lass, the disappearance of her aunt, the disappearance of a current classmate, and then we have the love story. Yeah, it was a lot to focus on. While it was busy at first, Leslie Rule got a hold of her plot towards the end when it all started to come together.
I mentioned that there this was a very busy book and if could get rid of one of those elements, it would definitely be the love story. Alexis fixates on him, like any YA heroine would, and he comes off too perfect. There are some really interesting secondary characters though, like Josh's mom, Alexis' grandfather and the school faculty.
The writing is solid, it DOES sound like an older book but that adds to it's charm. I would recommend this to any mystery fan, especially fans of older mysteries.
Alexis was always told that she shared a lot of characteristics with Nan, her aunt who disappeared when she was a teenager. It isn't until she starts having strange dreams about dying that she believes that her aunt was murdered, not living it up on a sunny tropical island. Who doesn't like a good mystery? Who doesn't like a story about reincarnation? And now you know why I requested this book! While the mystery was solid, I felt like this book tried to do too many things at the same time. We have Alexis dealing with her fear of water and uncovering a murder she witnessed when she was a wee' lass, the disappearance of her aunt, the disappearance of a current classmate, and then we have the love story. Yeah, it was a lot to focus on. While it was busy at first, Leslie Rule got a hold of her plot towards the end when it all started to come together.
I mentioned that there this was a very busy book and if could get rid of one of those elements, it would definitely be the love story. Alexis fixates on him, like any YA heroine would, and he comes off too perfect. There are some really interesting secondary characters though, like Josh's mom, Alexis' grandfather and the school faculty.
The writing is solid, it DOES sound like an older book but that adds to it's charm. I would recommend this to any mystery fan, especially fans of older mysteries.
August 21, 2012
I really enjoyed Kill Me Again. The whole idea of reincarnation and karma is a fascinating subject. The book starts when Alexis moves to her mother's hometown and things seem start to seem familiar to her. The problem is that she hasn't been in the town since she was a toddler. She also looks exactly like her aunt Nan, who supposedly ran away from home when she was 17. Is she the reincarnation of her aunt or is she just imagining things?
This book has a little something for every YA reader. There is a murder mystery. Young girls keep dying and Alexis keeps finding them. There is a very sweet romance between Alexis and Josh who seemed to be destined for each other. Thankfully, it wasn't your typical YA mushiness. Finally, there is the paranormal plot line that keep the books really interesting. I loved the ending and the way it made me wonder...
There really was nothing objectionable in the book so I could recommend it for younger YAs. If you missed it in the 90s give it a shot now!
This book has a little something for every YA reader. There is a murder mystery. Young girls keep dying and Alexis keeps finding them. There is a very sweet romance between Alexis and Josh who seemed to be destined for each other. Thankfully, it wasn't your typical YA mushiness. Finally, there is the paranormal plot line that keep the books really interesting. I loved the ending and the way it made me wonder...
There really was nothing objectionable in the book so I could recommend it for younger YAs. If you missed it in the 90s give it a shot now!
August 2, 2012
I received this book for free from NetGalley.
When I first started to really enjoy reading books as a young adult, Mary Higgins Clark was my all time favorite author. As I got older, my tastes changed but I still hold a special place for her style of mystery writing. This book brought me back to that time. This is a mystery. There is a strong heroine. The plot is a bit predictable but there's a really good story that keeps you wanting to finish. All the things that made me fall in love with Clark's style of writing I found in this book. The author, Leslie Rule does a good job. Her writing was clever, and while I did figure out who "did it" early on, her storytelling made me want to continue to the end to read how it all played out.
When I first started to really enjoy reading books as a young adult, Mary Higgins Clark was my all time favorite author. As I got older, my tastes changed but I still hold a special place for her style of mystery writing. This book brought me back to that time. This is a mystery. There is a strong heroine. The plot is a bit predictable but there's a really good story that keeps you wanting to finish. All the things that made me fall in love with Clark's style of writing I found in this book. The author, Leslie Rule does a good job. Her writing was clever, and while I did figure out who "did it" early on, her storytelling made me want to continue to the end to read how it all played out.
May 1, 2012
Unfortunately, I am unable to review this title as provided. The electronic galley sent to me was a mess of formatting glitches and omissions, including the absence of quotation marks or any punctuation. Although I requested a corrected copy, the publisher never responded. I sincerely hope this issue is resolved before an ebook of this title is released to the public. I’m giving it one star not for content (as I can’t be a judge of this at all) but for readability…of which there was zero. Should I receive a readable version I will likely update this review accordingly.
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August 12, 2007
This book is very interesting in it's way of going about subject of reincarnation and creating an immerse mystery about memories and murder the entire time.
I'm usually not a fan of murder mystery books (which is sort of what this was), but I really enjoyed this book.
I'm usually not a fan of murder mystery books (which is sort of what this was), but I really enjoyed this book.
April 12, 2010
The first real murder mystery I have ever read and I loved it.
August 21, 2011
A thrilling book! Can't keep the book down until you finish it. It keeps you reading on and on. Written so cleverly. Awesome book!!
September 9, 2013
An amazing horror novel! It's shiver-tastic! Leslie Rule is awesome.
April 25, 2017
Although this book was an ok read, I didn't feel like it grabbed me. It was an interesting, supernatural premise, but I didn't feel it was particularly well executed in places.
I felt that the relationship between Alex and Josh was not very believable - even given what we find out about them later in the book and some of the language used to describe them as soulmates was far too cheesy to strike a chord with me.
The resolution was good, and there were a few red herrings to throw the reader off, which were good, but overall I was a little disappointed.
I felt that the relationship between Alex and Josh was not very believable - even given what we find out about them later in the book and some of the language used to describe them as soulmates was far too cheesy to strike a chord with me.
The resolution was good, and there were a few red herrings to throw the reader off, which were good, but overall I was a little disappointed.
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