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The Seer #2
Last Dance
While trying to help her sick grandmother, Sabine and her Goth friend Thorn travel to a small California town where they become involved in a ghostly, fifty-year-old mystery. Original.
207 pages, Paperback
First published May 31, 2005
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Linda Joy Singleton
100 books470 followersI started writing at 8 years old and when I speak to kids at schools or libraries I show them the stories I wrote as a child. I loved mystery series like Judy Bolton and Nancy Drew, and my DREAM was to write a series of my own. This happened when My Sister the Ghost was published by Avon books in 1994.
Since then I’ve been fortunate to write other series like The Seer, Dead Girl trilogy, Strange Encounters, Regeneration and Curious Cat Spy Club. I recently added a mini mystery to the Curious Cat Spy Club series titled Dog Rescue Time Warp which has a surprise ending.
I love hearing from fans and always write back. And I’ll send a spy activity packet to anyone that asks. Email link at www.LindaJoySingleton.com
Since then I’ve been fortunate to write other series like The Seer, Dead Girl trilogy, Strange Encounters, Regeneration and Curious Cat Spy Club. I recently added a mini mystery to the Curious Cat Spy Club series titled Dog Rescue Time Warp which has a surprise ending.
I love hearing from fans and always write back. And I’ll send a spy activity packet to anyone that asks. Email link at www.LindaJoySingleton.com
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February 13, 2016
This book was so much better than the first! I really cant stand Sabine's boyfriend Josh and her friend Penny. They are both so horrible, shallow and boring. I don't like who Sabine is when they are together so setting this book away from them made for a much more interesting and compelling story.
December 12, 2021
I had moderate expectations for this series when I started it. I found the first book interesting and so I continued to book two. It isn't as elaborate in concept as some authors, but what is done in this series is quality and engaging. I liked this second installment a lot. It held me and kept my mind engaged wondering what the reveal would be and where the surprises would come from. It is an easy flow in the work and I like how the author balances direction with the right amount of embellishment. I will continue reading the Seer series. I think this is a nice surprise find for me as a reader.
May 31, 2021
4,5 ⭐️
August 17, 2017
Oh Boy, I couldn't put it down lol.
I absolutely loved this book! Following Sabine on her journey to save her gramma with dramatic twists... Wow it was so good!
I absolutely loved this book! Following Sabine on her journey to save her gramma with dramatic twists... Wow it was so good!
June 3, 2021
As good as the first! And still as good as when I first read it many years ago!
September 1, 2025
l’histoire du livre était prévisible. il y a moins de suspense ou de mystère que dans le premier livre de la série. le côté romantique qui se développe est ce qui sauve le livre. la traduction qui est composée d’anglicismes, de traductions littérales et de fautes d’orthographe fait en sorte que la lecture est moins plaisante.
November 29, 2022
The last dance was a book of fiction and mystery. It is about how this girl has psychic powers and she is on a mission to help her grandma. On the way she receives death threats and talks to ghosts to figure out where she needs to go. In the end, she finds something not what she was looking for, a wich ball. Yes, I would recommend it, but only if you read the first one.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 21, 2014
Original review (posted on www.paperbackswap.com): 9/5/2010
Enjoyable!!! Sabine is looking for answers but along the way she is sidelined by the need to help a Ghost find her way. Sabine is also trying to figure out her true feelings about her Grandmother's assistant, Dominic.
It's the second book to the Seer Series and it is just as good as the first! Sabine, Thorne and Dominic try to find clues to an old family mystery, but end up helping a Ghost with her last dance...
Singleton's books are wonderful and simply magical. I couldn't put this book down and loved every turn of the page! I can't wait to read the next book in the series!!!
Enjoyable!!! Sabine is looking for answers but along the way she is sidelined by the need to help a Ghost find her way. Sabine is also trying to figure out her true feelings about her Grandmother's assistant, Dominic.
It's the second book to the Seer Series and it is just as good as the first! Sabine, Thorne and Dominic try to find clues to an old family mystery, but end up helping a Ghost with her last dance...
Singleton's books are wonderful and simply magical. I couldn't put this book down and loved every turn of the page! I can't wait to read the next book in the series!!!
May 20, 2022
I thought this was a great book, a whole lot of adventures and defiantly a lot of plot twists. So in the beginning, the main character Sabine, wants to find her past generations remidie book. Sabine needs to find her great grandma. So she travels with her goth friend, Thorn. During the drive, thorn redoes her makeup, and makes her look like a pretty princess, or thats what Sabine said. But it turns out her great grandma has been STUCK IN A HURRICANE ON A TRIP TO FLORIDA, but they don't know that. Aaaany way, Thorn invites Sabine over to her Aunt and Uncles house. The meat their friend Damion, after that, they travel to the nursing home that she stays in, then they find out she is in a hurricane, you know, regular Californian stuff.
Ok now is the good part, Thorn and Sabine to the nearby festival all about a ghost they go there and wait supposidly for the ghost of Chloie to reappire, Sabine finaly sees the ghost, a little mist and starts dancing with her.
Yeah, crazy but this isn't even the good part
Chloie, the ghost, starts to attack Sabine.
I'll let that speak for it self.
She runs away, the next day they go to a museum and find some spooky stuff. They talk to some natives and go back to the festival, Sabine runs away again, she goes back to the museum and turns out that the museum cashier is actualy Cholies killer in discies. He locks Sabine into the museum basement, and cholies ghost comes back and saves her. Then cholie scares James, the undercover cashier off the cliff. And Sabine finds the remidy book.
Ok now is the good part, Thorn and Sabine to the nearby festival all about a ghost they go there and wait supposidly for the ghost of Chloie to reappire, Sabine finaly sees the ghost, a little mist and starts dancing with her.
Yeah, crazy but this isn't even the good part
Chloie, the ghost, starts to attack Sabine.
I'll let that speak for it self.
She runs away, the next day they go to a museum and find some spooky stuff. They talk to some natives and go back to the festival, Sabine runs away again, she goes back to the museum and turns out that the museum cashier is actualy Cholies killer in discies. He locks Sabine into the museum basement, and cholies ghost comes back and saves her. Then cholie scares James, the undercover cashier off the cliff. And Sabine finds the remidy book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 19, 2018
This book was as well written as the first one. I really like the characters and the change of setting. I only guessed the twist about 5 pages before it was revealed, which is really good. It kept me on the edge of my seat.
I liked how Thorn evolves through this book and really liked how Dominic saw her. He is very perceptive.
I didn't like Pen's reaction to Sabine's phonecall although I expected it.
The only reason I didn't give it 5* is because Sabine was getting on my nerves with her shallow attitude. She wants to be treated like an adult but acts as a spoiled child for a dance (putting this as priority over other matters) and because of Nona's confidence in Dominic. In the end, she came through though. I do expect this to improve throughout the series, as she grows.
I liked how Thorn evolves through this book and really liked how Dominic saw her. He is very perceptive.
I didn't like Pen's reaction to Sabine's phonecall although I expected it.
The only reason I didn't give it 5* is because Sabine was getting on my nerves with her shallow attitude. She wants to be treated like an adult but acts as a spoiled child for a dance (putting this as priority over other matters) and because of Nona's confidence in Dominic. In the end, she came through though. I do expect this to improve throughout the series, as she grows.
November 16, 2020
This book was predictable but still kept you on your toes. A bit weird as it is based around a town that celebrates, even worships a 16 year old girl who died 50+ years ago. This book ended similarly to the first, on a cliff hanger and I just have to read on. The romance is picking up as well as the drama and I’m eager to see what comes next.
June 18, 2021
This is another perfect example of early 2000's YA books. It wasn't mindblowing, but it was fun. Sabine is off trying to find a cure for her grandmother and in the process gets roped into helping a trapped spirit move on. I'm looking forward to reading book three soon!
October 22, 2017
Started slow but became quite interesting and fun reading. A bit cheesy with the romance line but besides this its a nice bedtime story. (And the ghost rocks)
February 15, 2019
totally loved it
February 23, 2020
3.5 stars.
November 30, 2022
I literally couldn't put it down! Love this author and this series. She pulls me in and keeps me there! A great continuation of the story. I blew through it in 3-4 hours.
April 14, 2025
Encore une fois, un bon livre jeunesse que j’aurais aimé découvrir dans mon debut d’adolescence!
March 23, 2017
Love the whole series!
December 11, 2012
The Seer Last Dance
Linda Joy Singleton
Fiction-Romance
242 pages
The Last Dance is the second book in the series The Seer. It is about a girl named Sabine who has a magical gift and she met a girl named Thorn who has powers like her. This book is about how Sabine and Thorn go to visit Thorns aunt and uncle and right now their town is celebrating ghost day. Ghost day is where a couple years ago this girl Chloe died from falling off a cliff. She went near the cliff because she was dancing with James and it was raining. They never found where James went, he disappeared after that night. They call it ghost day because some people believe that you can actually see Chloe's ghost on the cliff that caused her death on the day she died. But Chloe is coming into Sabines mind saying that she needs help. Will she take this offer and help a ghost?
I like this book because I like good cliff-hangers and good mysteries and this book has really good mysteries. There was different stuff happening right after another. It makes me want to keep reading. I like Sabine. She uses her gift well and doesn't take it for granted. She's also one of the popular people and Thorn is not and Sabine makes time for Thorn and doesn't care if she's popular or not. I like Thorn to but she's goth but she doesn't care. I also like how the author put a popular girl best friends with an unpopular goth girl. Also I like this book because it had good mysteries. Like at the end Sabine figures out James is really a ghost who took place of a human body and the ghost found out she knew and he took her and locked her in the basement and Sabine was on a time limit to find where James was. Since she was locked inside she didn't know where to go or how to get out but luckily Chloe had already been trapped there so she helped her escape and James actually ended up falling off the same cliff at the end. I can't wait to start the third book!
Linda Joy Singleton
Fiction-Romance
242 pages
The Last Dance is the second book in the series The Seer. It is about a girl named Sabine who has a magical gift and she met a girl named Thorn who has powers like her. This book is about how Sabine and Thorn go to visit Thorns aunt and uncle and right now their town is celebrating ghost day. Ghost day is where a couple years ago this girl Chloe died from falling off a cliff. She went near the cliff because she was dancing with James and it was raining. They never found where James went, he disappeared after that night. They call it ghost day because some people believe that you can actually see Chloe's ghost on the cliff that caused her death on the day she died. But Chloe is coming into Sabines mind saying that she needs help. Will she take this offer and help a ghost?
I like this book because I like good cliff-hangers and good mysteries and this book has really good mysteries. There was different stuff happening right after another. It makes me want to keep reading. I like Sabine. She uses her gift well and doesn't take it for granted. She's also one of the popular people and Thorn is not and Sabine makes time for Thorn and doesn't care if she's popular or not. I like Thorn to but she's goth but she doesn't care. I also like how the author put a popular girl best friends with an unpopular goth girl. Also I like this book because it had good mysteries. Like at the end Sabine figures out James is really a ghost who took place of a human body and the ghost found out she knew and he took her and locked her in the basement and Sabine was on a time limit to find where James was. Since she was locked inside she didn't know where to go or how to get out but luckily Chloe had already been trapped there so she helped her escape and James actually ended up falling off the same cliff at the end. I can't wait to start the third book!
April 23, 2021
*BOOK SUMMARY, MAY HAVE SPOILERS*
Sabine goes with her friend Thorn in Pine City hoping to talk to a relative to find a book of remedies to help her grand-mother Nona. At the same time, Sabine has dreams about a girl dancing and falling off a cliff. She freaks out when she finds out that there's a yearly festival going on in memory of the girl in her dreama at the same time as she is visiting Pine City. The ghost of Chloe appears one night at an event and tells Sabine that she wants to find the love of her life. Another time, Chloe, possessed Sabine's body and made her kiss with Dominic, her grand-mother's helper which made her realize that she wasn't indifferent to him. When Sabine opens a secret door in the museum of Chloe, she finds tons of pictures and newspapers that talked about Chloe. She also finds the clothes that she wore the night she died. Sabine understands that the museum's owner is the man that Chloe loved. He finds Sabine and locks her in the museum's basement but she escapes. Sabine is followed by the man and she ends up at the cliff where Chloe died. Chloe appears to the man she loved and he is scared so he ends up backing up and falls off the cliff. Sabine sees his ghost rejuvenate and join Chloe's. She can now go in peace.
*END OF SUMMARY*
This is a really good book series for people who love fiction and easy reading. Plus, there is never a boring moment while reading this book. The action never stops. You always want to know what's going to happen next. Each book of the series has between 300 and 500 small pages with small chapters so you read through them super fast. I find that the first book is a good introduction to all the characters of the series. Also, everything is really well-described and super easy to read. I've first read this series at 14 years old... Now I'm 18 and I loved it even more than I did back then. I definitely recommend this series to anyone who loves a good story with non-stop action.
Sabine goes with her friend Thorn in Pine City hoping to talk to a relative to find a book of remedies to help her grand-mother Nona. At the same time, Sabine has dreams about a girl dancing and falling off a cliff. She freaks out when she finds out that there's a yearly festival going on in memory of the girl in her dreama at the same time as she is visiting Pine City. The ghost of Chloe appears one night at an event and tells Sabine that she wants to find the love of her life. Another time, Chloe, possessed Sabine's body and made her kiss with Dominic, her grand-mother's helper which made her realize that she wasn't indifferent to him. When Sabine opens a secret door in the museum of Chloe, she finds tons of pictures and newspapers that talked about Chloe. She also finds the clothes that she wore the night she died. Sabine understands that the museum's owner is the man that Chloe loved. He finds Sabine and locks her in the museum's basement but she escapes. Sabine is followed by the man and she ends up at the cliff where Chloe died. Chloe appears to the man she loved and he is scared so he ends up backing up and falls off the cliff. Sabine sees his ghost rejuvenate and join Chloe's. She can now go in peace.
*END OF SUMMARY*
This is a really good book series for people who love fiction and easy reading. Plus, there is never a boring moment while reading this book. The action never stops. You always want to know what's going to happen next. Each book of the series has between 300 and 500 small pages with small chapters so you read through them super fast. I find that the first book is a good introduction to all the characters of the series. Also, everything is really well-described and super easy to read. I've first read this series at 14 years old... Now I'm 18 and I loved it even more than I did back then. I definitely recommend this series to anyone who loves a good story with non-stop action.
February 21, 2013
I enjoyed the first book in the series enough to continue on but I found myself zipping through this book so quickly that I'm a little disheartened. The story moves quickly and the writing is fairly straightforward with no side journeys away from Sabine and her quest.
Speaking of Sabine, while I can understand that she finds Josh the Perfect somewhat alluring with his perfect perfection and his perfectly generous heart, I can't understand how she can expect to be with someone long-term when they don't know what she can do. She's afraid to tell Josh that she has a psychic bent because she doesn't want to scare him away. On one hand, understandable. What she can do is a little scary and could be hard to take. On the other hand, it's who she is. She can't turn off her visions and what she sees can help people, so denying that part of her so she can be "normal" doesn't really feel like it's going to work in the long run.
Anyway. Sometimes I find Sabine really immature and sometimes she's amazingly self-aware. While I can see why she'd be daydreaming about being the one to find the book her grandmother needs, being angry at Dominick for trying to help when her grandmother specifically asked the two of them to work together was a definite point on the immature side.
Enjoyable but not mind-blowing.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
Last Dance was a free Kindle book I downloaded on 02/07/13 for the Why Buy the Cow? reading challenge.
Speaking of Sabine, while I can understand that she finds Josh the Perfect somewhat alluring with his perfect perfection and his perfectly generous heart, I can't understand how she can expect to be with someone long-term when they don't know what she can do. She's afraid to tell Josh that she has a psychic bent because she doesn't want to scare him away. On one hand, understandable. What she can do is a little scary and could be hard to take. On the other hand, it's who she is. She can't turn off her visions and what she sees can help people, so denying that part of her so she can be "normal" doesn't really feel like it's going to work in the long run.
Anyway. Sometimes I find Sabine really immature and sometimes she's amazingly self-aware. While I can see why she'd be daydreaming about being the one to find the book her grandmother needs, being angry at Dominick for trying to help when her grandmother specifically asked the two of them to work together was a definite point on the immature side.
Enjoyable but not mind-blowing.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
Last Dance was a free Kindle book I downloaded on 02/07/13 for the Why Buy the Cow? reading challenge.
May 25, 2011
In this installment of the series, Sabine is still hiding her psychic gift from most of her friends at school, including her best friend and her boyfriend. However, her grandmother is suffering from a genetic disease (that sounds a lot like Alzheimer's) that will ultimately leave her in a coma. There is a cure an ancestor discovered, but it has been long-lost in her remedy book. Nona tells Sabine and Dominic, her farm hand/apprentice/man with a gift with animals/irritant to Sabine to follow clues leading to three of four lost silver charms of her ancestor that will help them find the remedy book, hopefully in time to save her. In addition to working on that, she starts dreaming of a lost spirit that needs her help to solve a mystery from decades ago. And planning for the school dance. And enjoying being the girlfriend of super-nice-guy and apprentice magician Josh. But what's going on with her and Dominic? She also gets to know and become better friends with Thorn, a goth girl at school who has the psychic ability to find things. Maybe being different isn't always a bad thing?
June 18, 2009
From School Library Journal:
Grade 6-8-Sabine, the teen whose psychic visions caused uproar at her high school in Don't Die, Dragonfly (Llewellyn, 2004), is back. This time, she travels with her new goth friend to Pine Peaks, CA, to procure an old remedy book that may save her grandmother's life. Even before the trip, a dancing girl named Chloe who falls off of a cliff haunts the protagonist's dreams. Once Sabine and Thorn arrive in Pine Peaks, the haunting becomes more vivid and urgent, causing Sabine to realize that she must help this lonely ghost rest in peace. This diversion has closure by the end, but the original reason for the quest is left open-ended for the next installment. While rather slow at the beginning, the pace quickens after a few short chapters, revealing a novel that is simple yet interesting enough to recommend to reluctant readers. The story itself, as well as most of the writing, is average for its genre, although a few sections are quite poetic and help reinforce the eerie mood. Purchase where mysteries and paranormal tales are in demand.-Jessi Platt
Grade 6-8-Sabine, the teen whose psychic visions caused uproar at her high school in Don't Die, Dragonfly (Llewellyn, 2004), is back. This time, she travels with her new goth friend to Pine Peaks, CA, to procure an old remedy book that may save her grandmother's life. Even before the trip, a dancing girl named Chloe who falls off of a cliff haunts the protagonist's dreams. Once Sabine and Thorn arrive in Pine Peaks, the haunting becomes more vivid and urgent, causing Sabine to realize that she must help this lonely ghost rest in peace. This diversion has closure by the end, but the original reason for the quest is left open-ended for the next installment. While rather slow at the beginning, the pace quickens after a few short chapters, revealing a novel that is simple yet interesting enough to recommend to reluctant readers. The story itself, as well as most of the writing, is average for its genre, although a few sections are quite poetic and help reinforce the eerie mood. Purchase where mysteries and paranormal tales are in demand.-Jessi Platt
February 3, 2011
This book is the second of the series, and while I thought the first was great, this one is even better. Sabine goes to Pine Peaks to continue her mission of finding a cure for her grandmother. With her is Thorn, who reveals to us her true personality. At least, what her aunt and uncle know her as. Meaning, not goth. I love Thorn. She's such a great character. Tough and mean on the outside, but a really good friend. Sabine herself is a brave girl brimming full of curiosity with the want to fit in. Which is a little difficult, seeing as she's psychic.
While in Pine Peaks, Sabine, while trying to find a clue for the cure, discovers a ghost named Chloe who wants Sabine's help. The ghost haunts the entire town and the story, seeking revenge. Even though Sabine wants to look for the cure, she has to solve the mystery of how and why Chloe died, and put her at peace before she hurts anybody.
This book is only 242 pages, but each page pulls you deeper into the story with its dark and supernatural elements. Read this book for a fast paranormal mystery.
While in Pine Peaks, Sabine, while trying to find a clue for the cure, discovers a ghost named Chloe who wants Sabine's help. The ghost haunts the entire town and the story, seeking revenge. Even though Sabine wants to look for the cure, she has to solve the mystery of how and why Chloe died, and put her at peace before she hurts anybody.
This book is only 242 pages, but each page pulls you deeper into the story with its dark and supernatural elements. Read this book for a fast paranormal mystery.
August 1, 2011
This is a continuation of Sabine's inner battle with her psychic self.
I really enjoyed this quick read as Sabine is growing to trust in others and herself. She is realizing that she cannot control all and that she is different.
I think my favorite part of the book was getting to know Thorn. I think that she is a good friend for Sabine and that she needs to stand by Thorn no matter what her popular friends say.
What I found interesting was that although it was mentioned that Josh was her boyfriend there was little interaction between him and Sabine. Hopefully this relationship will end soon as I don't think it is helping either of them grow.
One thing that I though was kind of annoying was the main focus or mission for Sabine was sidelined by a pushy ghost. The wrap for that part of the plot seemed too neat and pretty. Hopefully Singleton will spend more time with this mission in the upcoming stories.
I really enjoyed this quick read as Sabine is growing to trust in others and herself. She is realizing that she cannot control all and that she is different.
I think my favorite part of the book was getting to know Thorn. I think that she is a good friend for Sabine and that she needs to stand by Thorn no matter what her popular friends say.
What I found interesting was that although it was mentioned that Josh was her boyfriend there was little interaction between him and Sabine. Hopefully this relationship will end soon as I don't think it is helping either of them grow.
One thing that I though was kind of annoying was the main focus or mission for Sabine was sidelined by a pushy ghost. The wrap for that part of the plot seemed too neat and pretty. Hopefully Singleton will spend more time with this mission in the upcoming stories.
May 6, 2010
I enjoyed Last Dance even better than the first installment in this series. This time, Sabine begins working with a Goth girl, Thorn quite the opposite of her. Her friend Manny suggests they would be a good match at solving mysteries. Thorn has the ability to locate missing objects. Sabine's grandmother has been forgetting things and when the situation becomes unbearable for her, she confesses to Sabine and Dominic that she has a genetic disease that will leave her in a coma if the long lost family cure is not found. Sabine and Dominic begin the search for 3 missing charms that will reveal the location of a book containing a cure. Savine enlists the assistance of Thorn and take off on an adventure that will involve assisting a ghost to find peace. The adventure is far from safe and many secrets will be revealed. 200 pages of great fun!
January 21, 2013
I love this and it was a great addition to the first seer book. However even though there wasn't much about the finding of the cure to Nona's illness I still believe it was a great adventure Sabine went on. The whole story of "Chloe and James" was a great addition and it did help Sabine focus more on her gift . What I also liked about "Last Dance " was the fact that they included a lot of Thorn's character and it just shows that she will be an important character later on In the series.
But all this does not top my list,but the fact that Sabine and Dominic finally shared their first kiss. Even though it "technically "wasn't their doing I still believe deep down that both want something to happen between each other.
Overall I love the second book and can't wait till the third!
But all this does not top my list,but the fact that Sabine and Dominic finally shared their first kiss. Even though it "technically "wasn't their doing I still believe deep down that both want something to happen between each other.
Overall I love the second book and can't wait till the third!
February 5, 2022
4.5 stars
Reread in Mar.2018
This one was so intriguing! I really enjoyed the historical aspect and story/event involving Chloe. It was very fascinating. Again, I really love Dominic very much. The paranormal aspect of the novel was very well incorporated. It made it twice as much captivating. Reading this always surprises me. Always catches me off guard. I really admire the relationship between Sabine and Nona. Family is very important in this series which I value. This book was funny, intriguing and very easy to read. Highly recommend this. So glad I got to reread this.
1st Review
This novel had everything. It was so captivating, because of the mystery, the actions and the romance. I loved this and I would totally recommend it to all witch fans. It was also an easy read.
Reread in Mar.2018
This one was so intriguing! I really enjoyed the historical aspect and story/event involving Chloe. It was very fascinating. Again, I really love Dominic very much. The paranormal aspect of the novel was very well incorporated. It made it twice as much captivating. Reading this always surprises me. Always catches me off guard. I really admire the relationship between Sabine and Nona. Family is very important in this series which I value. This book was funny, intriguing and very easy to read. Highly recommend this. So glad I got to reread this.
1st Review
This novel had everything. It was so captivating, because of the mystery, the actions and the romance. I loved this and I would totally recommend it to all witch fans. It was also an easy read.
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