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The Mediator #5-6
Grave Doubts / Heaven Sent
Meet Susannah Simon: she's a typical teenage girl who just happens to be a ghost-hunter...oh, and she's also dead-over-heels for Jesse - the sexiest spook ever! But can this girl get her ghost? In "Grave Doubts", Suze has to contend with fellow ghost-hunter, Paul Slater, who gives her a deadly ultimatum. Unless she dates him, he'll send Jesse into the afterlife - for good. Paul may be totally hot, but Susannah Simon will not be bossed around. Let the games begin...In "Heaven Sent", all Suze's dreams have come true - she's finally dating the most gorgeous ghost of all time, Jesse! But when her creepy admirer threatens to travel back in time and stop Jesse from dying, Suze is distraught. Will her new boyfriend choose life or love?
432 pages, Paperback
First published August 6, 2010
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About the author
Meg Cabot
279 books35.4k followersLibrarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.
Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.
Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
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November 25, 2011
I am going to review this series altogether rather than book by book.
The Mediator series is about Susannah Simon (Suze as she likes to be called), a sixteen year old girl who is a mediator, which means she can see and speak to the dead. She helps them with any unfinished business they have on earth so that they can pass on, and sometimes she has to kick ghost butt.
The story starts with Suze moving from New York to California to live with her mother's new husband Andy and his three sons, David, Brad and Jake or as Suze calls them, Doc, Dopey and Sleepy. On arrival at her new house, she discovers that her bedroom is occupied by the ghost of Jesse, a hot guy who died about 150 years previous, around the age of 20. When she starts at her new school, she meets another mediator, the first one she's ever met, and they, with the help of Jesse, kick some ghost butt throughout the series.
These books were a fantastic read. I really liked Meg's writing style. Suze was a great character, witty and sarcastic and she was accompanied here by many great characters, I liked them all, even the ones that weren't supposed to be liked lol. The first three books were enjoyable but I felt the series really took off from book 4. A new character is introduced and a kind of weird love triangle begins.
The ending to this book was just perfect. It really finished up the series very well.
I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone interested in paranormal romance. I LOVED it.
The Mediator series is about Susannah Simon (Suze as she likes to be called), a sixteen year old girl who is a mediator, which means she can see and speak to the dead. She helps them with any unfinished business they have on earth so that they can pass on, and sometimes she has to kick ghost butt.
The story starts with Suze moving from New York to California to live with her mother's new husband Andy and his three sons, David, Brad and Jake or as Suze calls them, Doc, Dopey and Sleepy. On arrival at her new house, she discovers that her bedroom is occupied by the ghost of Jesse, a hot guy who died about 150 years previous, around the age of 20. When she starts at her new school, she meets another mediator, the first one she's ever met, and they, with the help of Jesse, kick some ghost butt throughout the series.
These books were a fantastic read. I really liked Meg's writing style. Suze was a great character, witty and sarcastic and she was accompanied here by many great characters, I liked them all, even the ones that weren't supposed to be liked lol. The first three books were enjoyable but I felt the series really took off from book 4. A new character is introduced and a kind of weird love triangle begins.
The ending to this book was just perfect. It really finished up the series very well.
I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone interested in paranormal romance. I LOVED it.
January 17, 2011
TBR Reduce Challenge #4- 2011 (Jess)
~content happy sigh~ I love this series!
The entire Mediator series is by far my favorite Cabot books. There quick, fun and really very sweet.
The books get better and better and I loved seeing the growth in Suze's character. In the beginning she was rather annoying, but I think with the help of Father Dom, Jesse and even her brothers, Suze finally became the person she was always meant to be.
Jesse ~sigh~ What a great swoon-worthy character. I was so happy with the ending to this book. It's perfect and something that I never saw coming.
Anyone looking for an easy good time read with exciting characters and suspenseful plots should look to this series.
There just great great fun. Loved it!
~content happy sigh~ I love this series!
The entire Mediator series is by far my favorite Cabot books. There quick, fun and really very sweet.
The books get better and better and I loved seeing the growth in Suze's character. In the beginning she was rather annoying, but I think with the help of Father Dom, Jesse and even her brothers, Suze finally became the person she was always meant to be.
Jesse ~sigh~ What a great swoon-worthy character. I was so happy with the ending to this book. It's perfect and something that I never saw coming.
Anyone looking for an easy good time read with exciting characters and suspenseful plots should look to this series.
There just great great fun. Loved it!
March 13, 2011
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Grave Doubts
3.5 stars
*****SPOILERS*****
Paul makes a return in this book, doing some more of what I can only assume is his favourite pastime. That's right folks, he's continuing to stalk poor Suze. Not that he's actually stalking her you understand because it seems that he has some interesting information and soon enough he's drawn Suze in.
Jesse isn't in this book anywhere near enough and believe me I never thought I'd say that about any male love interest. However, lookiing at the positives I quite simply adored the final Suze and Jesse scene. I can't resist a guy who died in 1850, he's a real man/ghost/whatever.
There isn't much of a plot to this book and that's part of what has let it down. I have a sneaky feeling that this book is more of a set up for the series finale than anything else. It's definitely my least favourite book of the series and the climax of the book left me feeling really let down and that's never happened with this series before. I'm just hoping that book six is absolutely incredible to make up for this effort.
Heaven Sent
5 stars
The final book in the Mediator series sees Suze fighting Paul so she can have her happily ever after with Jesse.
Suze is horrified when she finds out that Paul has found a way to go back in time and is going to do so in order to stop Felix Diego from killing Jesse. Suze follows him back to 1850 but will she be able to watch Jesse die just so he can be in her bedroom waiting for her?
As always Suze is on brilliant form and I'm extremely sad that this is hert final book. She's easily one of the best arse-kicking characters around.
I also love Jesse and he is just the sweetest, most perfect guy. He's one of those characters that you wish was real so you can find him and kidnap him and kep him in your room for eternity. That's just me? Oh.
It's a brilliant book, it's a brilliant series that's aged well and it's absolutely perfecet for summer (or if you're like me: the middle of winter and early spring).
Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to test my Mediator skills and see if I can find me my very own Jesse, but knowing my luck he's going to be a fat, ginger, botanist called Peter. (Apologies to any fat ginger botanists called Peter. You're just not my type.)
Grave Doubts
3.5 stars
*****SPOILERS*****
Paul makes a return in this book, doing some more of what I can only assume is his favourite pastime. That's right folks, he's continuing to stalk poor Suze. Not that he's actually stalking her you understand because it seems that he has some interesting information and soon enough he's drawn Suze in.
Jesse isn't in this book anywhere near enough and believe me I never thought I'd say that about any male love interest. However, lookiing at the positives I quite simply adored the final Suze and Jesse scene. I can't resist a guy who died in 1850, he's a real man/ghost/whatever.
There isn't much of a plot to this book and that's part of what has let it down. I have a sneaky feeling that this book is more of a set up for the series finale than anything else. It's definitely my least favourite book of the series and the climax of the book left me feeling really let down and that's never happened with this series before. I'm just hoping that book six is absolutely incredible to make up for this effort.
Heaven Sent
5 stars
The final book in the Mediator series sees Suze fighting Paul so she can have her happily ever after with Jesse.
Suze is horrified when she finds out that Paul has found a way to go back in time and is going to do so in order to stop Felix Diego from killing Jesse. Suze follows him back to 1850 but will she be able to watch Jesse die just so he can be in her bedroom waiting for her?
As always Suze is on brilliant form and I'm extremely sad that this is hert final book. She's easily one of the best arse-kicking characters around.
I also love Jesse and he is just the sweetest, most perfect guy. He's one of those characters that you wish was real so you can find him and kidnap him and kep him in your room for eternity. That's just me? Oh.
It's a brilliant book, it's a brilliant series that's aged well and it's absolutely perfecet for summer (or if you're like me: the middle of winter and early spring).
Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to test my Mediator skills and see if I can find me my very own Jesse, but knowing my luck he's going to be a fat, ginger, botanist called Peter. (Apologies to any fat ginger botanists called Peter. You're just not my type.)
July 23, 2021
Wieder zwei schöne Geschichten. Ein paar Sachen haben sich zwar etwas wiederholt aber das Ende war süß und kitschig genau was ich gesucht habe.
July 20, 2011
Mediator: 2 books in 1 – Grave Doubts & Heaven Sent
9
MAR
Meg Cabot
Pan Macmillan AU
Occasionally you come across a book you can’t put down, this was one of those books!
Meg Cabot writes with a combination of wit and feeling which captures the YA audience (and those YA at heart) perfectly.
Our heroine Susannah is almost your usual high school girl, except for the whole spiritual mediator thing. She has her own problems and insecurities; boys, family, friends and school, nothing unusual there. The problem is Suse’s love interest, he is older, much older… we’re talking positively ancient! Not surprisingly he is an old fashioned type, but things were different back then, about 150 years ago when he was alive.Sounds complicated you think? Throw into the mix a sexy bad guy who has his eye on Suse and the afterlife in mind for her boyfriend and complicated sounds like a cruise to the Bahamas.
Grave Doubts & Heaven Sent is a great combination novel for teen girls with an interest in the spiritual realm or just the romantically challenged. Meg Cabot never disappoints. You may recognise her name from The Princess Diaries series or possibly one of her other best selling novels. One thing is for sure, Meg Cabot has the gift!
Parents want a quiet house for a few days? Give your teenage daughter a mediator book. We recommend Grave Doubts & Heaven Sent, brilliant.
Meg Cabot
9
MAR
Meg Cabot
Pan Macmillan AU
Occasionally you come across a book you can’t put down, this was one of those books!
Meg Cabot writes with a combination of wit and feeling which captures the YA audience (and those YA at heart) perfectly.
Our heroine Susannah is almost your usual high school girl, except for the whole spiritual mediator thing. She has her own problems and insecurities; boys, family, friends and school, nothing unusual there. The problem is Suse’s love interest, he is older, much older… we’re talking positively ancient! Not surprisingly he is an old fashioned type, but things were different back then, about 150 years ago when he was alive.Sounds complicated you think? Throw into the mix a sexy bad guy who has his eye on Suse and the afterlife in mind for her boyfriend and complicated sounds like a cruise to the Bahamas.
Grave Doubts & Heaven Sent is a great combination novel for teen girls with an interest in the spiritual realm or just the romantically challenged. Meg Cabot never disappoints. You may recognise her name from The Princess Diaries series or possibly one of her other best selling novels. One thing is for sure, Meg Cabot has the gift!
Parents want a quiet house for a few days? Give your teenage daughter a mediator book. We recommend Grave Doubts & Heaven Sent, brilliant.
Meg Cabot
September 9, 2016
Why was the entire series so FLAWLESS?
---> Grave doubts: 4.5 stars
I enjoyed every moment when Jesse and Suz becoming closer and closer! The Paul guy freaked me out, nonetheless. Yeah I know, he was an extremely-hot-and-sexy guy, but so what? He was also an if-you-don't-date-me-I-will-kill-your-boyfriend type of guy. Paul was also a mediator/shifter who could see as well as talk to ghosts. He could shift through time just like Suz. He even had more knowledge about shifting than Suz, since he taught her about how to be a better mediator.
This story was not as heart-taking as the stories before, in my opinion. It talked mostly about Paul and his attempts rather than some kick-ass ghosts.
---> Heaven sent: 5.5 stars
Jesse and Suz had become even closer and their love increased every page I read!
During the beginning through the middle , I was burning! No, not literally” BURNING”, but I was “burning” with madness! Paul was being such an asshole! As I have said before, he was being an if-you-don't-date-with-me-I-will-kill-your-boyfriend type of guy.
Paul kept warning Suz that if she didn’t date him, he would kill her hot-and-sexy boyfriend!
And the fighting going on.... Bla bla bla bla bla and so on...
BAM! Until the ending that surprised me... It was so unpredicted that right now, I am speechless..
YOU SHOULD READ THIS SERIES, PEOPLE!
---> Grave doubts: 4.5 stars
I enjoyed every moment when Jesse and Suz becoming closer and closer! The Paul guy freaked me out, nonetheless. Yeah I know, he was an extremely-hot-and-sexy guy, but so what? He was also an if-you-don't-date-me-I-will-kill-your-boyfriend type of guy. Paul was also a mediator/shifter who could see as well as talk to ghosts. He could shift through time just like Suz. He even had more knowledge about shifting than Suz, since he taught her about how to be a better mediator.
This story was not as heart-taking as the stories before, in my opinion. It talked mostly about Paul and his attempts rather than some kick-ass ghosts.
---> Heaven sent: 5.5 stars
Jesse and Suz had become even closer and their love increased every page I read!
During the beginning through the middle , I was burning! No, not literally” BURNING”, but I was “burning” with madness! Paul was being such an asshole! As I have said before, he was being an if-you-don't-date-with-me-I-will-kill-your-boyfriend type of guy.
Paul kept warning Suz that if she didn’t date him, he would kill her hot-and-sexy boyfriend!
And the fighting going on.... Bla bla bla bla bla and so on...
BAM! Until the ending that surprised me... It was so unpredicted that right now, I am speechless..
YOU SHOULD READ THIS SERIES, PEOPLE!
May 17, 2015
the best book ive been reading so far
March 10, 2020
This book went downhill for me. I really enjoyed the first two books so I’m so disappointed that I found this one underwhelming as the final in the series.
For one thing I found Suze’s constant obsessing over Jesse annoying. And that is an understatement. It’s all she thinks about for the whole book and I get that he’s her ‘one true love’ (bleh) but come on it was a bit much. I still don’t truly know why she’s so head over heels for him other than the fact he lives in her room. Like sure he’s nice and is apparently good looking but I’m still not truly convinced about her being willing to do whatever it takes to be with him. I also hated how every guy she meets is hot. It’s so stupid. And she, on top of that, seems a bit attracted to all of them no matter their personalities. I have two words.
Paul. Slater.
This was where this book truly showed how dated it was because here it doesn’t matter that this guy is absolutely the creepiest douchebag I’ve ever seen - she’s still attracted to him. And even though she actually says she’s terrified of him in the beginning this doesn’t seem to have much impact on how she views him. Like I don’t know about you but I would not be attracted to someone who I’m scared of AND who had tried to kill my supposed ‘one true love’. So that definitely impacted my enjoyment of this book.
My other complaint is that because of all this love triangle bs going on, the plot takes a bit of a backseat until the last 80pages or so. There’s only so much cyclical thinking about whether Jesse loves her back and wow Paul is a psycho but also so attractive before I want to literally tear my eyes out. One of the things I loved about the first two was the episodic way she would solve a mystery with a ghost each book with some furthering of the wider plot of her getting more settled into her new place in the town. It’s such a shame that this last book completely breaks away from that to focus on a love triangle I didn’t really care about. And I missed her interactions with her new family. It was so funny to see her converse with her new brothers and I wished we had gotten more of that rather than cutting them pretty much completely out.
I also low key wanted a big reveal of what she could do, to her family so we could’ve seen how they all dealt with it. Now that would’ve made a great plot for the final book. I feel cheated that I got robbed of that scene.
So yes overall I’m a bit peeved at this last book. But I liked the series as a whole enough that I’m willing to give more of Meg Cabot’s books a go, particularly princess diaries as I believe that has a similar humorous writing style.
Would recommend the first two bind up books but do yourself a favour and spare yourself this book unless you particularly enjoy the love triangle trope.
For one thing I found Suze’s constant obsessing over Jesse annoying. And that is an understatement. It’s all she thinks about for the whole book and I get that he’s her ‘one true love’ (bleh) but come on it was a bit much. I still don’t truly know why she’s so head over heels for him other than the fact he lives in her room. Like sure he’s nice and is apparently good looking but I’m still not truly convinced about her being willing to do whatever it takes to be with him. I also hated how every guy she meets is hot. It’s so stupid. And she, on top of that, seems a bit attracted to all of them no matter their personalities. I have two words.
Paul. Slater.
This was where this book truly showed how dated it was because here it doesn’t matter that this guy is absolutely the creepiest douchebag I’ve ever seen - she’s still attracted to him. And even though she actually says she’s terrified of him in the beginning this doesn’t seem to have much impact on how she views him. Like I don’t know about you but I would not be attracted to someone who I’m scared of AND who had tried to kill my supposed ‘one true love’. So that definitely impacted my enjoyment of this book.
My other complaint is that because of all this love triangle bs going on, the plot takes a bit of a backseat until the last 80pages or so. There’s only so much cyclical thinking about whether Jesse loves her back and wow Paul is a psycho but also so attractive before I want to literally tear my eyes out. One of the things I loved about the first two was the episodic way she would solve a mystery with a ghost each book with some furthering of the wider plot of her getting more settled into her new place in the town. It’s such a shame that this last book completely breaks away from that to focus on a love triangle I didn’t really care about. And I missed her interactions with her new family. It was so funny to see her converse with her new brothers and I wished we had gotten more of that rather than cutting them pretty much completely out.
I also low key wanted a big reveal of what she could do, to her family so we could’ve seen how they all dealt with it. Now that would’ve made a great plot for the final book. I feel cheated that I got robbed of that scene.
So yes overall I’m a bit peeved at this last book. But I liked the series as a whole enough that I’m willing to give more of Meg Cabot’s books a go, particularly princess diaries as I believe that has a similar humorous writing style.
Would recommend the first two bind up books but do yourself a favour and spare yourself this book unless you particularly enjoy the love triangle trope.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 7, 2021
2.5 stars
This was a reread so I could complete the series (I hadn't read Proposal or Remembrance). I loved this series, it was my favourite as a teen, and I spent time over the years fondly thinking back over this world. Clearly what I remember from my youth isn't what I discovered in the pages.
Suze just isn't a character I can respect. At all. I don't know why I glossed over all her inherent problems as a teen... perhaps I just loved the plot more than character development. But as an adult, I found her ridiculous. She claims she loves Jesse, but aside from a lot of dialogue, I'm still struggling to see how a love could build. Further, there's a lot of talk about how long she lived with Jesse and their routine of when they did live together - except, I've recently read the other books... and nothing is spoken of in depth. If there had been some well placed moments in the previous books that eluded to their bond growing more than when out ghost busting or saving each other's butts, I would have found the storyline less dramatic and barely strung together.
Equally, Paul is a broken record. Over and over. The whole two parts are just spent going around in a messy love triangle that is really rather toxic. I just don't get how I cherished this as a teen. Clearly for one, I had little interest in romance or realistic relationships.
This was a reread so I could complete the series (I hadn't read Proposal or Remembrance). I loved this series, it was my favourite as a teen, and I spent time over the years fondly thinking back over this world. Clearly what I remember from my youth isn't what I discovered in the pages.
Suze just isn't a character I can respect. At all. I don't know why I glossed over all her inherent problems as a teen... perhaps I just loved the plot more than character development. But as an adult, I found her ridiculous. She claims she loves Jesse, but aside from a lot of dialogue, I'm still struggling to see how a love could build. Further, there's a lot of talk about how long she lived with Jesse and their routine of when they did live together - except, I've recently read the other books... and nothing is spoken of in depth. If there had been some well placed moments in the previous books that eluded to their bond growing more than when out ghost busting or saving each other's butts, I would have found the storyline less dramatic and barely strung together.
Equally, Paul is a broken record. Over and over. The whole two parts are just spent going around in a messy love triangle that is really rather toxic. I just don't get how I cherished this as a teen. Clearly for one, I had little interest in romance or realistic relationships.
November 12, 2019
I’m not the age range that this series is aimed at. Why do I feel like I’ve written this before?? I probably have when I reviewed the first two books in the series!
There’s something so engaging about this series, Suze is instantly likeable and there’s such a positive energy surrounding these books it makes it a pleasure to read!!
There’s something so engaging about this series, Suze is instantly likeable and there’s such a positive energy surrounding these books it makes it a pleasure to read!!
October 23, 2018
This series is the one I remember most of all I read these books 2 years ago and I remember every part of them I loved these books every time I have nothing to read (not often) I come back to these book and just read them again.
August 24, 2020
Thoughts
I picked this for the Disney-a-Thon for the challenge “read a book with a hard-working character”. When I picked this I was thinking of Suze, the main character. Who in the first 3 books I thought was hard working. I mean she was a mediator, a student and at one point even had a summer job. But these last 2 books were focused heavily on the romance.
In book 4 we got introduced to a new character who forms part of a love triangle so if that's a trope you don’t like I would not recommend this.
The love triangle wasn’t even my problem. These last 2 books made me so mad (mainly the 5th). Suze’s actions were so confusing the girl didn’t know what she wanted. While we can all relate to that I’m sure. She took it to a whole new level and I feel like she was leading people on. She also is dishonest and hides things from people she cares about. So I was not happy with this book and I’m sad about it because I read this for nostalgia. I feel this reread has tainted my feeling about Meg Cabot as an author because she was my childhood favourite.
I still want to reread 1800-Missing-You Series by Meg Cabot but I’m scared if I’m being honest. Fingers crossed that reread goes better 🤞🏽
Representation
POC, Albino
Trigger Warning
Violence, Consent (?) - you’ll get the question mark if you read the book
I picked this for the Disney-a-Thon for the challenge “read a book with a hard-working character”. When I picked this I was thinking of Suze, the main character. Who in the first 3 books I thought was hard working. I mean she was a mediator, a student and at one point even had a summer job. But these last 2 books were focused heavily on the romance.
In book 4 we got introduced to a new character who forms part of a love triangle so if that's a trope you don’t like I would not recommend this.
The love triangle wasn’t even my problem. These last 2 books made me so mad (mainly the 5th). Suze’s actions were so confusing the girl didn’t know what she wanted. While we can all relate to that I’m sure. She took it to a whole new level and I feel like she was leading people on. She also is dishonest and hides things from people she cares about. So I was not happy with this book and I’m sad about it because I read this for nostalgia. I feel this reread has tainted my feeling about Meg Cabot as an author because she was my childhood favourite.
I still want to reread 1800-Missing-You Series by Meg Cabot but I’m scared if I’m being honest. Fingers crossed that reread goes better 🤞🏽
Representation
POC, Albino
Trigger Warning
Violence, Consent (?) - you’ll get the question mark if you read the book
June 21, 2017
Review link in bio.
Such fun to read. Cheesy and a little silly and just plain fun!!!
Such fun to read. Cheesy and a little silly and just plain fun!!!
October 24, 2018
I love these books!!!
June 22, 2019
feels like books from the early 2000s are always filled with too many men-depending heroines.
December 1, 2019
A good light reading.
April 10, 2020
Fun! Favorite Books of the series so far, crazy things happen :)
Like it a lot!
Like it a lot!
October 29, 2022
The love triangle at the end was so forced
Otherwise a good ending
Otherwise a good ending
November 2, 2022
Reading Challenge Prompt #263: A middle grade mystery
October 4, 2023
I think about Jesse every day.
December 11, 2024
Love the end to this series, I will always love their romance ❤️
June 12, 2016
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"Grave Douts"
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Não passou assim tanto tempo desde que eu li o quarto livro da série mas neste quinto pareceu-me que a Suze regrediu como personagem e tornou-se mais adolescente, não tanto de 16 anos com a experiência que ela adquiriu, mas mais a Suze do primeiro livro: liderada por hormonas, algo irracional e pouco prática. Este comportamento afastou-me um pouco, mas por outro lado divertiu-me. Algumas das alhadas em que ela se meteu porque era teimosa foram divertidas: como quando ficou com os pés assados porque usou sapatos novos e depois decidiu ir para casa a pé.
Por outro lado a sua crescente atracção pelo Paul, embora justificável no sentido em que ela é uma adolescente e o Jesse a tem andado a ignorar, realmente não soou totalmente plausível. Quanto mais não seja pelo facto de o Paul, até aqui, não ter nada senão atrapalhar a vida da Suze e das pessoas com quem ela se preocupa. Por isso, não, eu não fiquei convencida pelas várias cenas entre a Suze e o Paul.
Gostei do mistério por detrás do poder dos mediadores e de o facto de Paul ser manipulador a ponto de conseguir enganar a Suze. A adição do avô do Paul na história também foi uma boa jogada.
No entanto senti a falta do Jesse na maioria do livro, Ele esteve muito ausente, apenas tendo mais peso no final do livro.
(...)
Em suma, este não foi o meu livro favorito da série mas teve alguns momentos bons. O Paul, em especial, foi uma personagem que me impressionou.
"Heaven Sent"
(...)
Estava tão ansiosa por terminar uma série que eu gostava tanto de ler que, quando chegou o desfecho, eu não compreendi como foi possível falhar de forma tão grande.
Se bem que, bem vistas as coisa, o quinto livro já indicava que as coisas iam descarrilar.
(...)
Mais uma vez o Paul foi a estrela aqui. A única personagem consistente ... até ao fim onde a consistência se perde para o redimir.
Por outro lado a trama neste livro é super-previsível. Meu Deus! Foi mesmo muito mau. Nenhum dos livros anteriores era assim tão óbvio. Não que os mistérios fossem muito grandes mas pelo menos havia sempre alguma expectativa. Aqui? Nada! E, pior que isso, é que a Suze está completamente fora de sintonia e não percebe as coisas mais óbvias. Regressão total da personagem.
Para dizer a verdade, as únicas duas coisas que eu gostei neste livro foram: A relação da Suze com o pai, especialmente aquele final; e, claro, o facto de a Suze ter ficado com o Jessse, embora a forma como tal aconteceu tenha sido ridícula, o romance foi fofo.
Em suma, não achei que este fosse um final merecedor para uma série tão divertida. O poder dos Shifters caiu do nada e foi uma artimanha muito pouco convincente. Não gostei!
"Grave Douts"
(...)
Não passou assim tanto tempo desde que eu li o quarto livro da série mas neste quinto pareceu-me que a Suze regrediu como personagem e tornou-se mais adolescente, não tanto de 16 anos com a experiência que ela adquiriu, mas mais a Suze do primeiro livro: liderada por hormonas, algo irracional e pouco prática. Este comportamento afastou-me um pouco, mas por outro lado divertiu-me. Algumas das alhadas em que ela se meteu porque era teimosa foram divertidas: como quando ficou com os pés assados porque usou sapatos novos e depois decidiu ir para casa a pé.
Por outro lado a sua crescente atracção pelo Paul, embora justificável no sentido em que ela é uma adolescente e o Jesse a tem andado a ignorar, realmente não soou totalmente plausível. Quanto mais não seja pelo facto de o Paul, até aqui, não ter nada senão atrapalhar a vida da Suze e das pessoas com quem ela se preocupa. Por isso, não, eu não fiquei convencida pelas várias cenas entre a Suze e o Paul.
Gostei do mistério por detrás do poder dos mediadores e de o facto de Paul ser manipulador a ponto de conseguir enganar a Suze. A adição do avô do Paul na história também foi uma boa jogada.
No entanto senti a falta do Jesse na maioria do livro, Ele esteve muito ausente, apenas tendo mais peso no final do livro.
(...)
Em suma, este não foi o meu livro favorito da série mas teve alguns momentos bons. O Paul, em especial, foi uma personagem que me impressionou.
"Heaven Sent"
(...)
Estava tão ansiosa por terminar uma série que eu gostava tanto de ler que, quando chegou o desfecho, eu não compreendi como foi possível falhar de forma tão grande.
Se bem que, bem vistas as coisa, o quinto livro já indicava que as coisas iam descarrilar.
(...)
Mais uma vez o Paul foi a estrela aqui. A única personagem consistente ... até ao fim onde a consistência se perde para o redimir.
Por outro lado a trama neste livro é super-previsível. Meu Deus! Foi mesmo muito mau. Nenhum dos livros anteriores era assim tão óbvio. Não que os mistérios fossem muito grandes mas pelo menos havia sempre alguma expectativa. Aqui? Nada! E, pior que isso, é que a Suze está completamente fora de sintonia e não percebe as coisas mais óbvias. Regressão total da personagem.
Para dizer a verdade, as únicas duas coisas que eu gostei neste livro foram: A relação da Suze com o pai, especialmente aquele final; e, claro, o facto de a Suze ter ficado com o Jessse, embora a forma como tal aconteceu tenha sido ridícula, o romance foi fofo.
Em suma, não achei que este fosse um final merecedor para uma série tão divertida. O poder dos Shifters caiu do nada e foi uma artimanha muito pouco convincente. Não gostei!
August 17, 2015
I can't rate this book as 'one book' because while the first book in the bind-up was okay, the second book was AMAZING!
*spoilers!*
book 5/Grave doubts:
Book 5 was probably the weakest in the entire series, probably because of the fact that it did not really built up to anything and consequently, the finale wasn't all too great. But I really liked the fact that we got to know more about Paul, who, as a character, is really deceptive. Though, I always feel bad for characters like him, who constantly try very hard to persuade someone of loving him, failing to do so at the same time.
book6/Heaven Sent:
what a finale! I was not expecting any of it and was actually quite unsure of what will happen in the end and what will happen to Jesse! I think every reader had to ask himself/herself at some point prior to the moment it was mentioned in the book how the relationship between Jesse and Susannah can possibly go on with him being a ghost and the fact that Susannah would never do a soul transference.
The way that the 'Paul problem' was solved did not bother me at all (I was expecting quite the opposite), because it was realistic for Paul to behave that way (change his attitude, admitting his mistakes). I don't really think Kelly is the right person for him, but I do believe that he really realized that Susannah is not the person he really loves (because of that fire scene! Otherwise it would probably have been too unrealistic to me.)
The final scene with Susannah and her father broke my heart...
summing up: I really really enjoyed this series a lot! Lots of big surprises and plot twists. Lots of cool characters (Father D, David 'Doc', Brad 'Dopey', Paul, Jesse, basically everyone!!) and a protagonist, who -admitted- sometimes was really a bit annoying, could still kick some real ass and on top of that is pure sass (love characters like these!). funny writing style, lovely setting, great story! I'd recommend it any time!
*spoilers!*
book 5/Grave doubts:
Book 5 was probably the weakest in the entire series, probably because of the fact that it did not really built up to anything and consequently, the finale wasn't all too great. But I really liked the fact that we got to know more about Paul, who, as a character, is really deceptive. Though, I always feel bad for characters like him, who constantly try very hard to persuade someone of loving him, failing to do so at the same time.
book6/Heaven Sent:
what a finale! I was not expecting any of it and was actually quite unsure of what will happen in the end and what will happen to Jesse! I think every reader had to ask himself/herself at some point prior to the moment it was mentioned in the book how the relationship between Jesse and Susannah can possibly go on with him being a ghost and the fact that Susannah would never do a soul transference.
The way that the 'Paul problem' was solved did not bother me at all (I was expecting quite the opposite), because it was realistic for Paul to behave that way (change his attitude, admitting his mistakes). I don't really think Kelly is the right person for him, but I do believe that he really realized that Susannah is not the person he really loves (because of that fire scene! Otherwise it would probably have been too unrealistic to me.)
The final scene with Susannah and her father broke my heart...
summing up: I really really enjoyed this series a lot! Lots of big surprises and plot twists. Lots of cool characters (Father D, David 'Doc', Brad 'Dopey', Paul, Jesse, basically everyone!!) and a protagonist, who -admitted- sometimes was really a bit annoying, could still kick some real ass and on top of that is pure sass (love characters like these!). funny writing style, lovely setting, great story! I'd recommend it any time!
October 20, 2013
Leave it to Meg Cabot to find the only way possible to bring someone who’s been dead for 150 year back to life and not be a vegetable. It also has a sense of a whole "Buffy, Angel and Spike" thing going on aka Buffy being Susan, Angel being Jesse and Spike being Paul. Oh and I'm talking about the series of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
It is a really great book. And like the other books is about forbidden love but this kinda ships the whole impossible borderline of how the living and the dead can't be together. I love how this book is about hope and how people can change.
Yes! Paul is in this book, no! he's not as bad as he was in the last. As I said people can change. And I bet that you'd learn to like him if not love him in this book, but that is just my thoughts on the matter.
This book like the "Abandoned Trilogy" is amazing and I would have to say that Jesse and Susan have a much stronger love then John and Pierce. Cause though it is hard to be with a God, at least a God isn't dead and has a means of taking care of his loved one, plus you can intorduce him to your perants. But a ghost on the other hand ye now that's hard but the fact that Jesse and Susan, well more like Susan found a way to be with Jesse, without killing herself. And so they can grow old together, now that is really strong love.
I really loved how I can also relate to the characters in this book like the other characters in the other books of Meg Cabot. If I could give the book another 5 stars I would, cause for me that is how good it is.
Talk about ending with a bang.
It is a really great book. And like the other books is about forbidden love but this kinda ships the whole impossible borderline of how the living and the dead can't be together. I love how this book is about hope and how people can change.
Yes! Paul is in this book, no! he's not as bad as he was in the last. As I said people can change. And I bet that you'd learn to like him if not love him in this book, but that is just my thoughts on the matter.
This book like the "Abandoned Trilogy" is amazing and I would have to say that Jesse and Susan have a much stronger love then John and Pierce. Cause though it is hard to be with a God, at least a God isn't dead and has a means of taking care of his loved one, plus you can intorduce him to your perants. But a ghost on the other hand ye now that's hard but the fact that Jesse and Susan, well more like Susan found a way to be with Jesse, without killing herself. And so they can grow old together, now that is really strong love.
I really loved how I can also relate to the characters in this book like the other characters in the other books of Meg Cabot. If I could give the book another 5 stars I would, cause for me that is how good it is.
Talk about ending with a bang.
July 13, 2012
The Mediator series is the BEST book I have read so far... Its sweet romance and thrilling adventure glued me into my chair!
Grave Doubts And Heaven Scent is the last book in the Mediator series also known as Haunted and Twilight.
Grave Doubts/Haunted:
There is no doubt about her feelings for Jesse but the question is will he return those feelings back...?? Even if Suze can get Jesse to admit his true feelings for her what kind of future will she have with a guy who is already dead?
Paul Slater on the other hand claims that he wont do anything to harm Jesse especially send him to the Great Beyond for good if Suze agrees to go out with him. Suze cant stand losing the one she loves even if their isn't a future for them so she agrees.
Heaven Scent/Twilight:
Jesse de Silva -who had been killed so young and had been roaming around the world as a ghost over a century and a half- deserved a second chance in both Life and Love.
Susannah Simon is a mediator and communicating with the dead is all in a days work for her. The last thing she expected was to fall in love with Jesse. If he had been given a second chance would he choose love or life? If he chose love then he would be with Suze, watch her grow while he stays the same. Choosing life on the other hand , would mean never meeting Suze -his true love- but living out his dream. Suze knows setting free would be the right thing to do, but she can never let go.
Grave Doubts And Heaven Scent is the last book in the Mediator series also known as Haunted and Twilight.
Grave Doubts/Haunted:
There is no doubt about her feelings for Jesse but the question is will he return those feelings back...?? Even if Suze can get Jesse to admit his true feelings for her what kind of future will she have with a guy who is already dead?
Paul Slater on the other hand claims that he wont do anything to harm Jesse especially send him to the Great Beyond for good if Suze agrees to go out with him. Suze cant stand losing the one she loves even if their isn't a future for them so she agrees.
Heaven Scent/Twilight:
Jesse de Silva -who had been killed so young and had been roaming around the world as a ghost over a century and a half- deserved a second chance in both Life and Love.
Susannah Simon is a mediator and communicating with the dead is all in a days work for her. The last thing she expected was to fall in love with Jesse. If he had been given a second chance would he choose love or life? If he chose love then he would be with Suze, watch her grow while he stays the same. Choosing life on the other hand , would mean never meeting Suze -his true love- but living out his dream. Suze knows setting free would be the right thing to do, but she can never let go.
June 5, 2012
I enjoyed this as much as I did the first time I read it when I was 15.
I find it incredibly ironic that the last book, which is incidentally my favourite of the series, is called 'Twilight' in the US haha - and it came out before the Stephenie Meyer one, mind!
OK, so this is pretty much paranormal romance, and I generally hate romance [might be amongst the reasons why I didn't particularly like Twilight], however, the romantic aspect of this series was done well, I felt. I mean, the lead female still swoons about how hot the guy is, and describes his beautiful body (haha) but it wasn'tas cringe-worthy.
And OK, there is an ending, but it wasn't overly-easy to achieve (*cough* I'm looking at you, Breaking Dawn!). And I like that. The lead female had to make difficult choices, which conflicted with the views of everyone else, and had moral dilemmas to make. She is also strong and independent, despite how she has a penchant for a certain hot, old-fashioned, OLD, over-protective guy. (DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?) Except he's not a shit-bloke. So yeah. Case-in-point: you can be dependent without being a spineless, stupid bitch, and remain a good influence to young girls. Same with the guy issue.
I find it incredibly ironic that the last book, which is incidentally my favourite of the series, is called 'Twilight' in the US haha - and it came out before the Stephenie Meyer one, mind!
OK, so this is pretty much paranormal romance, and I generally hate romance [might be amongst the reasons why I didn't particularly like Twilight], however, the romantic aspect of this series was done well, I felt. I mean, the lead female still swoons about how hot the guy is, and describes his beautiful body (haha) but it wasn't
And OK, there is an ending, but it wasn't overly-easy to achieve (*cough* I'm looking at you, Breaking Dawn!). And I like that. The lead female had to make difficult choices, which conflicted with the views of everyone else, and had moral dilemmas to make. She is also strong and independent, despite how she has a penchant for a certain hot, old-fashioned, OLD, over-protective guy. (DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?) Except he's not a shit-bloke. So yeah. Case-in-point: you can be dependent without being a spineless, stupid bitch, and remain a good influence to young girls. Same with the guy issue.
February 11, 2012
This are the last two books of the mediator series. I liked both these books, but they where slightly less good than book 3 and 4. This was mainly because there was one character that irritated me a lot, namely Paul Slater. And of course the same point as in my review of book 3 and 4, more romance would be nice. The relationship between Jesse and Suze develops way too slowly. I expected a lot more romance when I started reading this series. But I really enjoyed this series and I look forward to reaoing more ghosts books in the future. The ending is a bit strange and surprising but makes a good ending to this series. To conclude a nice book, I expected more romance and was a little bit frustrated by the lack of it. Also I found one of the characters a bit irritating. It is a good series about a girl who sees ghosts.
November 16, 2014
A quick review which applies to the whole series: Taking into account the target audience, this series is written fantastically, as are many other books by Meg Cabot. This series is my favourite of all of hers, even now with my matured tastes and style preference. I will always love this series and the relationship between Jesse and Suze. I remember how happy this book in the series made me feel way back when I first read it in 2010. There's a sequel to the series coming out for Valentines Day in 2016, which looks at Suze & Jesse years later in their lives, which I'm really looking forward to reading. It's great that Meg Cabot is writing the new book for an older audience with a mature style, keeping the series and characters relatable to the original readers. I know it will be a must read.
October 30, 2016
A brilliant double bill of the last two Mediator novels.
In Grave doubts there is a new kid at school and its Suze's worst nightmare as he is a nasty blast from her past.
Her enemy Paul Slater from one of the preceding novels and who is intent on wooing Suze and getting rid of the ghost of Jesse for good!
In Heaven sent the race to save (or make sure) Jesse stays dead is on between Paul and Suze, both Mediators have their own agenda for what happens to Jesse but there will be ultimately ONE winner but who will that be and will poor Jesse be caught in the crossfire?
A wonderful conclusion that neatly ties up the whole Mediator series in one epic finale.
Once you read these you will be hooked to the end, I couldn't put these down, a brilliant read for any fan of the genre of supernatural fiction.
In Grave doubts there is a new kid at school and its Suze's worst nightmare as he is a nasty blast from her past.
Her enemy Paul Slater from one of the preceding novels and who is intent on wooing Suze and getting rid of the ghost of Jesse for good!
In Heaven sent the race to save (or make sure) Jesse stays dead is on between Paul and Suze, both Mediators have their own agenda for what happens to Jesse but there will be ultimately ONE winner but who will that be and will poor Jesse be caught in the crossfire?
A wonderful conclusion that neatly ties up the whole Mediator series in one epic finale.
Once you read these you will be hooked to the end, I couldn't put these down, a brilliant read for any fan of the genre of supernatural fiction.
April 7, 2025
Ghostly reads!
Book 5
A grave read!
She has to contend with fellow ghost-hunter who gives her a deadly ultimatum...
Let the games begin...
Such an excellent and fabulous edition to this series.
I awaited many years to get my hands on this book. Totally worth the wait!
Full of ghosts, murder, vengeful spirits, mediators, attraction and revenge.
Perfect for readers of paranormal romances.
Book 6
A heavenly read!
When her creepy admirer threatens to travel back in time and stop the heto from dying...
She is distraught...
Will her new boyfriend choose life or love?
What. A. Satisfying. Read! Excellent conclusion to this series... well, not really, since we got 2 books after this!
Full of ghosts, murder, vengeful spirits, mediators, attraction and revenge.
Perfect for readers of paranormal romances.
Book 5
A grave read!
She has to contend with fellow ghost-hunter who gives her a deadly ultimatum...
Let the games begin...
Such an excellent and fabulous edition to this series.
I awaited many years to get my hands on this book. Totally worth the wait!
Full of ghosts, murder, vengeful spirits, mediators, attraction and revenge.
Perfect for readers of paranormal romances.
Book 6
A heavenly read!
When her creepy admirer threatens to travel back in time and stop the heto from dying...
She is distraught...
Will her new boyfriend choose life or love?
What. A. Satisfying. Read! Excellent conclusion to this series... well, not really, since we got 2 books after this!
Full of ghosts, murder, vengeful spirits, mediators, attraction and revenge.
Perfect for readers of paranormal romances.
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