It’s been a year and a half since the sudden loss of Meredith’s sister, Claire, and the grief remains strong. Her cousin’s wedding means a return to Martha’s Vineyard, a well-loved destination but one filled with bittersweet memories. Moore doesn’t invest much time in establishing setting, but the generic school environment and recurrent graveyards prove sufficient.Ī fast-moving paranormal adventure for teens with heavy themes and an upbeat delivery.Ī summer trip helps break 18-year-old Meredith Fox out of a haze of mourning.
The story’s antagonists are less nuanced, but this doesn’t detract from the rising sense of peril. Supporting characters Reen, Nico, and Uncle Marcus add a grounding touch by exhibiting personality beyond mere plot function. From the outset, Will (the narrator) and Seth demonstrate a strong and endearing fraternal relationship that evokes the Hardy Boys, and their introduction to the supernatural world carries distinct Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? vibes, albeit with a darker edge. Moore relates the story with an assured blend of narrative prose, introspection, and teen-appropriate dialogue. As family friend Uncle Marcus mentors the siblings, they struggle to keep angry spirits at bay, uncover the truth behind a classmate’s disappearance, and bring a killer to justice. Will, meanwhile, has developed an aura that brings him to the attention of Maureen “Reen” Gardener, his Wicca-practicing classmate and crush however, the new status quo threatens to come between him and his best friend, Nico. One desperate spirit possesses Seth completely, nearly killing Will when he mistakes him for his own murderer. The brothers’ new abilities take some getting used to. It’s only after Will reluctantly agrees that he realizes that their grandma has herself passed on and is manifesting due to Seth’s power. She goes on to say that Seth must bond with a “Keeper”-someone to protect him and remember what the dead say when they speak through him. Eight years after their father, a police officer, was killed in the line of duty, their estranged grandmother appears and explains to Will that Seth, like their dad, is a “Bridge”-a human connection between the living and the dead. Sixteen-year-old Hapkido black belt Will McCurty and his 20-year-old college student brother, Seth, live with their mother 40 miles outside Kansas City, Missouri.
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