The Body Finder

Violet can find the dead. Animals, and people. She can read the echo they leave behind. She can also sense the same echo on the thing that caused the death. She realized this when she was 8 when she found the first dead girl. Now that she is in high school, and she finds the next dead girl, things get hairy for her. You see, the killer knows that she is somehow able to find these bodies and she becomes the hunted. Mixed in this story is a romance with her best friend Jay, who would die trying to protect her. This book was okay. Not the best or worst of my summer of reading. I enjoyed the relationship between Vi and Jay as they figure out they want to be more than friends. The story moves along at a good pace and there are some tense moments for the major characters. And of course, there is a sequel to this book called Desires of the Dead, but I won't rush out for that one. This was a solid story with an interesting take- being able to find bodies and not a vampire or werewolf in sight.