MY RATING
5 stars--WOW
4 stars--would read again
3 stars--was good
2 stars--didn't enjoy
1 star--didn't finish
Should I read books before this one: no
Cliffhanger: somewhat
SUMMARY
18yo Winter leads a group of tourists into the mining cavern. She tells the story of a husband and wife, their gold, and magic. Garrett, her ghost, listens to the story, too. They're different every time. He's been her best friend since she was a little girl. He's still 19. She *likes* him.
Winter is in English when a new boy, Shane, joins the class. A month before graduation. All the kids make friends with him except Winter. Maureen and Rourke, twins, own the caverns next to Winter's; they give her rides to school. Maureen is the closest thing she has to a living friend. They go to the car. Rourke shows up with Shane. Shane invites Winter to his house for a party; he lives alone.
Winter envies the twins's relative wealth. Her dad died before she was born, her Aunt Noelle moved in with them 3 years ago. Winter designs coupons for returning customers, then goes to the caverns. She tells Garrett how she's trying to save the business. "You know, it wouldn't be the end of the world if you had to leave." Yes, it would. "But then how would I see you?" "I would miss you." He alludes to secrets, then gets angry she still thinks there's treasure when they've hunted and hunted together. He tells her a story about a boy trying to find enough gold to prove to his girl's father he can provide; he's killed by another miner, who then atones by earning the girl's love and giving her a good life. Winter doesn't like that story. "I think you sympathize with Eli because maybe you made some questionable decisions during *your* life." He whispers, "Oh, Winter, how right you are."
Aunt Noelle has a nightmare about the stalker, Paul, that she escaped when she moved here.
The English teacher is out sick, and Winter needs help with her final project. She hears Shane spreading rumors that Mr Ibanez preys on underage girls. She confronts him. Shane, "Can you prove it's false?" "Can you prove it's false that you were kicked out of your last school because you broke into the girls locker room, stole all their bras, and wore them on your head like masks? No? Maybe I should speculate a few other things about your life prior to Oaktown High." She's going to find out where Mr Ibanez went and why just to prove Shane wrong.
Winter tells a group of tourists that all the caverns are connected, but no one's allowed to explore this one because human remains have been found.
EVALUATION
Oh my goodness, this is scary. I liked it! Good ghosts, evil ghosts, what's going on?!
Winter now has 3 young men in her life: lifelong ghost friend, brother of longtime girlfriend, and new bad boy. Though she only has feelings for Garrett at the beginning, I'm curious about developments in future books.
RECOMMENDATION
Anyone who likes scary
FAVORITE QUOTES
Mom, "You two don't have to hang around here. You should go do something fun." [Shane and Winter have homework] "Winter will walk you to your car." She was a meddling meddler, that's what she was.
Garrett, "It's going to work out." "How can you know? Are you some kind of ghost fortuneteller?" "No. But I've been around long enough to know that good wins in the end." "Not in my experience." "That's because you've never reached the end."
Mom repeats, "Come downstairs, and visit." "Why?" "Because I said so? Maybe I have a huge sparkling surprise for you. Or maybe the people collecting teenagers who talk back finally arrived and they're going to carry you away."
"You are a creator. You tell stories. You might not think that what you have to say, or what you do, is important, but it is." “But it’s not the same as belonging with these artists who have written these stories so full of heart, it’s like they put their souls into them.” “You share pieces of yourself every weekend with the tourists who come to your cavern. Don't minimize that. There’s soul in your work, too. You just don’t see it, because it’s you. But everyone else sees it shining brightly."
POSSIBLE TRIGGERS (SPOILERS)
Sex: none
Language: none
Violence: man gets pulled toward pond, scary ghosts
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