Marcie Horton has a
sixth sense. Not in the "I see dead people" way, but . . . well,
maybe a little. She feels a sort of knowing about certain things that can't be
explained-an intuition that goes beyond the normal. Then there was that one
summer four years ago, when she connected with a long-departed spirit . . . But
nothing that incredible has happened to Marcie since.
This summer, Marcie is
spending time working at Angel Mounds, the archeological dig her mother heads,
along with her brother, Eric, and his girlfriend, Renee. The dig is the site of
an ancient indigenous civilization, and things immediately shift into the paranormal
when Marcie and her teammates meet Lorraine and Zeke. The two mysterious dig
assistants reveal their abilities to access the Universal Energy Field with
their minds-something Marcie knows only vaguely that her brother has also had
experience with. Marcie learns how our planet will disintegrate if action is
not taken, and she and her team must decide if they are brave enough to help
Lorraine and Zeke in their plan to save Mother Earth, her resources, and her
history. It looks like the summer just got a lot more interesting.
Book source ~ Tour
2 June 2020
YA | Fantasy | Paranormal
248 Pages
My Rating ~ 4 bites
Amazon | B&N | BAM | Indiebound
Marcie Horton has
connected once before with a spirit when she was thirteen. But that was four
years ago and she feels like she’s missing something by not having any further
contact with anything…other. She’s hoping a summer working on her mother’s archeological
dig will distract her from a feeling of missing out on something big. Joined by
her older brother Eric and his girlfriend Renee, they barely get settled in
when two graduate students let the three of them and another student, 19-yr-old
Leo, in on a secret. There is much more out there than any of them realize. Marcie
is about to get her wish - something incredible is about to happen. The real
question is: Is she ready for it?
This is a book heavy on
how humanity is shitting where we eat. Too graphic? How about how we are
killing the very thing that supports us? Too dramatic? Too bad. We are. If you don’t
like books that point out this fact, even if it is a fictional book, then you
may not enjoy this as much as I have. Now, to the story itself…
Marcie is a pretty
level-headed 17-yr-old. She’s had a life-altering encounter with a spirit when
she was 13, so maybe that has something to do with it. In any case, the story
is told from her POV so it helps she’s not an over-emotional idiot. Side
characters are interesting even if Renee makes me want to slap her upside the
head occasionally. And don’t get me started on Leo. Marcie is more forgiving
than I would be. Oh! Did I not mention there’s a little hotness going on
between Marcie and Leo? Ah. Summer love.
Lorraine and Zeke are a
bit irritating in their roles, but I get it. And you will, too. I find the idea
of a Universal Energy Field fascinating. I want it to be a thing. In fact, my
belief is, since we are mostly water and energy then when we die our energy
goes back out into the ether and comes back as another being. So, I guess I
believe a bit in reincarnation. And that’s why I believe in ghosts. That energy
can get stuck and next thing you know, wooohoooo things going bang. Anyway, I
enjoyed this journey of Marcie’s and hope she and the others can bring about some
change before it’s too late.
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