The girl absolutely annoyed the living crap out of me, and it was downright painful having to read from her whiny, immature point of view. So the number one reason why I could not stand this book was because I could NOT stand Lenzi. Well, read below before you make the same mistake that I did. Now, seriously, with a plot synopsis like that, I really thought this book was going to knock my socks off. But Lenzi has no recollection about her past lives as a Speaker, and now there is a really dangerous Malevolent who wants revenge on her for something Lenzi can't even remember. Alden is her Protector- he protects her from Malevolents, violent spirits who don't want to be helped, but who could potentially possess Lenzi's body, using it to take out their rage or revenge. Alden, the strange guy she meets in a graveyard one night, tells Lenzi that she is a Speaker- she can speak to lost souls and help them to find rest in death by freeing them from the problems that keep them bound to Earth. Her musician boyfriend Zac can't help her. Now 16, Lenzi is starting to not only hear voices, but see things too. Lenzi's dad has recently died- committed suicide- because he couldn't get rid of the voices in his head. It was absolute torture to read, and the only thing that got me through to the end was knowing that I'd get to write this outraged and rant-astic review afterwards. I really did consider DNF-ing this book about halfway through because I just could not take much more of Lenzi's weak character- she was literally making me sad and angry at the same time- but then, I thought well, maaayyybeeee she'll get better, maybe she'll have some kind of major revelation and turn into this super awesome character, transforming into a strong, confident, kick-butt kinda gal who can stand on her own two feet without a man to validate her entire existence.Īnd I can honestly say, probably more than I can for any other book I've read, that I quite literally HATED this one. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Because even when I absolutely can't stand a book, I have to finish it. Maybe I should blame my OCD tendency to finish a book no matter what.

I tried up until the very last page to have hope that something was going to happen that would redeem the entire thing for me. OK, so let me start off by just saying, I really tried to like this book, honestly I did. If you do like reading rants about books, well then, this should probably be pretty darned entertaining. Warning: If you don't like reading rants about books, especially for ones that you liked or think you're going to like, then you aren't going to like this review, because I've honestly never been more pissed off at a YA book before.

Shattered souls by mary lindsey