Jordan’s Shadow
Robin Johns Grant
February 2015
Print 12.99
E book: 2.99
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From the Publisher:
The Crosby family has a frightening
problem. Is it psychological? Supernatural? Or something entirely unexpected?
In 1984, seventeen-year-old Rose and her fiancĂ© discover an injured girl with no memory. The girl, Jordan, is in Rose’s life for a brief time but leaves her world shattered.
Years later, Rose Crosby’s fifteen-year-old daughter Ginny can’t understand why her relationship with her mother has fallen apart. Ginny could swear that Rose is terrified of her lately.
Then one terrible day, Ginny overhears Rose confessing that she truly is terrified of Ginny—because to her, every day Ginny grows more and more like Jordan, the girl who's been dead many years. In fact, she swears that somehow, Ginny is turning into Jordan.
Is Ginny’s mom insane? Is there a ghost in their house, threatening to possess Ginny? Or is the demon in Rose's past, forcing her to confront what happened on that horrible day in 1984 when Jordan was killed?
In 1984, seventeen-year-old Rose and her fiancĂ© discover an injured girl with no memory. The girl, Jordan, is in Rose’s life for a brief time but leaves her world shattered.
Years later, Rose Crosby’s fifteen-year-old daughter Ginny can’t understand why her relationship with her mother has fallen apart. Ginny could swear that Rose is terrified of her lately.
Then one terrible day, Ginny overhears Rose confessing that she truly is terrified of Ginny—because to her, every day Ginny grows more and more like Jordan, the girl who's been dead many years. In fact, she swears that somehow, Ginny is turning into Jordan.
Is Ginny’s mom insane? Is there a ghost in their house, threatening to possess Ginny? Or is the demon in Rose's past, forcing her to confront what happened on that horrible day in 1984 when Jordan was killed?
My review:
A must-know page turner.
It hurt when I had to set this book
down. It’s not a quick read...just a heads up.
Jordan’s Shadow is a YA mystery
paranormal thriller that will glue readers of all ages to their favorite
reading chairs. I thought I had the mystery pretty well sewn up—and then Grant
would take me back in time and prove me wrong. I’m the kind of reader who
normally reads the end when I think I’m right, but this is one book where I
didn’t skip and I was glad I didn’t.
This multi-generational
dysfunctional family drama will make you cheer and boo until the last curtain.
The lingering question of mental illness keeps the reader on her toes with the
question of who do you trust when the story of deaths in the family begin to
appear. I loved the paranormal aspect of moving through time and I got a kick
out of mulling the questions that remain.
Well-done sophomore book from
talented author Robin Johns Grant. Great characterization, terrific setting and
dialog. Told from the viewpoints of Ginny and her mother back and forth between
twenty-five years, Jordan’s Shadow will keep you reading. Recommended for those
who like family dramas, teen angst, faith-based YA with a twist of fantasy.
