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Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff
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Paper Valentine (edition 2013)

by Brenna Yovanoff (Author)

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Followed everywhere by the ghost of her recently deceased best friend, Hannah investigates the serial murders of young girls in her community.
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Title:Paper Valentine
Authors:Brenna Yovanoff (Author)
Info:Razorbill (2013), Edition: First Edition, 320 pages
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3.5 Stars

This was a definitely an interesting book— it kept my attention and I liked so many aspects of it. But I think it’s something I would’ve liked better in my earlier days of blogging, if that makes any sense. I definitely knew who the bad person was,the early clue couldn’t have been more obvious to me, which kind of dulled the surprise. Overall, I did really enjoy the book ( maybe just not the romance). ( )
  Michelle_PPDB | Mar 18, 2023 |
for the cover
  Litrvixen | Jun 23, 2022 |
Coming back to review this because this book deserves to have its praises shouted.

I bought this book to read on a cruise ship, sitting out in the Caribbean sun, which is the exact wrong place to read a scary story. At its heart this is a true ghost story, and despite the sun and the sand, the ending sent a little chill down my spine. What really makes this book a great ghost story is the melancholy and dread that the author imbues the setting with.

The MC Hannah sees ghosts, or at least the ghost of her best friend who died of anorexia while our MC watched in horror and fear. Now, however, Hannah is starting to be haunted by other ghosts, but these ghosts are murder victims, picked off one by one by a horrifying entity close to home. Driven by her dead friend, terrifying events and fear for her youngest sister and every girl just like her Hannah goes looking for answers only she can see.

The scene setting is picture perfect. The mystery stayed hidden until the very end although I had my lurking suspicions, which seemed to get dashed every other page. I love a book that actually manages not to foreshadow itself into boredom.

For all that the ghost story, the mystery and the spooky atmosphere are amazing, the characterization is even better. The main character is very real and vulnerable as are all of the characters. She's also intelligent and sensitive, struggling to find her place in a world after her best friend's death. The story is a very realistic look at how grief and loss change everything about us, even as we go on.

The bad boy is brilliant. Rather than being broody, sparkly and stalker-ish he is honestly kind, if a little reckless and broken. I am incredibly tired of boys who spend all their time prying in to the lives of these young girls, emoting at them and whining. This bad boy is someone I could love and was incredibly realistic. Yes, he was a bit gruff and far from a prince charming but he treated our heroine as something precious and beautiful. He was never a dick, trying to push her away for her own good, only to reel her back in with much apologizing. He played no games and when he suffered, he actually had cause and I wanted to scream at the people harming him.

A beautiful book that I wish would get half the attention of such trite collections such as Twilight and The Mortal Instruments. Here are real people, here is real friendship, here is real young love and real loss. Nicely wrapped of course with mystery, terror and ghosts. ( )
  lclclauren | Sep 12, 2020 |
Ambitious and promising, but ultimately the character development was thin and the dialog stilted. ( )
  kivarson | Jul 31, 2018 |
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Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. - John Donne
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My sister Ariel, is sprawled upside down on the couch, pointing with the TV remote.
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Followed everywhere by the ghost of her recently deceased best friend, Hannah investigates the serial murders of young girls in her community.

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(from the book jacket) Hannah's best friend Lillian died six months ago, and Hannah just wants her life to go back to normal. But how can it when Lillian's ghost is haunting her bedroom, pushing her to investigate the mysterious string of murders linked only by a paper valentine? Hannah can hardly begin to understand why her friend self-destructed, and where she fits now that Lillian isn't there to save her a place among the social elite. And she must stop thinking about Finny Boone, the big, enigmatic delinquent whose main hobbies seem to include petty larceny and surprising acts of kindness.
With the entire city in a panic, Hannah soon finds herself drawn into a world of ghost girls and horrifying secrets. She realizes that only by confronting the Valentine Killer will she be able to move on with her life - and it's up to her to put together the pieces before he strikes again.
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