Reunion

This book has more in common with the first book in the mediator series than the second - and that's a positive thing. There are some pissed-off ghosts intent on murdering Suze's classmate, and Suze has to step in and figure out what's going on and how she can stop it. The book is well-plotted, fast-moving, funny, and suspenseful enough, even if the "mystery" aspect is not particularly strong - it doesn't take long for the reader (or Suze) to figure out what actually happened. The lack of surprise twists doesn't negatively impact the book, though; it's still quick-reading fun.

This is Book 3 in the Mediator series and the plot continues as an interesting storyline having paranormal aspects in a high school world. Gina, Suze's bestie, visits and chaos in the matter of boyfriends, step-brothers and rivalry develop. Gina's visit was somewhat unsatisfying since interactions with Suze were strangely less like a close friendship and more along the lines of a nuisance cousin visiting.

Although the narrative was a bit sameish as the earlier ones, the story was a fun read. I think the foreshadowing is becoming evident where the Jesse thing is going, so that seems to disrupt whatever the next novels turn out to be like. However, for sheer fun and mild suspense, I decided to simply enjoy the story as a YA reader show more probably would. show less

Book Three of the Mediator books is certainly not my favorite, although it is still very enjoyable and kept me up until 2:00 a.m. re-reading. In this tale Suze is faced with the task of taking on four teen ghosts known as the RLS Angels who are bent on revenge against the student they believe to be responsible for their deaths. Of course, as usual, things aren’t always as clear cut as they may seem. Although overall I found it to be slightly less amusing than the two preceding books of the series it was still a very worthwhile story. I particularly liked Suze and Doc's "bonding" moment, enjoyed Gina, Suze's best friend from New York who comes to visit and Jesse's overprotective attitude to any slights against Spike.

Overall another show more engrossing installment in the series that I would highly recommend! show less

Suze's New York friend Gina comes to visit and she's as crazy for Suze's older stepbrothers as they are for her. Suze is totally grossed out about this (as you are when your friends like your stepbrother) and Suze is also totally falling for Jesse and a little bit scared of it. After all, he's dead, she's alive, what sort of dating future do they have? When it seems the school geek's life might be in danger Suze accepts his date(s) in order to protect him.

She's protecting him from "the RLS angels," four students from a local high school who were, simply put, better at everything than everyone. Not even Father Dom believes Suze that they're dangerous. Turns out they have a very good reason to be angry and that Suze, once again, is having show more very bad luck with her dates. It's by this time I was realizing how much I liked the evolution of Suze's relationship with her youngest brother David (Doc), and with her oldest brother, the overprotective Jake (Sleepy). Dopey (Brad) remains a typical teenaged boy and his and Suze's physical fights are becoming legendary at home and at school. show less

Another filler book, but again, one that develops the ghost/mediator rules and more characterization. (Yay!) I liked Gina finally being introduced in the series proper, it’s nice to see a non-mediator debate with Suze and the Ghost Mission of the Book, as well as how the “Cover for me!” system works in a full house. The hinting at Father Dominic’s backstory is really intriguing, particularly once you realize that Suze may be setting herself up for the same situation. My main problem in this in the RLS Angels’ justification for their deaths—that someone is jealous of the “popular/It Crowd” exclusion to the point of murder. It might be just me, but I do have an issue with a lot of the mean popular crowd stereotypes show more depicted in YA books (and this is coming from someone who was bullied and unpopular in high school), in that a lot of it feels very over-exaggerated and bordering on unrealistic at times. Other than that, this is another fun little filler book, and I enjoyed reading it. show less

As in the first two parts of this series, Suze (who can talk to--and punch--ghosts) gets embroiled in a mystery that involves the boy she's going out with. Why are four ghosts trying to kill Michael, the dorky boy she intends to protect? She finds out about halfway through, and eventually takes charge of the situation. It's a fun book, but the 10% of it is rehashing the first two books, and the entire conceit is feeling overused. I felt like I'd read this book before.

This was a nice addition to the series. Suze's family is starting to come into focus as the different members are being fleshed out. I figured out who the bad guy was pretty early on, but I still enjoyed how the story played out.