Book Review: The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting (The Body Finder #1)

Synopsis from Goodreads

Title: The Body Finder

Author: Kimberly Derting

Publication Date: 2010

Publisher: HaperTeen

Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her “power” to sense dead bodies—or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes the dead leave behind in the world . . . and the imprints that attach to their killers. Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift; it mostly just led her to find dead birds her cat had tired of playing with. But now that a serial killer has begun terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he’s claimed haunt her daily, she realizes she might be the only person who can stop him. Despite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet on her quest to find the murderer—and Violet is unnerved to find herself hoping that Jay’s intentions are much more than friendly. But even as she’s falling intensely in love, Violet is getting closer and closer to discovering a killer . . . and becoming his prey herself

My Review

I have to say that this book is definitely one of the best YA thriller novel. It was so intense and addictive wherein the suspense was keeping me on my toes the whole time. The Body Finder is about a high school girl called Violet who can hear and sense the echoes of dead bodies; not just humans, but animals as well. Hence, with each dead body there is a killer, and she is able to sense them too for they are imprinted by the dead people's echoes. The real story begins as a serial killer is on the loose killing young girls around the country, but it happens way too often in the city Violet lives in. Her ability puts her in a dangerous situation where she now is a wanted prey by the criminals. It was really thrilling and amazing. It also wraps up pretty well (I loved the ending ;) )
Overall, absolutely a great and recommended read :)

5/5

Xoxo Meera