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The Lady in Blue stole a car and fled Ash.
Out on Devlin Road she emerged from a crash.
She wandered the woods with her head dripping blood.
Then drowned in the river in water and mud.
All her life criminology student Liz Bloom has heard this rhyme, meant to scare young campers. When she’s about to take on her first cold case, Liz learns the eerie song is about her great aunt Lana. Liz isn’t big on studying, but she does have one advantage most criminologists don’t -- she can speak to the dead.
In 1955, Lana Bloom was an eighteen-year-old beauty with Hollywood dreams who fell in love with a stranger. When Lana died in a bloody car crash, all signs pointed to the mysterious man who was never seen again.
As Lana unravels the details surrounding her last week of life, the tale she weaves for Liz is one of desire, betrayal, and murder. But if Lana can’t identify her killer, not only will a murderer escape punishment, but her ghostly form will cease to exist. And Liz will have failed the most important assignment of all – family.
- Sales Rank: #420001 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-04-30
- Released on: 2015-04-30
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
"...the book is very fast paced, and I read it almost all in one sitting, because I simply couldn't put it down. I was so curious as to how the mystery would play out, and I was not disappointed!" -- Shannon Miz, It Starts At Midnight
"Overall this book has all the things I loved about GG&G, it's short and fast paced, full of rich believable characters and great writing and in the end it packs a nice punch."-- Shay, The Story Goes
"I've said this before - and I'm sure I'll say it again - but I absolutely love the way that Kimberly writes...She has a way of keeping you interested in the story she is telling. Her words flow so smoothly that, before you know it, the story has come to an end and you're sitting there with these raw emotions.. an amazing story." -- Meghan, The Gal in the Blue Mask
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
A gorgeously written paranormal mystery
By Mary Fan
In 1955, 18-year-old town belle Lana Bloom was found dead in the river. 40 years later, she haunts Ash, the small town where she lived and where her descendants remain - including her great niece, Liz, a criminology student with the rare ability to see ghosts. Though Lana's spirit remains bound to Ash by unfinished business, she can't remember who killed her or the circumstances leading up to her own murder. Determined to crack the cold case and set Lana's soul free, Liz begins piecing together the details of the past to help Lana regain her memories and find peace.
The Lady in Blue is a gorgeously written paranormal mystery told from Lana's perspective. While the story begins and ends in the 1990s, most of it consists of flashbacks to Lana's life as a teenager in the 1950s - one who dreams of independence while being forced to conform to that era's rigid definition of a woman's place. While we know from the very beginning what Lana's grim fate will be - her car crashes, someone dumps her in the river, and she drowns - we don't know how she ended up there, and there's plenty of tension and mystery that keeps the plot moving forward. It's not an easy storytelling method, since it requires that the writer somehow create tension and leave us wondering "but what happens next" even when we know how it all ends, and Giarratano handles it expertly, throwing in twists that I never saw coming. While everyone in Ash has heard about the Lady in Blue, turns out, nobody knew the truth.
This novella is a companion/spinoff/sort of sequel to Giarratano's other YA paranormal mystery, Grunge Gods and Graveyards (which is easiest to describe as Ghost meets Veronica Mars), in which Lana first makes her appearance as a ghost who helps the protagonist of that book, Lainey (Liz's sister). While it's cool to see how the two books fit together, The Lady in Blue is a complete story on its own and can be read as a standalone (though I don't see why you wouldn't read Grunge Gods and Graveyards too!).
The Lady in Blue is a short, quick read that packs a lot of punch - drama, romance, mystery, and more. Lana is a sympathetic and likable protagonist who just wants a chance to pursue her dreams, even as family pressures keep trying to chain her down. As her life spirals toward its inevitable end, all the twists and turns kept me hooked to the very last page.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Phenomenal.
By TheStoryGoes
A Halfway Decent Review That Does Not Do Justice To This Book:
I kind of loved this. I'm going to try not to use that word too much because it's basically the only word I used in my review of Grunge Gods and Graveyards, okay? And I can write a competent review of a book I love... Probably.
The Lady In Blue is basically a companion novel to Grunge Gods and Graveyards, you don't HAVE to have read GG&G to read this one but I'm going to say you'd probably enjoy this just a smidge more if did. Lana Bloom, otherwise known as The Lady In Blue, is dead. She's been dead for a while now, this is the story of her death. This book takes place in two different times, 1996 when Lana is telling her niece Liz her story, trying to remember how she died so she can finally move on. And 1955 when Lana died. The novel is narrated by Lana and shows her life in the week leading to her death.
Everything I Loved About This Book:
- Going into this I had assumed the story would be narrated by Liz- don't ask me why - but it's actually narrated by Lana which I was so excited about.
- Characters. I loved the characters! Especially Lana. She's so much more than The Lady in Blue. However this was a really short book and supposed to be fast paced so it felt like a little character development was lacking, not enough to discourage me from loving it but I kind of wanting a tad more Andrew and Liz. However, this was Lana's story so I kind of understand why there's wasn't an abundance of Liz. Andrew was a little shocking I admit and I liked him just because Lana liked him if for no other reason. Other characters were horrible people but still very well written.
- The ending. I was expecting to feel so much at the end, I'd kind of sort of half figured out who the killer was, it wasn't really a shock(though I did keep going back and forth on who I thought did it) and going in I knew it wouldn't be the happiest of ending because Lana's dead and that's so sad, but I didn't expect to care so much for Lana and the ending was kind of intense. It hit me right in the feels... I cried.
Overall this book has all the things I loved about GG&G, it's short and fast paced, full of rich believable characters and great writing and in the end it packs a nice punch.
Would I Recommend This? Um, yeah.
To Whom? All the people! Just like in my review of GG&G, I want to go up to random strangers and yell at them until they read this book.
Will I read more from this author(or series)? Um, yeah. I'm already looking forward to her other stuff, one of which comes out later this year(I think) even though I know nothing about it I WANT it. =)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Such a fabulously written historical fiction mystery!
By Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight
So, you should read Grunge Gods before reading this one, just because I think it'd be easier to appreciate the story. But it is almost exclusively its own story, and a really amazing one at that. When it starts, it's right back in the mid 1990s, when GG&G was set, and Lana, otherwise known as The Lady in Blue, is having a conversation with her great-niece Liz. Even though Liz is actually older than her by now, but that's irrelevant. Liz is trying to solve the mystery of Lana's untimely and unsolved death, and since she can speak to the dead, she goes right to the source!
One of the hardest parts to the beginning of the story is that we know that it does end with Lana's death, so it is bound to be sad. Lana takes Liz through her last months of life in the mid 1950s, which is really eye opening. I don't think I have read about a book set in the '50s before, but I do have a grandmother that was exactly Lana's age (creepily down to the year!) and so much of what was in the book mirrored stories she's told me, so it was fascinating to see the events of Lana's time play out. I'll say it outright: I do not like the 1950s. Do. Not. Like. I suppose if you were a white, middle class man, the 1950s were fabulous but... not for literally anyone else. It's so hard to read about a beloved character being mistreated based on some ridiculous societal discriminations, but it was also incredibly riveting.
Lana was a very easy character to like: She was strong in a time when women were told not to be strong, and she was still flawed, but cared so much about those around her and her own dreams at the same time. She was being pulled one way by her own goals, and a completely opposite way by familial pressures, and that is a very hard thing to deal with, especially in a time period during which society at large was siding with her family's point of view. She has this boyfriend who... well, I don't want to say much, except that as easy as Lana is to like, he is that easy to dislike, but I even still had moments of sympathy for him as well. I had all kinds of mixed feelings about Lana's family and friends, which I won't go into in great detail so I don't spoil anything, but they were a big part of the story and very well thought out.
Since it is a novella, the book is very fast paced, and I read it almost all in one sitting, because I simply couldn't put it down. I was so curious as to how the mystery would play out, and I was not disappointed! I think it was very well done, and I didn't see the ending coming at all. And even in such a short book, the characters were extremely fleshed out and the world vividly portrayed.
A few more things I liked, perhaps? Sure!
-The musical references, as always! Each chapter begins with a song title from the era that fits with the chapter, and it is so fabulous. Some of the songs I knew, some I was a little unfamiliar with, and the last chapter's song? It is everything. Especially if you grew up in the '90s ;)
-Scranton is mentioned! I get giddily excited when my little corner of nothingness gets a shout out in a book (or anywhere else!) so that automatically goes in the plus column!
-It answers a few really interesting questions from GG&G, and I loved how it pulled both books together so well!
-Did you see the cover? I love the cover. Like, I want it as a poster.
Bottom Line: This book... I just... can I just flail now and end this? Great. I loved it, it is worth every minute of reading, and it is the kind of story you will never forget.
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