Book Review: Everlost by Neal Shusterman

Everlost 
Skinjacker #1
Author: Neal Shusterman
Pages: 313 Hardcover
Reading Level: YA
Published: August 22nd 2010
Review Source: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Available: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Indiebound

Summary: (from goodreads) Nick and Allie don't survive the car accident...but their souls don't exactly get where they're supposed to get either. Instead, they're caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It's a magical yet dangerous place where bands of lost children run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth.

When they find Mary, the self-proclaimed queen of lost kids, Nick feels like he's found a home. But Allie isn't satisfied spending eternity between worlds. Against all warnings, Allie begins learning the "Criminal Art" of haunting and ventures into dangerous territory, where a monster called the McGill threatens all the souls of Everlost.

In this imaginative novel, Neal Shusterman explores questions of life, death, and what just might lie in between.

Everlost by Neil Shusterman completely took me off guard since the very beginning. Startling me with the way in which the story began and how it unfolds. Not being such a fan of that type of situation, I continued reading. The book started a little slow in my opinion and I just could not get in to the story. I decide to continue reading to see if maybe something will grasp my interest, but nothing. I just couldn't get my self to finish this book. It's just not my type of read. Not to say that this book isn't amazing, and/or a great read, so please don't get discouraged by my review and not read the book. This is an amazing author, who has written plenty of incredible books. And as it may not be something i am interested in, you may find it to be the best read EVER!! So give it a try, just like i did, you never know!

Here are a few other bloggers that gave Everlost a different review ratings: Donna @ The Happy Booker gave it 5 stars and Donna @ Eve's Fan Garden gave it 4 stars.