Book description
Marshall Seaver is being haunted.
It begins with mysterious sounds, a fleeting face outside a window, a rogue breezeâall things that can be explained away. That is, until he comes face-to-face with a character who only exists on
the pages of a sketchbookâa character Marshall himself created.
Marshall has noâŚ
Why read it?
1 author picked The Light as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I feel there's an art to incorporating the paranormal into a mystery without its presence dismissing the practical aspect of the charactersâ investigation. D.J. Machale reached the perfect application of this in this book and its sequel.
While the series is directed at a younger audience, the mystery is superb without much handholding but with gripping action moments and the allure of something deeper that keeps the reader guessing until it all comes to a satisfying conclusion. Especially when paired with the sequel. Side note: tangent storylines that significantly impact each other without the characters realizing it is one ofâŚ
From Alister's list on action suspense paranormal in the mystery.
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