Book Friday – Over Her Head by Shelley Bates
25 September 2009
When my book club elected to read Over Her Head by Shelley Bates, I was really excited. I’ve exchanged a few e-mails with Shelley over the last couple years, and she’s such a sweet woman. The books I’ve read of Shelley’s have all been part of her YA series, All About Us. The All About Us novels are light, funny, chic-lit reads for teenagers. So when I picked up Over Her Head and saw it was about a woman dealing with her daughter being a murder suspect, I was like, “Oh … this will be different…”
I was impressed from the first line: “Even in November, when the trees were skeletal and the ground covered in dead leaves and puddles, the jogging trail by the river was still Laurie Hale’s favorite place to run.” Skeletal? Dead leaves? Talk about some awesome foreshadowing that all is not well on the jogging trail. Barely three paragraphs later, Laurie discovers the dead body and sets the story in motion.
For those who like a mystery where the blood and horror takes place off-stage, one that focuses more on the relationships of the people in the aftermath, this is your type of book. My only complaint is I would have liked to have known was going on in the head of Laurie’s daughter, Anna, during the whole ordeal. But that’s the YA writer in me.
Have a great weekend everybody!
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