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Shade Me
by Jennifer Brown
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Shade Me is the first book in the young adult mystery and suspense thriller, Nikki Kill series. Nikki sees emotions as different colors. It is a phenomenon known as synesthesia, and I find it completely fascinating. I have read a few magical books where witches or the like have an ability that is similar to synesthesia, but it was really very interesting to see Nikki in a more contemporary/mystery suspense setting with this ability. I found Shade Me to be a really fun ride of a read. The mystery was kept me interested and engaged until the very end. I didn't always love the characters, but I did like them, and with as action packed of a plot, liking them was more than enough for me.
Nikki is the main character, and I can see where she would feel completely overwhelmed by her synesthesia. That has to be like sensory overload. Which could account for why I sometimes found Nikki to be a bit too brash. Even so, I was really into her using and interpreting all the colors and emotions around her as clues. It made for a very interesting detective hunt, while she tried to piece together what happened with Peyton.
What I dug most of all about Shade Me was the creepy atmosphere. It reminded me of Sin city. (That was how I pictured it anyway.) All black and white with pops of color. Very crime noir. Jennifer Brown did a great job creating a suspenseful atmosphere. There were a few bumps that I had, but without spoiling anything, I will just leave it at that. Nothing major though, and nothing that took away from my overall enjoyment of the story too much. I still very much would like to continue the Nikki Kill series. Now that I know some of the secrets of the story, I am even more interested to see where Jennifer Brown is going to take us in the next book.
Bottom line: if you like suspense/mysteries and you love the flair of seeing emotions, this is a really interesting and pretty well done mystery.
This review was originally posted on Book Briefs
Shade Me is the first book in the young adult mystery and suspense thriller, Nikki Kill series. Nikki sees emotions as different colors. It is a phenomenon known as synesthesia, and I find it completely fascinating. I have read a few magical books where witches or the like have an ability that is similar to synesthesia, but it was really very interesting to see Nikki in a more contemporary/mystery suspense setting with this ability. I found Shade Me to be a really fun ride of a read. The mystery was kept me interested and engaged until the very end. I didn't always love the characters, but I did like them, and with as action packed of a plot, liking them was more than enough for me.
Nikki is the main character, and I can see where she would feel completely overwhelmed by her synesthesia. That has to be like sensory overload. Which could account for why I sometimes found Nikki to be a bit too brash. Even so, I was really into her using and interpreting all the colors and emotions around her as clues. It made for a very interesting detective hunt, while she tried to piece together what happened with Peyton.
What I dug most of all about Shade Me was the creepy atmosphere. It reminded me of Sin city. (That was how I pictured it anyway.) All black and white with pops of color. Very crime noir. Jennifer Brown did a great job creating a suspenseful atmosphere. There were a few bumps that I had, but without spoiling anything, I will just leave it at that. Nothing major though, and nothing that took away from my overall enjoyment of the story too much. I still very much would like to continue the Nikki Kill series. Now that I know some of the secrets of the story, I am even more interested to see where Jennifer Brown is going to take us in the next book.
Bottom line: if you like suspense/mysteries and you love the flair of seeing emotions, this is a really interesting and pretty well done mystery.
This review was originally posted on Book Briefs