The story that Laura Whitcomb wrote is in fact something unique. The start is awesome and it makes you want to keep reading. The ending, though, is not what I expected. The book's action scenes are smoothly portrayed during the story. The ending was quick and kind of lame, it just makes you long for more or makes you ask yourself "Is this it? Is this the ending?"...The author seems promising, she'll probably write great books in the near future. I recommend this book for young adults (16+) or probably teenagers mature enough (14/15).

Ghost story. What comes to mind? Hauntings? Possessions? Some crazy death and they're a ghost? Yes, naturally. But Laura Whitcomb puts a crazy new twist into the meaning of ghost. In "A Certain Slant Of Light", you're probably thinking: What is that? But in fact it is probably one of the best breakthroughs of the supernatural ever.

Helen is a ghost. And in order to keep from returning to her icy death, she must have a host. Not like a host to possess, but a host to merely cling to and follow. But after 130 years of doing this, something is wrong in her newest hosts class one day. She's being watched. Human eyes can see her. James is a ghost too. But he has come to possess an empty body, a body that the soul has left but it still lives. In this amazing novel you will not be able to put down, you read about the love between Helen and James and how they begin to learn about their past and about the teenagers they possess.

In my opinion, this is an amazing book. I was on a camping trip and I still couldn't put this book down. It's just a completely different perspective of ghosts. Laura Whitcomb has an amazing imagination and way of writing. This book has an age rating of 14 and up. That is the age I would suggest as well for a couple of reasons.

One: The language in this book does in fact go so far as the big "F" bomb, as I would say. Now, hopefully you are mature enough to read the book without problems. Maybe the language isn't appropriate, but the book isn't intending for very young readers. Maybe even the language can add to the story, because it helped me realize the status of the situations. It didn't bother very much.

Two: The sexual content in explicit. Once again hopefully you are mature enough to read this for it not to bother you. The descriptions in these scenes are in depth and I would not recommend it to be read if you can't handle that. Yes, it can be inappropriate, but it is a love story as well. It happens.

So my overall ration is 10 out of 10 because of the uniqueness of the book. You will not come across a book like this ever. It puts a whole new genre and meaning in the subject of ghost story...

M.N.W.

this book sound really good so im probably going to purchace it although it sounds like somthing i have had planned for a while. ugh. lol.

I loved this book. It gave a new twist to ghosts (I had just finished Meg Cabot's Mediator series right before starting this book). I'm very superficial and do judge books by the covers and didn't think I'd like this one, but after a slightly slow beginning it got really interesting. I gave it to my sister to read and she liked it too.

This was a wonderful book. I loved it. I read it a couple of months ago and I'm still thinking about it, which says something really positive. Two ghosts meet and fall in love in a high school English class. Next they have to figure out how to get together physically. It's hard to say more than that without giving away too much plot. Suffice it to say, this is a wonderfully touching story about two damaged spirits who find a way to help not only themselves but also some very damaged living beings with whom they come into contact.

I really felt the passion between the two long-dead ghostly protagonists, and the teen characters were very richly drawn people who made me vividly remember just how excruciating high school could be. The only false note for me was the spectacularly hypocritical born-again Christian family; I would have preferred a little more subtlety in their portrayal. Isn't the hypocritical born-again Christian getting to be almost as predictable as some of those old stereotypes of Jews and African-Americans??? Honestly, I'm a left-wing liberal, and some of my best friends are born-again Christians!

Some reviewers have expressed concern about letting young people read this because it contains some fairly graphic sex. Obviously, the decision about whether your kid is mature enough to read this book is yours. I think it's just fine for older teens - you're probably only fooling yourself if you think they will be shocked by any of the love scenes in this book. The story is so beautifully written, I don't really think it should be considered "just for teens" at all; it's a moving, uplifting story of hope for readers of any age.