Clarity
Kim Harrington
Publisher: Scholastic
Point
Release Date: March
1, 2011
Pages: 256
Source: Received
from Publisher
Ratings: 5 Stars
Summary (from
Goodreads):
When you can see things others can't, where do you look for the
truth?
This paranormal murder mystery will have teens reading on the edge
of their seats.
Clarity "Clare" Fern sees things. Things no one else can
see. Things like stolen kisses and long-buried secrets. All she has to do is
touch a certain object, and the visions come to her. It's a gift.
And a curse.
When a teenage girl is found murdered, Clare's ex-boyfriend wants
her to help solve the case--but Clare is still furious at the cheating jerk.
Then Clare's brother--who has supernatural gifts of his own--becomes the prime
suspect, and Clare can no longer look away. Teaming up with Gabriel, the
smoldering son of the new detective, Clare must venture into the depths of
fear, revenge, and lust in order to track the killer. But will her sight fail
her just when she needs it most?
Clarity is a great debut
novel that will have you drawn in right from the beginning. Filled with
mystery, a great strong snarky female lead and plenty of boys, Clarity is filled with fun.
The best thing about Clarity is the characters. All the
characters are AWESOME!! Clare is definitely one of my favorite characters
EVER. She is so full of spunk. Clare is such a strong character and she has to
be being from a family of “freaks” and bullied about it at school. Clare can
really hold her own against everyone else. And she is full of snark. I LOVE
SNARK! I would have been fine just reading a story about Clare’s everyday life
even if nothing happened because she is just entertaining. Clare had me
laughing out loud at times too. She’s pretty kick-ass. I really loved Clare’s
brother Perry too. While Perry has his flaws and is a player, he still has this
loveable characteristic. Clare and Perry’s relationship was spot on too. They
truly felt like brother and sister, you could feel the love between them and
the need to protect each other, and I loved that.
While Clare and her family has
special abilities, the supernatural aspect from their abilities did not
dominate the story. I really liked that abilities was not the center of the
story. Instead, the characters and the relationship between the characters was
what I felt was center of the story. Also the mystery WAS GREAT! I literally
did not know who the murderer was. I would suspect it to be one person but find
out it wasn’t. I thought the murderer was like four different people and in the
end I WAS WRONG! I had no clue who the murderer was. That’s great a feat to completely
blind side the read with who the killer is. I really liked that.
I really loved how Kim wrapped up
this book. The ending wrapped up everything nice, but still left things open
enough for the next book. Especially with Clare’s boy situation. I really
cannot decide if I want Clare with Justin or Gabriel. They both have their own
flaws and own charms so I cannot pick!
Overall, Clarity was a great fun read. I loved Clare, she was such a strong,
confidant, spunky character. She is definitely one of my favorite characters of
this year. I cannot wait to read the next book because it is sure to be
AWESOME!!
Don't forget to enter to win a signed copy of Clarity and check out Kim's launch party recap HERE!
Don't forget to enter to win a signed copy of Clarity and check out Kim's launch party recap HERE!
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