Touching the Surfaceby Kimberly Sabatini
published October 30th 2012 by Simon Pulse
Experience the afterlife in this lyrical, paranormal debut novel that will send your heart soaring.When Elliot finds herself dead for the third time, she knows she must have messed up, big-time. She doesn’t remember how she landed in the afterlife again, but she knows this is her last chance to get things right.
Elliot just wants to move on, but first she will be forced to face her past and delve into the painful memories she’d rather keep buried. Memories of people she’s hurt, people she’s betrayed…and people she’s killed.
As she pieces together the secrets and mistakes of her past, Elliot must find a way to earn the forgiveness of the person she’s hurt most, and reveal the truth about herself to the two boys she loves…even if it means losing them both forever.
Quotes
“Maybe heaven was innocence, limbo was ignorance, and hell was fiery illumination.” “Look on the bright side... " David said.
I waited. Then he roared with laughter.
"What?"
"I can't think of anything."
"Asshole.”
“That's when I saw you, really saw you for the first time. I didn't intend to look at you, it just happened. It was like those pictures, you know, those optical illusions. You can gaze at them forever and see only one thing. Then when you relax your eyes for just a moment, another picture magically appears. The funny thing with that kind of visual trick it that it's really hard to go back to seeing the original picture once you've seen the new one.”
A good friend of mine, Christina of A Reader of Fictions loved this novel and wrote a lovely review for it so here is a link to that review if you want to read it
Kimberly Sabatini is a former Special Education Teacher who is now a stay-at-home mom and a part-time dance instructor for three and four year olds. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband and three boys.
Kimberly writes Young Adult fiction and is represented by Michelle Wolfson of Wolfson Literary Agency. TOUCHING THE SURFACE is her debut novel. (Simon Pulse – Simon & Schuster, October 30, 2012)
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I'm reading this right now! I'm really enjoying it so far! (That being said, I'm only 2-3 chapters in, so...)
ReplyDeleteThe first little quote has to be my favourite- I really like ones similar to that, a little paradoxical I guess.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Jenni! <33
I have already read the book. I like afterlife stories.
ReplyDeleteI've seen this book before and read a couple of great reviews. Can't wait to check it out.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of this book before, but I adore that cover. Definitely makes me want to read the book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Jenni!
I've been wanting to read this one FOREVER! I think because the cover reminds me so much of Jenny Pox ... well, that, and the fact that it's almost like a ghost story. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to read this one. It sounds like a book I would really like. Thanks for sharing the quotes!
ReplyDeleteHaving to make things right from the past always makes for a pretty good read. thanks for sharing this one. :)
ReplyDeleteI first heard about this book when I volunteered at the 2012 RT Convention. There were a lot of bookmarks with the beautiful cover... and it definitely caught my eye. I'm not generally a swag person, but I added this one to my TBR after that & reading the synopsis. Now that you linked to Christina's review & she loved it, I'm excited all over again about the book!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds interesting, Jenni but when I read about two boys I thin love triangle and that has me running scared. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteI just really like the sound of this one, and the cover is pretty.
ReplyDeleteI have really been wanting to read this. Those are lovely quotes, thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteTouching the Surface does sound like an intriguing read Jenni, thank you for sharing some great quotes with us and a great giveaway! I'm off to read Christina's review! :)
ReplyDeleteAside from the built-in love triangle, this book sounds fantastic! Sometimes a love triangle can be really well done, so that's my hope for this book, or that it turns out the "two boys she loves" isn't exactly what it sounds like. Thanks so much for sharing this one Jenni, it definitely has me curious:)
ReplyDelete“Maybe heaven was innocence, limbo was ignorance, and hell was fiery illumination.”
ReplyDeleteThat is one kick ass line! LOVE!
I really want to read this book because I love paranormal books that involve death and the afterlife. :)
ReplyDeleteThe MC has died three times! She seems like a younger girl, and she has killed people? Who and why? What mistakes has she made? Does she have regrets, does she feel pain for the pain that she caused? Will she redeem herself? It sounds like such a good story, and I have heard that it is a good story. And I think I am in the mood for a good mystery!
ReplyDeleteI started to read this book once, but then I had to return it to the library and never got back to reading it. I really should remedy that.
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a great paranormal romance/mystery! I've read great reviews on this book, so definitely on my TBR list!
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Leanne
Kimberly was new author for me, and i like paranormal/mystery genre :)
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