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silreadsalot's review against another edition
5.0
Loved the story line. Hope this isn't the end of the story.
charms1976's review against another edition
4.0
When I saw this book at a library sale, I thought the cover was kind of eerie and the summary sounded great. I haven't read any books by Wendy Corsi Staub, so this was a new to me author. I was pleasantly surprised by the book. The author had a writing style that was easy flowing and kept me interested until the end.
When Calla's Mother passes away, she starts seeing unusual things. Ghost are appearing to her, but she refuses to believe in them. After her Father moves to California for a job offer, Calla decides to stay the summer with her Grandmother Odelia. Reluctantly, her Father agrees to it for the summer while he finds them a place to settle into in California. Calla has not spent much time with her 'Gammy' and doesn't even know what Odelia does for a living. She quickly realizes though, her Gammy is a Medium. She speaks with the dead. While Calla adjusts to Odelia's lifestyle and community of Mediums, she starts to discover she might have inherited it as well.
I loved Calla and Odelia in this book. Odelia was a riot with the way the author describes her personality and dress attire. I also loved how Calla found new friends who seemed to genuinely want to be close to her. I didn't like the whole ex-boyfriend storyline, but I am assuming it will develop into a planned plot in the future books or maybe just be a hint at why Calla is having a hard time choosing between two other boys in town. I wasn't a fan of Blue. Now my feelings on him might change as I read more of the series, but in this book he seemed a little snobby. I wanted Calla to explore more of a relationship with Jacy instead. So for now, I am Team Jacy in the love triangle.
Overall this was a great book to a new series for me. I can't wait to see what unfolds in the next book with the cliffhanger ending this one leaves the reader with. Mysteries will unravel and I am anxious to know if Calla is finally going to embrace her psychic ability.
When Calla's Mother passes away, she starts seeing unusual things. Ghost are appearing to her, but she refuses to believe in them. After her Father moves to California for a job offer, Calla decides to stay the summer with her Grandmother Odelia. Reluctantly, her Father agrees to it for the summer while he finds them a place to settle into in California. Calla has not spent much time with her 'Gammy' and doesn't even know what Odelia does for a living. She quickly realizes though, her Gammy is a Medium. She speaks with the dead. While Calla adjusts to Odelia's lifestyle and community of Mediums, she starts to discover she might have inherited it as well.
I loved Calla and Odelia in this book. Odelia was a riot with the way the author describes her personality and dress attire. I also loved how Calla found new friends who seemed to genuinely want to be close to her. I didn't like the whole ex-boyfriend storyline, but I am assuming it will develop into a planned plot in the future books or maybe just be a hint at why Calla is having a hard time choosing between two other boys in town. I wasn't a fan of Blue. Now my feelings on him might change as I read more of the series, but in this book he seemed a little snobby. I wanted Calla to explore more of a relationship with Jacy instead. So for now, I am Team Jacy in the love triangle.
Overall this was a great book to a new series for me. I can't wait to see what unfolds in the next book with the cliffhanger ending this one leaves the reader with. Mysteries will unravel and I am anxious to know if Calla is finally going to embrace her psychic ability.
labraden's review against another edition
4.0
Discovering was an excellent wrap up to the Lily Dale series. Weight has been lifted off Calla's shoulders since her mother's killer has been found, but now Calla must decide what to do with the rest of her life. Is she going to reconnect with Kevin, and what about Jacy and Blue? Will Calla's father begin a relationship with Ramona? What about Calla's friends, Evangeline and Lisa, and the biggest question of all, does she have a sister, and if so, who is she and where has she gone? All of these questions and more are answered in this book leaving a very satisfying ending to the Lily Dale series.
labraden's review against another edition
4.0
When Calla's mother dies, she goes to live with her grandmother in the town of Lily Dale. Calla doesn't understand the strange people who inhabit Lily Dale until her grandmother confesses that Lily Dale is the home of psychics and other mystics and that she is one of them. Calla thinks her grandmother has gone off the deep end until strange things begin to happen. Calla starts to wonder if she might be psychic just like her grandmother. She begins to question the life she lived with her mother and consider that her mother may have lied to her about much of her past. This is the first book of the Lily Dale series. I picked this book up in the clearance section of at Half Price Books and quickly realized what a bargain I had gotten. This is a wonderful book with a little bit of danger, romance, and adventure all rolled into one exciting book.
allisonw9909's review against another edition
5.0
I need the next book. I knew as I was getting closer to the end of this one that I was going to desperately want the next one because so much is still unfinished. I can see this going on for a while, which Im glad about. Calla needs to just get over Kevin and go for Jacy, but obvisously wait a little until Evagaline is over him. Blue is just a hot shot jerk that needs to find someone else to want. Calla better realize that soon, even though I know he thinks he's super hot. I had a feeling that the Tom/Todd gut was going to be Darrin, but we still have no idea what is in the lake and why her mom needed to find her, also we still don't know what talent Darrin had and if that could have had something to do with how he killed her mom. Her dad is just clueless at this point, but part of me thinks that he knows more than he letting on. There's no way that he married Stephaine and had absolutely no clue about her childhood or where she grew up. I guess I just have to wait until the next book to see if Im right.
kricketa's review against another edition
picked this up at work to see if i should get the second two in the series. the main character is so bland i could hardly even identify her as a teenager. yawn yawn yawn.
meira_elena's review against another edition
5.0
This is such a deep, developed series. The characters are incredibly complex and flawed; the thrill-factor had me at the edge of my seat; and the dive into modern magic was fantastic. Definitely read it!
blondelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
Start of a series (who know how many are planned) about teen, Calla, who moves to Lily Dale to live with her grandmother. Her mother has just died and her father is letting her stay with grandma while he gets a new place settled for them. Lily Dale is a center for spiritualism - most of the people are mediums, clairvoyants, etc. There are many story threads and they are not all tied up at the end of this book... or the next...
erinecarroll's review against another edition
4.0
So good! I love how Wendy wrote this book about Lily Dale since it is only a few hours away from where I live so I am familiar with the area. This book was suspenseful and has a lot of mystery to it, at times it was a little scary. I can't wait to read the next one!
erinecarroll's review against another edition
4.0
This was a great end to the series. Wendy tied up a lot of loose ends with Calla and her family. I am sad to see the series end but will be reading more by this author. This book kept me on my toes the whole time I never knew what the characters were going to do or experience.