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Nirmal Gerow <NirmalG7>

"It's difficult for those who don't delve into dualities"

	The Trouble With Jake - by Sue Nelson Buckley	166 weeks ago
	The Trouble with Jake Ebook By Sue Nelson Buckley Published By PaperBox Books PBB Published: Dec. 22, 2009 Category: Fiction - �Young adult or teen�-Romance Words: 62972 (approximate) Language: English You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs. I look around me and I see it isn't so. Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs. And what's wrong with that? - - - - Paul McCartney & Wings. I thought I had given up reading romance novels. In fact, I'm sure I had. The Trouble With Jake, the young adult version, is set in Sue Buckley's home province of New Brunswick in early spring. The opening scene finds a distraught Kathryn driving away from her boyfriend Frank's home after she catches him cheating on her with her best friend, Shelby. She drives throughout the night and ends up at White's Bluff, her family's favorite spot to visit every summer when she was a teenager. The next morning she meets a ghost, Jake, who has been confined to White's Bluff since he died. He is able to make his presence known and comfort Kathryn. Initially, she is in awe and is thankful for his presence, but then freaks out and drives away leaving Jake alone and trapped and alone at White's Bluff. However, unable to forget what happened at White's Bluff, Kathryn returns a few months later to learn more about Jake. Throughout the story, Jake and Kathryn find ways to communicate to each other across such a tremendous barrier. And even though they can't talk to each other directly, They have a strong bond and want so much to know more about each other that makes the reader cheering them on. I would recommend it as a young adult book. Sue Nelson Buckley does a wonderful job of taking the reader on an interesting journey between physical and paranormal reality. The story is fanciful, but at the same time Kathryn and Jake work together to get a grip on what they're up against in their unique relationship and circumstances. I was having lunch one day as I was beginning to think about writing this review. My fortune cookie read: Love because it's the only true adventure. The Trouble With Jake expresses that desire for true adventure in this spirited love story. Nirmal Gerow
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