Name: The Edge of the Shadows
ISBN: 9780670012985

Elizabeth George

Someone is setting fires on Whidbey Island and Becca King and her friends may know who the arsonist is.

The Edge of the Shadows

Fifteen-year-old Jenn McDaniel's life on Whidbey Island becomes more complicated and her relationships with old and new friends take strange turns, partly due to the arrival of a woman researching a strange black seal.

The Edge of the Water

Fiona Coffey

The Edge of the Water was great! 

I love this series. Eventually I'll have to read some of Elizabeth George's adult mystery novels, not just her YA ones. 

I really liked that this book had different perspectives and points of view than the first book. In this book we get to know Jen and Derric and hear their stories as well as Becca's as the plot unravels. 

In this story, new mysteries arise, including a special all black seal named Nera that returns to the island at the same time every year and may be more than she seems, and the mystery of a teenaged girl who can't speak. There's also conflict between characters of course, and Becca struggles to find a balance between keeping her true identity a secret and being honest with her friends. 

I can't really think of anything that I didn't like about the book! It was a good, quick read, and I can't wait to see what happens next! :) I even laughed a couple times

Omg! That ending! 

I was expecting there to be an epilogue or something but there were just a bunch of blank pages, I'm a little disappointed. 
I mean, I know you can't always have a happy ending, but it seemed kinda rushed, I could have used a few more chapters. 

Aside from all that, as always, I loved the book. It was impossible to put down, it was super captivating, and fun to read. The writing is great, and I'm always forgetting that it's actually a YA novel because it seems kinda mature, in a good way. 

I loved all the introductions of the new characters, and the mysteries within mysteries that the book had wrapped together. 

Though even after all this time, I'm still not sure how to picture Becca! I have a set image of her in my mind and every time they say "caked on makeup" I get confused. It just doesn't seem like her. 

Sorry this review is so random. I can't wait for the last book!! Go Elizabeth George!

Judy McClure

Imke Dogger

The climactic final installment of New York Times bestseller Elizabeth George's award-winning saga. Seth Darrow is a straightforward guy, and he likes life to be simple. Lately, it's been anything but. Since his beloved grandfather's stroke, Seth has been focused on getting Grand home again, before his aunt can take advantage of the situation to get her hands on Grand's valuable real estate. Seth would also like to get his relationship with Prynne on solid ground. He loves her, but can he believe she has her drug use under control? Meanwhile, things are complicated for the other Whidbey Island friends. Derric has found Rejoice, the sister he left behind in Uganda, but no one - including Rejoice - knows she is his sister. Jenn is discovering feelings for her teammate Cynthia, feelings her born-again Christian mother would never find acceptable. And Becca, hiding under a false identity since her arrival on the island, is concealing the biggest secret of all. In the final book of the Whidbey Island saga, events build to an astonishing climax as secrets are revealed, hearts are broken, and lives are changed forever.