Dead Letter Office

Dead Letter Office (Parish Mail #1)

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When Celia’s father is killed in Afghanistan, she moves with her mother to New Orleans, the city where her father grew up. Struggling to adjust and haunted by troubling dreams, Celia finds comfort in new friends like Tilly, a practicing witch, and Donovan, the son of police detective. On Halloween, bizarre supernatural occurrences rock the city. Celia meets the mysterious...more
Paperback, 212 pages
Published January 11th 2012 by Coliloquy, LLC (first published January 1st 2012)
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Miranda
Thanks to Netgalley.com and Coliloquy for allowing me access to this title.

I was unaware going into this that this was an interactive ebook. It was a pleasant surprise. However, I always feel like I'm missing out on other options that I don't choose when I have to pick one. I'm a pretty indecisive person, so I like to know what I'm getting into before I choose. It was a fun concept though.

I thought the story itself was ok. I felt like there was too much going on and I didn't have a great connect...more
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*I DO NOT RECAP THE BOOKS IN MY REVIEWS, THAT IS WHAT THE BOOK DESCRIPTION IS FOR. NOR DO I HAVE SPOILERS*

This review can also be reviewed on my blog, http://abitchandabook.blogspot.com/. This book was provided for me free of cost by the author for an honest review. Many thanks to Kira Synder! I sincerely appreciate all the hard work you put into this book and for trusting a copy to me for review.

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This book was interesting. The format took me back to my childhood days when I adored...more
Kate (VerbVixen)
Do you like:
New Orleans? Ghost stories? History? Mysteries? Choose your own adventures? Stories set in high school? Magic? Swoon worthy boys? Girls with gumption?

If you replied yes to ANY of the above then you’re going to love Dead Letter Office!

The first book in the Parish Mail series throws you right in with a killer first line: The dead man smiles at me. WELL THEN why don’t we just get started, eh? Who doesn’t love a good old mystery or a ghost story. Great news: this is both! While certainly...more
Stacy [The Novel Life]
First Line: The dead man smiles at me.

Dead Letter Office takes us into the life of sixteen year old Celia Jane, who moves with her mother from San Diego, CA to New Orleans, LA after Celia's dad dies in Afghanistan. During Celia's first few days in New Orleans she finds a centuries old letter hidden in a tree in her "New Orleans royalty" grandparents back yard. The letter leads Celia, ghost-hottie Luc; witch-friend Tilly; and live-hottie & Sheriff's son Donovan on the trail to solving a moder...more
Kayleigh
Apr 04, 2013 Kayleigh rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Young adults
Recommended to Kayleigh by: 'Never Too Old for Y.A.' (Goodreads group)
Before I start, please note that this book was given to me free by the publisher in exchange for a review. What I have written is my honest opinion.

This is the first 'Active Fiction' e-book I've read. It gives the reader an option of the direction they want the plot to take. The last time I read a book (let alone an e-book!) in any way similar to that was when I was about 10, reading an Enid Blyton Famous Five 'red herring' book. I was therefore really intrigued as to what to expect. Would there...more
Jo
Remember those old Choose Your Own Adventure Stories? They were great for an afternoon read when you were a kid. However, there wasn't any substance to the characters in those books. This book has it all. I was a tad worried when I heard this was an interactive book. Sometimes, interactive means weak story, but this is so not the case for Dead Letter Office. The book is fun and spooky. Celia has a great voice as narrator, and you feel invested in her journey. The choices were agonizing though. I...more
Sherry
This review and others can be found on my blog She Has A Knack For It

I found this book to be a nice, fun, quick, and easy read. A few parts were a little creepy, but it wasn't a scary story. Example: Celia is in the cemetery and feels someone put a hand on her shoulder, but when she turns around no one is there.

The above description explains the basic storyline, so I won't go into that. I will tell you that I liked all of the characters in the book. Celia seemed the most developed. While I felt...more
Janae's Book Obsession
I received this ebook from the publisher, Coliloquy. Coliloquy is different from other publishers and gives the reader a different experience giving you an "active fiction" experience. What might that be you ask? Well it's a new way of e-reading that lets you choose the way you want the story to head. Throughout the story you are given options where you can choose what way it goes but the reader still gets the same outcome so you aren't missing anything. It's really a fun experience and this is...more
Erica
4.5 stars

I have been so impressed by Coliloquy thus far, because their books are just fantastic! And Dead Letter Office was no exception! Dead Letter Office was such a great read and I am very excited to hear more from Kira Snyder and the wonderful cast of Dead Letter Office.

The plot of this one was so unique – it wasn’t quite like anything I have read before. I loved Kira Snyder’s portrayal of ghosts, as it was very cool. Discovering what would happen next and trying to figure out what exactly...more
AnathemaDevice

Dead Letter Office is a refreshing and pleasant read. It was easy to fall into the world and picture the events Kira had created for us. The first thing I look for in a book is, can it keep my attention? In this case the answer is yes, and I wanted to know more! The suspense and the reveals were spread out appropriately. (One thing I can't stand is novelists constantly using reveals as a method of suspense. This doesn't happen here, thankfully).

This leads me on to the second thing I liked about...more
Jess
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review

This book started off with great promise, but for me went downhill rather quickly. I love the idea of a young girl dealing with the loss of losing her father, and moving to a new place; however, the story began to seem extremely far fetched when the ghost started coming into play. I had trouble understanding how the person murdered now was related to the past, and that never really seemed to be explained at all. I guess you just have...more
Amanda
This book was interesting. Like other reviewers this was my first interactive novel. I am not sure I really like it, the picking I mean. At first I thought this is amazing I love that I get to choose. But halfway through I just started thinking what am I missing by not choosing the other path. This was not helped by a couple of things that were mentioned that must have been related to another choice. However, once I finished the book I did go back and select the other options just to find out wh...more
Nara
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Thank you to Coliloquy for sending me a copy of Dead Letter Office through NetGalley. In no way did this affect my opinion of the book.

Before starting Dead Letter Office I was quite intrigued with how the Active Fiction/Choose Your Own Adventure aspect of it was going to work. It had been a while since I'd read a CYOA (last time was probably primary school), so I was really looking forward to it. I'm only going to be reviewing for the path that I personally took,...more
Rana
I received this book for an honest review.

The concept of this book sounded interesting... like the old Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books from elementary school. I've not seen one of these for an older crowd so I had to read it!

Unfortunately, it feels like there is too much going on in this book. I'm okay with a teen shirking her teen-responsibilities to ignore the law and try to solve a case that she has no business with. I can get down with a book about a teen who talks to a ghost that helps her...more
Waynn
Celia Macarty is one of the best realized thriller female protagonist since Veronica Mars. I love how loyal she is to her friends, while solving centuries-old mysteries and still being a teenager all the while, and I love that as a reader I get to read multiple scenes and really get inside the head of the author. I always wonder how they end up writing such compelling characters, and seeing how a character acts in many different scenarios helps flesh them out in a way that a regular book doesn't...more
Zaia
Well, this was a pleasant surprise!
Firstly, the story plot was really interesting. I love stories about ghosts and a little romance, and I also like a bit of mystery solving. So that got me all excited.
I also really liked the characters, and especially Tilly. She made me laugh soooo much!! I was a bit scared of crying though, and hell I did at the end...
Oh my god I loved the interacting part of the book! I remember stealing some of those adventure game ones with the dragons and faeries from my b...more
Christina
A choose your own adventure? Yes please. I felt like a kid again reading this book. Being able to control what Celia did next really drew me in and gave me an invested interest in what happens. I think without this I may have put the book down after the first few chapters.
All in all I think the book was really well written and had just the right amount of adventure. I was kind of thrown off when Celia solved the murder. It seemed to come out of no where and I really wish just those few chapters...more
Jennifer
Books about ghosts usually freak me out but I really enjoyed Dead Letter Office. The rich historical backdrop makes it both realistic and fascinating. It's the story of Celia, a teenager whose life has been turned upside down by the loss of her father and a move to New Orleans. As Celia attempts to place herself in the new social hierarchy and to connect with her father through his roots in this mystical city, she stumbles upon a historical connection that puts her in a very difficult place: she...more
Purpinkrose
I received this book for an honest review.

The synopsis intrigued me when I read it, it didn't disappoint. I love Celia's character. I loved the interaction between all the characters and how different they were. Celia moves to New Orleans with her mom after her dad dies. and meets her grandparents whom she hasn't seen. She finds a letter in the tree of her grandparents house. And this starts her quest to find a murderer.

The pace and flow of the book was right, I didn't feel like it waned in any...more
Ambur
I don't actually read very many mysteries, but whenever I do, I remember just how awesome they are. It's kind of neat to have everything slowly unveil before you as the main character figures everything out. :D Dead Letter Office definitely did the whole mystery element well, and the fact that it is an active fiction title made it even better! Instead of being a passive reader experiencing everything as the character makes choices, you get to make the choices for them and that was fantastic!

I ma...more
Jennifer Jensen (Literally Jen)
22%: Uh oh. I've come to my first "what happens next?" question, and I'm stumped over what to choose. After getting to know the character, I think I know what she would do. But what she does and what she really wants to do are two very different things. AGH!!! This is so, so much harder than I thought it would be.

41%: *bites nails* I'm nervous, I'm nervous! Both of these choices I could make seem like good ones. I'm really curious about both of them, but I am making my choice based on whom I wan...more
Nikki
This was my first time reading a choose your own adventure on kindle. I really enjoyed it, however to go back and read it again I found you had to be connected to wireless to reload it and my old non-3G kindle couldn't get the job done from 30,000 feet. I'll post more about how predictable/unpredictable the other versions of the story are once I get the kindle back online.
Lena
I enjoy this book a lot. I liked how you could choose where the plot went... Snyder did a great job of keeping you interested, and excited for what happens next. CeeCee was a strong character and I also liked the paranormal touch in the plot too. Please go read this book, I had a great time with it!!!
Carla
Bought this app/book for my Nook as it reminded me of the "Choose your own adventure" books of my childhood. It was a very juvenile read, yet fun at the same time. I would most likely buy the next book in the series as curiousity in how the plot progresses would get me!
danielle.
What a cool concept! I loved this story and the interactivity of the Coliloquy platform is awesome. Looking forward to more titles from this publisher.

You can see my full review here: http://www.mymercurialmusings.com/201...
Tara SG
Mar 15, 2013 Tara SG marked it as to-read
Kim Baccellia
Amazing read. Think Ghost Whisperer meets Veronica Mars.

YA Books Central review:

http://www.yabookscentral.com/yaficti...
Debra
Apr 26, 2013 Debra marked it as to-read
Shelves: first-reads-won
Won this in Goodreads first reads giveaway. Looking forward to reading and reviewing it.
Briana
3.5 Stars. More to come.
Rosie
May 24, 2013 Rosie added it
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Kira Snyder is a writer living in Los Angeles. Her television work includes the Syfy Channel shows ALPHAS and EUREKA and the People’s Choice Award-...more
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