Don't Die, Dragonfly (The Seer, #1)

Dec 27, 2007 Amateur de Livre rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: own

I have always been drawn to anything involving the mind and have always been fascinated by psychics. Having been born in the caul, and having a Great-Grandmother that read tarot cards, I was ready to jump on board and read a book that dealt with the powers of the psyche. And I was not disappointed.

Don't Die Dragonfly is the first book in The Seer series. Sabine Rose is sent to live with her maternal Grandmother, Nona, after a boy dies at her school. Plagued with visions, she feels as if she let...more

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Apr 16, 2010 Susan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, fiction, young-adult

I'd recommend this to a reader on the young side of young adult. Although the first person protagonist Sabine Rose is a high school student, the writing is rather simplistic for that age. The plot line is not that unique, either.

What makes the book interesting and worth reading are the characters of Sabine and the people around her, and their interactions. Many teenagers are convinced that, if others discover their secret self (even if it's not that they're psychic), they'll be rejected and lose...more

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Mar 22, 2009 Debbie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: wings, purple

This book was re-issued and also contains a short story, Dominic’s Volcano, that explains the back ground of Dominic, the young man Sabine’s grandmother takes on as her apprentice. The short story in itself was great and I love that we see more of what Dominic and Sabine just allude to regarding his history. The main story was an interesting concept and a nice change from the vampire theme that is currently so popular. Don’t get me wrong, I love my vampire books, but variety is the spice of life...more

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Dec 14, 2012 Manda rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was a book that I nabbed free on Kindle long ago and stashed away for a rainy day. Without knowing the premise or even bothering to check, I jumped in and was quickly sucked into Sabine's not-so-ordinary world. It's a fast paced, get-to-the-point kind of book, and aside from being a bit predictable, I enjoyed it and will probably continue with the rest of the series.

Dragonfly dealt mostly with the high school social dynamic. I enjoyed the Singleton's style of writing and how she presented...more

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Oct 24, 2012 Madyson F. rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Seer Don't Die Dragonfly
Linda Joy Singleton
Fiction-Romance
269 pages

Don't Die Dragonfly is about a girl named Sabine who has a special gift. The gift is that she can almost predict what will happen and touch things and figure out where the person is that last touched it. Her grandma Nona had a gift and her child didn't have one. But when Sabine's mom had Sabine she was born with a gift. Her mom didn't like her for it so she sent Sabine away to live with Nona. Sabine liked it there better tha...more The Seer Don't Die Dragonfly
Linda Joy Singleton
Fiction-Romance
269 pages

Don't Die Dragonfly is about a girl named Sabine who has a special gift. The gift is that she can almost predict what will happen and touch things and figure out where the person is that last touched it. Her grandma Nona had a gift and her child didn't have one. But when Sabine's mom had Sabine she was born with a gift. Her mom didn't like her for it so she sent Sabine away to live with Nona. Sabine liked it there better than her mom's house. When she went to school she liked it there until the night before prom she predicted that this guy will die in a car accident. She told him not to go anywhere after prom but he just laughed and spread the rumor. Everyone made in fun of her but then the night after prom the boy went out and he died in a terrible car accident. Now everyone was scared of Sabine and she got kicked out of school because people thought that she was guilty of him dying. Now she moved to a different school and things are going well because she told Nona that she lost her gift. But she did predict that this popular guy named Josh will get hit by a car and she saved him and now she has romance with Josh because they went on a date after that. Josh has a best friend named Evan and Sabine is pulling Josh away from him. How will Evan handle this? Well read it.

I liked this book because it had some mystery in it and some romance. After every chapter it left you hanging with a new clue, more romance, or things to do with Evan and Sabine. I love when it leaves you hanging like this because it keeps you reading until the mystery is solved. Then a new mystery appears. I also liked the romance part of it because Sabine and Josh seemed like a good couple. But Evan didn't like it. But I didn't care that he didn't like it because I didn't really like Evans character. He was a jerk with bad grades and didn't care. Josh describes him as a player because he dates all these girls. He dated Danielle, a really smart girl. Played her, got her to steal a test so he could copy the answers. If he failed that test he would get cut from the football team. So Danielle did it then Evan dumped her. Evan also didn't like Sabine stealing Josh away so he tried to frame Sabine for a crime that she didn't do. I can’t wait to read the second book!

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Dec 09, 2011 Erin Forson rated it 3 of 5 stars

If you can get past all the numerous grammar errors in this mystery, you will enjoy this mystery. The plot is solid and the action keeps you engaged, but there are so many errors in the writing that it reads like a self-published novel!
Don't Die Dragonfly is book one in a series The Seer, which includes five volumes. Sabine is the main character, and Sabine is psychic. However, none of her friends, not even her grandmother (with whom she lives) know she is psychic. Throughout the novel Sabine...more

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Jun 12, 2011 Annabell rated it 3 of 5 stars

Don’t Die Dragonfly ventures into the world of psychics. Sabine is sent to live with her grandmother, Nona, after a boy at her school dies. Sabine is trying to just fit in and ignore her psychic ability. Her mother barely recognizes her existence since Sabine was exiled from home and Sabine just wants to escape the past. She wants to be a normal teenager with friends and hopefully, finally get a boyfriend. To Sabine’s surprise, she not only finds her best friend in the popular cheerleader, Penny...more Don’t Die Dragonfly ventures into the world of psychics. Sabine is sent to live with her grandmother, Nona, after a boy at her school dies. Sabine is trying to just fit in and ignore her psychic ability. Her mother barely recognizes her existence since Sabine was exiled from home and Sabine just wants to escape the past. She wants to be a normal teenager with friends and hopefully, finally get a boyfriend. To Sabine’s surprise, she not only finds her best friend in the popular cheerleader, Penny Love, but has also attracted one of the most sought after boys in the school, Josh. But one day as Sabine is working on the school newspaper, visions of a girl with a dragonfly tattoo covered with blood starts to plague her every waking hour. She knows she can’t just ignore the visions. Someone is in danger and she needs to make sure, this time, the girl in her visions doesn’t die. But Sabine also ends up being accused of a crime she did not commit. To top it all off, Nona has a new guy move in, Dominic. He may be drooling sexy but Sabine doesn’t trust him. She knows Nona is keeping secrets from her but before Sabine can get to the bottom of that, she has to clear her name and save a girl from certain death.

Don’t Die Dragonfly was a pretty fast paced and smooth read. The book is short, only two hundred and thirteen pages. It’s not mind blowing or filled with many plot twists, but was a cute read.

There is a wonderful cast of characters in this book. Josh is your typical boy next door: sweet, kind, and adorable. Dominic is the best character of the novel but he isn’t as explored as much as I would have liked. He is very mysterious, sexy, and has a really neat gift. He also has a very tragic past. There is only a small mention of it in this book but I presume it will be explored in later novels. Penny-Love is relatable but is a little bit full of herself. I really enjoyed Mannie, the editor of the newspaper. He was funny and even though he was arrogant, it wasn’t annoying, he still managed to be a hottie of a character. Thron was also one my favorite character. She isn’t afraid to be different. She is a bold and carries herself with strength. Sabine grew as a character through her friendship with Thorn.

But the main character, Sabine is too predictable. She is sweet and loving, but is difficult to relate to since she is obsessed with doing the right thing and makes too many obvious mistakes. She is also debating herself over her own ability and seems to suffer from a great deal of insecurity in her own gifts.

The suspense and tension in the book are well done. Since Sabine is dating the most popular guy in school, she is even more worried about having her gifts as a psychic. She doesn’t feel she can tell him and even worse, his best friend Evan, top football player at the school, isn’t all too happy Josh is dating her.

Something I really liked about Don’t Die Dragonfly is the message it presents to young adult readers and especially, to girls. Singleton does a beautiful job of bringing the heavy laden topic of suicide to a young audience without making the story or characters too over dramatic or preachy in any way.

To find out more about The Seer Series and more books by author Linda Joy Singleton, check out her site: http://www.lindajoysingleton.com/

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May 24, 2011 Deborah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, mystery, romance, teen

I got books number 1, 2, and 4 in this series at a conference at some point. I was getting ready to give them to the library without reading them, thinking they didn't sound that interesting. For some reason, I decided to page through the beginning and end of them all. Except that somewhere in book 4, I got totally hooked and ended up reading the whole thing that night. So I went back to the beginning and read them all in order, getting the ones I didn't have from the library. Almost literally,...more

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Feb 20, 2011 Emily Liz rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: yes

Recommended to Emily by: no one

Shelves: 4-star-books, kindle-books

I NEVER liked books about teenagers. No offence to all you teens out there. I just dont think that a teenage life is very intresting. School life to me is pointless to tell you the true.

Authors writing nonsense, that takes half of the book. I really don't see anything good happening in teen charicter books. Its just teens going to school, coming back from school, getting into trouble, skipping school, getting on the school bus, running away. Either your very poor, very rich, not so popular, or...more

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Jan 21, 2011 Kate L rated it 2 of 5 stars

Describe this book in one word, you ask? Lackluster. Nothing particularly special or memorable about this book, but nothing absolutely horrible either. Pretty much all the characters were flat, except for one, Dominic, a boy the main character is none too fond of. I found him interesting, but his character was completely unexplored. I was really annoyed with all the typos (this was not an ARC, when I get an advanced copy I don't mention typos, but this was a final version on Amazon) and overall...more

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Nov 28, 2010 YA Reads Book Reviews rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: kiona

Don’t Die, Dragonfly is the first book in the Seer series by Linda Joy Singleton. Sabine Rose is a teenage psychic. When she predicts a schoolmate’s death in a car crash, her town and family turn against her, believing she caused the accident. She is sent to live with her grandmother, also a psychic, and she begins a new life at a new school. She vows to keep her gift a secret, but with another life on the line, she’s not sure she can.

Singleton establishes a rich, believable cast in Dragonfly. T...more Don’t Die, Dragonfly is the first book in the Seer series by Linda Joy Singleton. Sabine Rose is a teenage psychic. When she predicts a schoolmate’s death in a car crash, her town and family turn against her, believing she caused the accident. She is sent to live with her grandmother, also a psychic, and she begins a new life at a new school. She vows to keep her gift a secret, but with another life on the line, she’s not sure she can.

Singleton establishes a rich, believable cast in Dragonfly. Though sometimes the characters fit into cliché moulds, I still love them. Penny-Love, Sabine’s popular cheerleading best friend, is relatable and funny. She adds normalcy to Sabine’s otherwise abnormal life and, in doing so, grounds Sabine. Sabine also makes friends with her school newspaper editor, Mannie, and the resident Goth-girl, Thorn. These quirky characters bring out different sides of Sabine, allowing her to become a more well-rounded character.

One of the major appeals to Singleton’s story is the love triangle. Josh is popular, kind, and sweet – everything Sabine is looking for. The only thing is, she can’t tell him her secret and his best friend, Evan, will do anything to see the two ripped apart. Then there’s Dominic, the quiet, sexy, and frustrating farmhand Sabine’s grandmother has hired. He has a way of getting underneath Sabine’s skin, yet he’s one of the only people she can truly be herself around. These relationships only grow more interesting as the series progresses.

But though Singleton has provided us with an exciting cast, her main character is lacking. Sabine is, at times, difficult to relate to. She is obsessed with doing the right thing, but always makes the obvious mistake. Therefore, her actions become predictable. Also, Sabine doesn’t seem to understand herself, which makes it hard for us to understand her. She’s not always sure what she wants or how she feels. Plus, she takes everything so seriously. We rarely see Sabine really having fun because she’s always worrying. Still, with such great friends, she’s bound to open up further along in the series and grow into herself.

Singleton establishes some key plot points in Dragonfly, ensuring that the series will have a specific direction. The subplots are interesting and allow Sabine a chance to grow and fully realize her powers before she is faced with her biggest obstacles. For those who enjoy plot-driven fantasy books, this series will be a fast read. Singleton intertwines suspense, action, romance, and magic in a realistic world. The story isn’t complicated or dense. In fact, it flies by due to the small pages and abundance of dialogue. Though it’s a simple read, the series is satisfying, especially to those looking to quench their thirst for the paranormal. This soon to be six-book series allows you to grow close to the characters and live in their world for awhile.(less)

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Aug 27, 2010 Kristy rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was pleasantly surprised by how interesting this book was. It is by a local author who visited my daughters school. She was autographing books, so I bought 3, one for each of my older three daughters. Although I was intrigued by this author from the get go (she has the same first and last [maiden:] name as my mother, the middle is different)I assumed her books were written for younger reader, even though her genre claimed to be YA.

The MC, a 16 year old girl named Sabine, has inherited her gra...more

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Apr 19, 2010 Papia aziz rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the first book of the sequel "The seer" and so far I really liked this book. Sabine Rose was kicked out of her school and sent to live with her grandma,Nona. Sabine have a psychic gift that lead her to get kicked out of her school.She's trying really hard to prove that she was innocence of killing a girl at her old schoo. She can sense dangers and many other things. Now in her new school shes trying to be normal like a teenage girl would. But when she starts having deadly visions of a g...more

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Apr 09, 2011 Jocey rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 9th-grade-advisory-reading-shelf

Don't Die Dragonfly is a book about a girl Sabine Rose. She is a girl with a gift. Not a gift of art or something like that but with a true gift. She dreams about what is going to happen to people. That seems like it's a good thing but it's not if your old school didn't believe you whenyou said that someone was going to die, and then they did.

I learned that it is not easy to have something special and have people understand. But when you do find that person or those people that understand that...more

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Feb 13, 2011 Amber rated it 3 of 5 stars

I just finished "Don't Die, Dragonfly" and I have to say that this book wasn't the most thrilling book I've ever read yet I still have the urge to purchase the next book in the Seer series. I give this book 3 stars because it was pretty boring starting out and a little confusing when characters like her mother, Dominic, and her grandmother where not clear. Once the story line picked up it's pace, the book turned out to be a good read. The last few chapters had me on the edge of my couch wanting...more I just finished "Don't Die, Dragonfly" and I have to say that this book wasn't the most thrilling book I've ever read yet I still have the urge to purchase the next book in the Seer series. I give this book 3 stars because it was pretty boring starting out and a little confusing when characters like her mother, Dominic, and her grandmother where not clear. Once the story line picked up it's pace, the book turned out to be a good read. The last few chapters had me on the edge of my couch wanting more. I am going to buy the next installment of this series tonight! I have a good feeling that the next book with be even better than this one. I would recommend this book to pre-teens, teens, and young adults as well. It's even a fun read for adults! Here is the summary if you're interested!

This series centers around a psychic teen named Sabine who has have visions of future disasters and deaths of those around her. She also see's spirits and ghost (no they apparently aren't the same thing) and can see aura's. She has a spiritual guide named Opal who talks to her in her mind since she has been dead for a few centuries and is communicating from the other side. Sabine lives in northern California near Stockton and Lodi ( which I found familiar since I have family who lives in both of those cities) on a farm with her grandmother who is also a psychic. Things have gone very wrong for Sabine ever since she tried to save a boy from his future death by warning him about her vision. He didn't believe her and died in the way she had predicted which left her school mates terrified of her and parents and administrators fearful that she killed him. She was kicked out of her school and her mother (whose not a psychic) kicked her out of the house and sent her to her grandma's. This is where the drama begins, Sabine in a new school trying to ignore her psychic gifts and trying to figure out the mystery of who vandalized her new school leaving a janitor in the hospital and evidence planted in her locker. Yep, she's being framed and luckily she has found a few trustworthy friends to help her get out of hot water! (less)

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Jan 13, 2010 jessica wilson rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: teen girls 14 and up

Shelves: 2010-reads

Okay so it seems that the big genre for young adults now is all things supernatural. It's not really new but it seems there is a plethora of newish series surrounding the paranormal.

As far as that goes, this book was okay. Aside from poor editing, the author created interesting characters that I would like to read more about but the telling of the story was far under par in my opinion. I know, coming from a girl who relishes her Sweet Valley High books this is pretty harsh. I think that maybe,...more

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Mar 20, 2012 Marisela rated it 5 of 5 stars

Don't Die Dragonfly (The Seer, #1)
by Linda Joy Singleton who has more than 25 books.
One of her books I am reading is The Seer series, which I totally recommend to teens who would like to feel a bit of mystery and go from mysteries to new discoveries that would drag a along the story. The book start with Sabine who is dealing to accept she is a psychic, where her mother sends her away to live with her grandmother, after a tragedy in her past school. She is starting a new life with her grandmoth...more

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Dec 20, 2010 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars

A very quick read, I just read it all in one sitting.

Now, normally, I'm not into everything this book is about. I'm not into the main charater trying to become popular or fit in. I'm not into mystery very much. I'm not into psychic stuff either, as usually that is deeply connected with religion, and therefor very diffucult to read.

Somehow, I loved this book. The mystery, thankfully, is a huge deal, but not consuming the whole book. The first couple of chaptesr were diffucult for me to get thro...more

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Jun 17, 2012 Shelby rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: teens, pagans, people interested in magic and the occult

Shelves: kindle, young-adult, read-2012, reviewed

I will honestly read anything that Llewellyn Publications publishes--and chances are I will love it. I grew up in a pagan household and have always been drawn to the supernatural/occult/magic/whatever, so this book was wonderful. I absolutely loved Sabine's spirit guide, Opal. She helped but didn't directly give advice, as spirit guides are generally portrayed to do. The mystery aspect was a little too easy to figure out for me. I had the ending pretty much figured out within the first two chapt...more

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Jul 10, 2011 Desiree rated it 5 of 5 stars

After getting kicked out of school and sent to live with her grandmother, Sabine Rose is determined to become a "normal" teenage girl. She hides her psychic powers from everyone, even from her grandmother Nona, who also has "the gift." Having a job at the school newspaper and friends like Penny-Love, a popular cheerleader, have helped Sabine fit in at her new school. She has even managed to catch the eye of the adorable Josh DeMarco.

Yet, Sabine can't seem to get the bossy voice of Opal, her spi...more

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May 06, 2010 Marsha rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Young Adults

Recommended to Marsha by: Countrygirl_TN

Don't Die, Dragonfly is 288 pages of a fast pace adventure. 17 year old Sabine Rose is starting over. After foretelling the death of a high school student, Sabine is ostracized by her peers and her community. Therefore, her controlling mother sends her to live with her grandmother who seems to understand her unique abilities. Rose is fitting in her new environment just fine until her grandmother hires a young man, Dominic to assist with the farm and a girl at school becomes obsessed with a star...more

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Apr 07, 2011 Marilou rated it 3 of 5 stars

After getting kicked out of school and sent to live with her grandmother, Sabine Rose is determined to become a "normal" teenage girl. She hides her psychic powers from everyone, even from her grandmother Nona, who also has "the gift." Having a job at the school newspaper and friends like Penny-Love, a popular cheerleader, have helped Sabine fit in at her new school. She has even managed to catch the eye of the adorable Josh DeMarco.
Yet, Sabine can't seem to get the bossy voice of Opal, her spi...more

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Jan 17, 2011 Lauren rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, kindle-freebies

This was a free book for the kindle and also a quick read so I figured, what the heck! It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't really good either. I liked the idea of the story....young teenage girl, Sabine, who is a psychic and tries to fit in and be "normal" in spite of her visions. She ends up using her powers to help a friend but in the mean time gets wrapped up in a world of trouble as someone tries to frame her for a crime she didn't commit. This book is probably aimed towards the younger YA sid...more

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Mar 04, 2012 Chelsea rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a random book that I happened to pick up off the shelf at the library while killing time waiting for story time to start and thought I would give it a try. I was a little nervous cause whenever I pick up a random book knowing nothing about it and not having anyone recommend it to me, I usually don't like the book and never end up finishing it. I read this book in one day! It is the first in this series and I have to wait 2 days before I can go back to the library to pick up the rest of...more

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Jun 10, 2009 Victoria rated it 4 of 5 stars

I might never have found this book if not for my friend, who convinced me to read it.

While the writing style is fairly light and straightforward, I loved the story. Sabine lives with her grandmother, both of them gifted with unusual psychic powers. Sabine is still learning to control and use her abilities, with the help of her sometimes snide spirit companion Opal. But with her gift kept a secret, she manages to live a fairly normal high school life.

But then something happens. Sabine begins to b...more

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Apr 30, 2012 Tracy Walters rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was an enjoyable YA book and I was relieved to find out that no vampires....werewolves.....or nasty monsters were to be found. Just a fun story about a darling gal that has visions and can, predict things, most of the time. She is living with her grandmother who is also a seer because she was labeled a freak at her last school and her parents can't deal with her odd talent. She ends up befriending a couple of other kids who are equipped with their own unique talents and while solving a myst...more

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Jan 26, 2012 Jacob Proffitt rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: YA fans who aren't terribly picky.

Shelves: urban-fantasy, young-adult, audible

This book was... average. In pretty much every way. There's nothing really egregious to point to and say: "this aspect was really bad", but there's nothing terribly original or engaging, either. The mysteries were kind of obvious, but not so obvsious that you could say only a complete moron would miss the clues. The paranormal elements were a little too... common, while not being terribly compelling. Most of the side characters had individual quirks, but set into a blandly-nice surround.

So yeah,...more

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Feb 06, 2011 Laura Martinelli rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook

Another free ebook...I didn't very much like this one. A lot of Sabine's narration went all over the place, and I couldn't focus on the main plot. Story elements seemed to be dropped all over the place and then picked up randomly. Also, the characters tended to state the obvious to each other, as well as having very narrow characterization. Sabine's backstory is very thinly referred to, and her instant dislike of Dominic was too jarring for me to understand. Also (I'm going to tangentially rant...more

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Feb 17, 2011 Ariel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: available-for-kindle-lending

Plot: This book bored me at first, unfortunately. However once I dug into it, I couldn't stop reading! The plot twists and turns all the way until the abrupt ending which leaves you dying for the next book.

Characters: Sabine is a good main character, who has both virtues and flaws alike. She has strong friends as well, and learns to connect with them to help her with her troubles.

Setting: Her house is sporadic, like herself, which adds to her unique ability. Also the school is a strong setting f...more

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Feb 10, 2011 DelSheree rated it 3 of 5 stars

it was an okay book. it started out strong and i was really interested, but at some point the story got lost in the background of the high school aged drama that i didn't care about. or, i guess what really happened was that the storyline i thought i was following turned into a story about high school drama. the mystery part was something i figured out in the first few chapters and thought 'no, that's way too simple', but that was what it turned out to be. it felt like half a book because i kept...more

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