Can there truly be love after death?
Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she's ... read full description
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Mar 15, 2011
Vinaya
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Jan 02, 2012
Donna {Book Passion for Life}
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Hereafter is the first book by debut author Tara Hudson, and its everything I could of wanted from a book. A forbidden romance, mystery & excitement.
I said this last week with Die for Me by Amy Plum but let me say it again - "this is one of the BEST ghost stories I have ever read"
Amelia is a ghost, who doesn't remember anything about herself, other than her name and parts of her death. She doesn't know wh More...
Hereafter is the first book by debut author Tara Hudson, and its everything I could of wanted from a book. A forbidden romance, mystery & excitement.
I said this last week with Die for Me by Amy Plum but let me say it again - "this is one of the BEST ghost stories I have ever read"
Amelia is a ghost, who doesn't remember anything about herself, other than her name and parts of her death. She doesn't know wh More...
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Feb 03, 2012
Annabelle Marie Veronica
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FINAL RATING: 2.25 STARS
CATCHALL
Hereafter was a lovely, if bland, book. For the most part enjoyable and exciting, it was a read with action and romance. The blurb grabbed me from the beginning, and the cover is absolutely gorgeous. I had to have it. I should've known better than to fall for a cover after Fallen.
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THE HEROINE
Sadly, I did not like Amelia. I really wanted to. However, she was so annoying and selfi More...
CATCHALL
Hereafter was a lovely, if bland, book. For the most part enjoyable and exciting, it was a read with action and romance. The blurb grabbed me from the beginning, and the cover is absolutely gorgeous. I had to have it. I should've known better than to fall for a cover after Fallen.
This review will contain minor spoilers.
THE HEROINE
Sadly, I did not like Amelia. I really wanted to. However, she was so annoying and selfi More...
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Aug 22, 2011
The Bookologist
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Haunting and eerie, Hereafter is a touching love story with supernatural mystery. It’s engrossing from the very beginning and Hudson captivates readers with its vibrant characters, remarkable writing, and heart-rending drama.
Hudson’s writing is beautiful with her well-described tales and picturesque descriptions. Her prose is alluring and breathtaking. The way Hudson was able to portray emotions along with action was very remarkable. Her interpretation with afterlife came to be so crea More...
Hudson’s writing is beautiful with her well-described tales and picturesque descriptions. Her prose is alluring and breathtaking. The way Hudson was able to portray emotions along with action was very remarkable. Her interpretation with afterlife came to be so crea More...
Aug 22, 2011
Krystle
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I'm sorry I didn't finish you. Okay, maybe I'm not.
This book is really boring. There is no tension in the pace, no urgency in the writing, and absolutely no chemistry between the two leads. The writing is rough, unpolished, and suffering from a lot of repetition. There is nothing that makes the female character, Amelia, stand out. She's just so blah. Oh wait, she somehow MIRACULOUSLY is ace at Calculus, just when our guy needs it. Uh huh, right.
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This book is really boring. There is no tension in the pace, no urgency in the writing, and absolutely no chemistry between the two leads. The writing is rough, unpolished, and suffering from a lot of repetition. There is nothing that makes the female character, Amelia, stand out. She's just so blah. Oh wait, she somehow MIRACULOUSLY is ace at Calculus, just when our guy needs it. Uh huh, right.
After she saves him the BOTH More...
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Aug 22, 2011
Becky
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I received an advanced copy of this book from 'NetGalley' in exchange for an honest review. It was an 'uncorrected e-proof'. As i don't have an e-reader it came with a free download of 'Adobe Digital Editions' so I could read it on my computer.
Amelia knows she is dead and that she drowned and she knows her first name but that is all she knows, she can't remember what lead to her death or what she was like in life. Left alone in despair and replaying the moments of her death in horrible nig More...
Amelia knows she is dead and that she drowned and she knows her first name but that is all she knows, she can't remember what lead to her death or what she was like in life. Left alone in despair and replaying the moments of her death in horrible nig More...
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Jan 30, 2012
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I think I really like ghost stories. There’s just something about them. They feel more realistic to me than any other concept in YA paranormal romance and they can be intriguing, creepy - or both. However, I was genuinely expecting to be indifferent to Hereafter as I’ve read quite a few reviews saying they thought there was too much romance (and this is coming from people that like paranormal romance) and that they just didn’t think much of the book in general, that it was a struggle to get thr
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Oct 23, 2011
Petra
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Ani nevím, co jsem od knihy čekala. Nejspíš jsem toho nečekala příliš, tudíž jsem ani nebyla nijak zvlášť zklamaná. Byla jsem prostě zvědavá, jestli to bude dobrá duchařská kniha. A taky že byla.
Musím říct, že Tara dokázala moc dobře popsat stav, v jakém se může duch nacházet. Veškeré myšlenky, obavy, strach, nadšení, touhu po životě. Amelia je opravdu silná postava. Líbilo se mi, jak popisovala svět okolo a pocity, jaké se v ní odehrávaly. Postupně se snažila přijít na kloub tomu, k More...
Musím říct, že Tara dokázala moc dobře popsat stav, v jakém se může duch nacházet. Veškeré myšlenky, obavy, strach, nadšení, touhu po životě. Amelia je opravdu silná postava. Líbilo se mi, jak popisovala svět okolo a pocity, jaké se v ní odehrávaly. Postupně se snažila přijít na kloub tomu, k More...
Jan 01, 2012
Cassandra (Cas)
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Half a star, actually(and I'm being nice). This book was so boring and useless.
I'm not even going to ramble on. It was that pathetic. All in all, those $0.99 I used to buy this book was a dollar too much!
We will kill it!! Yeah!!
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I'm not even going to ramble on. It was that pathetic. All in all, those $0.99 I used to buy this book was a dollar too much!
We will kill it!! Yeah!!
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Jun 19, 2011
A Canadian Girl
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I’ve been vacillating back and forth between how I feel about Hereafter, the debut novel of Tara Hudson, and I still can’t seem to make up my mind. So, I figured it was time to do another pros and cons list rather than a formal review.
Pros:
- The first chapter manages to ensnare the reader into the story and convey just how terrifying Amelia’s “nightmares” are.
- The writing flows nicely and I enjoyed reading Hereafter.
- The secondary characters are or seem pretty interest More...
Pros:
- The first chapter manages to ensnare the reader into the story and convey just how terrifying Amelia’s “nightmares” are.
- The writing flows nicely and I enjoyed reading Hereafter.
- The secondary characters are or seem pretty interest More...
Aug 22, 2011
Zemira
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So,I'm done with this book. Don't know what to say. I guess it was ok. That's why I gave it 2 stars.
I expected more but it didn't deliver at the end. It could be better. Hereafter just wasn't for me. For some strange reason I will stick around and read the second one when it comes out.
I expected more but it didn't deliver at the end. It could be better. Hereafter just wasn't for me. For some strange reason I will stick around and read the second one when it comes out.
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Jun 26, 2011
Novel
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With the market for paranormal YA romance so over-saturated these days, I find myself getting pickier and pickier about the books I’ll heap praise on — and the series I’ll commit to following through into additional books. After all, there are SO many multi-books series popping up these days, and not all of them feel worthy of the multi-book treatment.
But I can say with absolute certainty that Tara Hudson’s Hereafter is one new paranormal YA series that I will see through to the next More...
But I can say with absolute certainty that Tara Hudson’s Hereafter is one new paranormal YA series that I will see through to the next More...
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Jan 07, 2012
Zuleeza
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I JUST FINISHED READING...
TITLE: Hereafter
RATING: 3.5/5
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*Sigh* I really hate it when I have to read a book in many sittings. I can't be sure if the book was indeed not that good or the gap between the sittings made me losing my interest. The book started so well, I think the first four chapters were the best starter I've read so far. It was sharp, well-paced and deep with emotions.
After Chapter 4, it was...well...okay for me. S More...
TITLE: Hereafter
RATING: 3.5/5
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*Sigh* I really hate it when I have to read a book in many sittings. I can't be sure if the book was indeed not that good or the gap between the sittings made me losing my interest. The book started so well, I think the first four chapters were the best starter I've read so far. It was sharp, well-paced and deep with emotions.
After Chapter 4, it was...well...okay for me. S More...
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Feb 01, 2012
Melissa
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I give this book ZERO stars. I hurts me that this is not even and option. It does not even deserve that star that i am forced to give it.
While reading it, i was yawing and last night fell asleep reading it!
I mean what the hell! What were the publishes thinking when they published this book! It is not worth the paper it is printed on. I never even got to the end. Im sitting here thinking why the hell did i just read 247 pages of this book?!
It was so rushed! There was no depth More...
While reading it, i was yawing and last night fell asleep reading it!
I mean what the hell! What were the publishes thinking when they published this book! It is not worth the paper it is printed on. I never even got to the end. Im sitting here thinking why the hell did i just read 247 pages of this book?!
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Nov 09, 2011
Taneika (Flipping Through The Pages...)
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So this is more 2.5
Hereafter tells the story of a ghost, Amelia, who has been wandering lost for god knows how long and constantly suffers from nightmares of the night she died. The beginning is good because we know everything about Amelia that she knows - her name, her age and how she died. So the book begins with Amelia having a nightmare which is beautifully described, but when she wakes up, she is still in the More...
So this is more 2.5
Hereafter tells the story of a ghost, Amelia, who has been wandering lost for god knows how long and constantly suffers from nightmares of the night she died. The beginning is good because we know everything about Amelia that she knows - her name, her age and how she died. So the book begins with Amelia having a nightmare which is beautifully described, but when she wakes up, she is still in the More...
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Jan 30, 2012
Gina (Fantasia Books)
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"I always would choose the hereafter, when it was a hereafter spent with him."
Wow, this book was a very enjoyable read and i loved the plot of it!! There was a forbidden romance, which is always interesting in a novel - especially this one because she was a ghost and i was interested to see how it would actually work - there was excitment and new mysteries kept coming my way and i was always shocked when i found out the answers.
I loved Amelia's character as ther More...
Wow, this book was a very enjoyable read and i loved the plot of it!! There was a forbidden romance, which is always interesting in a novel - especially this one because she was a ghost and i was interested to see how it would actually work - there was excitment and new mysteries kept coming my way and i was always shocked when i found out the answers.
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Oct 28, 2011
Dhezza
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Amelia is a ghost. She knows she's dead, that she drowned (replaying her death in nightmares) and her name is Amelia. Apart from that she doesn't remember a single thing about her past life. Until one day a car accident happened. A boy named Joshua is drowning and she saved her. That was the first time a living thing saw her. They became friends and more than friends. She can also touch and smell him. When they decided to to find out who Amelia really was. They run into few obstacles. First, Jos
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Nov 03, 2011
Harmony
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Hereafter was a enjoyable and light (and somewhat cheesy) ghost love story with villains that are going to creep you out! Hereafter is about a girl named )) who died next to bridge and is when forced to wander around the place as a ghost. Until a boy named Joshua almost dies there, and they meet! When the book starts, you're immediately sucked in by Amelia's story and the writing! Her vivid nightmares, her confusion, and her pain made Amelia a real --albeit dead--character in my head. Joshua was
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Jul 28, 2011
Diane
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A nice dead girl falls for the human boy who can see her, but he's from a long line of Seers who exorcise "unclaimed spirits" like her and there's another unclaimed spirit who wants her to be his partner in the afterlife. What's a ghost girl to do? A bit of ROMEO & JULIET meets the GHOST WHISPERER but in such a good way - a much better supernatural romance than the TWILIGHT books! Amelia did not annoy me like Bella, and Joshua was not controlling like Edward; in fact, I really liked Am
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Feb 21, 2012
Kimberlea
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I wanted to like this book. The cover is one of the most gorgeous covers I've ever seen, and from the blurb, I thought that the plot would be original and interesting. Sadly, I'm still not exactly sure what the plot is supposed to be. There's a few problems that arise for Amelia - Eli, a collector of souls who wants Amelia under his control; the spectres that Eli works for; Seers who spend the first half of the novel trying to exorcise Amelia - but these problems are resolved with such little fa
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Feb 09, 2012
Emma
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The only way that Hereafter is going to work as a tragic, beautiful love story is if it's actually... you know, tragic and beautiful.
The problem: it isn't.
It's not bad. It's okay. I was engaged in the beginning (although finishing it was a struggle), and the ending was good enough, but for it to really work, it would have had to be almost... poetic or something. And it wasn't.
Let's look at Amelia. She's dead. This is sad because, you know, dead teenager. Didn' More...
The problem: it isn't.
It's not bad. It's okay. I was engaged in the beginning (although finishing it was a struggle), and the ending was good enough, but for it to really work, it would have had to be almost... poetic or something. And it wasn't.
Let's look at Amelia. She's dead. This is sad because, you know, dead teenager. Didn' More...
Jan 28, 2012
Sonia
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Protagonista del romanzo è una ragazza morta (ora fantasma) che ha perso memoria del suo passato, della sua vita, e che sembra restare appesa ad un unico ricordo, il suo nome: Amelia.
Una sera assiste ad un incidente d'auto in cui sta per perdere la vita il conducente. Amelia fa di tutto per salvarlo, pur non potendo in realtà toccarlo. Il ragazzo si salva e al risveglio sarà l'unico essere umano in grado di vedere e sentire Amelia. Nel giro di poche pagine i due si innamoreranno e andranno More...
Una sera assiste ad un incidente d'auto in cui sta per perdere la vita il conducente. Amelia fa di tutto per salvarlo, pur non potendo in realtà toccarlo. Il ragazzo si salva e al risveglio sarà l'unico essere umano in grado di vedere e sentire Amelia. Nel giro di poche pagine i due si innamoreranno e andranno More...
Jan 20, 2012
Elena
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Se fosse per sempre di Tara Hudson.
Amelia è la protagonista che narra in prima persona per la durata di tutto il romanzo. La povera Amelia ormai ha preso conoscenza del fatto di essere morta, dopo aver vagato per...anni, forse, non se lo ricorda neanche quanto tempo è passato da quella fatidica notte in cui è affogata.
Non ricorda i pochi momenti precedenti alla propria morte, nonostante la riviva sotto forma di incubo quasi ogni notte. Non ricorda quasi niente della sua vita a More...
Amelia è la protagonista che narra in prima persona per la durata di tutto il romanzo. La povera Amelia ormai ha preso conoscenza del fatto di essere morta, dopo aver vagato per...anni, forse, non se lo ricorda neanche quanto tempo è passato da quella fatidica notte in cui è affogata.
Non ricorda i pochi momenti precedenti alla propria morte, nonostante la riviva sotto forma di incubo quasi ogni notte. Non ricorda quasi niente della sua vita a More...
Jan 12, 2012
Jules
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Se fosse per sempre è il romanzo d’esordio di Tara Hudson, uno young adult urban fantasy pubblicato in Italia dalla casa editrice Nord. Il titolo originale è Hereafter, parola inglese che indica il futuro ma anche l’aldilà, e non c’è vocabolo che meglio descriva la situazione in cui si trova a vivere Amelia, la giovane protagonista del libro.
Amelia è sospesa tra la vita e la morte, sa di essere affogata nelle acque di un fiume in Oklahoma, ma non sa il perché della sua terribile fine. More...
Amelia è sospesa tra la vita e la morte, sa di essere affogata nelle acque di un fiume in Oklahoma, ma non sa il perché della sua terribile fine. More...
Jan 01, 2012
Amanda (Born Bookish)
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I can’t really decide how I feel about this book. Did I enjoy it? For the most part, yes. Did I like the characters? Yes. Did I like the plotline? Yup. So why do I have so much hesitation? I don’t know. I just felt like something was missing but I can’t put my finger on it.
This was a traditional good versus evil story with a few twists and turns along the way. Josh and Amelia were both good characters. Amelia is a lost soul who’s been wandering in nonexistence for years, until she meet More...
This was a traditional good versus evil story with a few twists and turns along the way. Josh and Amelia were both good characters. Amelia is a lost soul who’s been wandering in nonexistence for years, until she meet More...
Dec 09, 2011
Wow.. seriously.. just wow. Tara Hudson took my breathe away. It’s gone. Forever.
Just kidding. But no joke, her writing seriously makes me want to cry. It’s so incredibly beautiful, and tender, it certainly pulled at my heartstrings! The love between Joshua and Amelia is unbearable, and I would die to read more of it!
But this book isn’t only about their romance. As you can tell from the cover, Amelia is a ghost. A ghost only Joshua can see and hear, since he is a S More...
Just kidding. But no joke, her writing seriously makes me want to cry. It’s so incredibly beautiful, and tender, it certainly pulled at my heartstrings! The love between Joshua and Amelia is unbearable, and I would die to read more of it!
But this book isn’t only about their romance. As you can tell from the cover, Amelia is a ghost. A ghost only Joshua can see and hear, since he is a S More...
Nov 23, 2011
Lea
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Hereafter took me far away. It took me into the world of the dead. Into Amelia´s world. This book deepened my fear of dying in the water, of drowning. Hereafter made me think about the afterlife and the horror of being trapped in the real world, without anyone noticing me.
Amelia remembers nothing about her past life. All she knows is that she drowned in a river and this memory - her only memory - is haunting her.
Then she finds herself drowning in the river again, thinking it is on More...
Amelia remembers nothing about her past life. All she knows is that she drowned in a river and this memory - her only memory - is haunting her.
Then she finds herself drowning in the river again, thinking it is on More...
Oct 25, 2011
Sheerisan
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Amelia ist 18 – zum Zeitpunkt ihres Todes. Seitdem streift sie als ruheloser Geist durch die Kleinstadt, in der sie einst zur Schule ging, mit Freunden die Nachmittag verbrachte, lernte, lachte, liebte: All dies scheint ihr unwiderruflich verloren. Doch dann lernt sie Joshua kennen, der mit seinem Wagen über die Böschung schießt und beinahe ertrinkt – in jenem Fluss, in dem Amelia ihren Tod fand. In letzter Minute wird er gerettet. Tief in den dunklen Fluten aber erbli More...
Amelia ist 18 – zum Zeitpunkt ihres Todes. Seitdem streift sie als ruheloser Geist durch die Kleinstadt, in der sie einst zur Schule ging, mit Freunden die Nachmittag verbrachte, lernte, lachte, liebte: All dies scheint ihr unwiderruflich verloren. Doch dann lernt sie Joshua kennen, der mit seinem Wagen über die Böschung schießt und beinahe ertrinkt – in jenem Fluss, in dem Amelia ihren Tod fand. In letzter Minute wird er gerettet. Tief in den dunklen Fluten aber erbli More...
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Oct 21, 2011
Ruth
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I have an affinity for debut novels and paranormal romances, so this YA novel was an easy choice. The beautiful cover art helped entice me as well. But, once I met 18 year old ghost Amelia, who was wandering near High Bridge, I was hooked. I was holding my breath (she doesn't have to as she no longer breathes)as she saves Joshua from drowning. He can see her because he is a Seer - the ones who see ghosts and help exorcise them. He doesn't know it yet, but he inherited his ability from his grandm
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Oct 08, 2011
Jaskirat-SeeitORreadit
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Hereafter is a sweet haunting love story by debut author Tara Hudson. Tara Hudsen writes with passion and creates an engrossing tale with flawed characters, beautiful descriptions, and a gripping storyline. The concept of Hereafter is very unique and I love the author's approach towards the after life. This book is the perfect blend of drama, romance, and action along with supernatural elements.
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