Snap to Grid
By DK Reed
Genre: YA, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Sixteen-year-old Red identifies with legendary warrioress, Red Sonja, as a coping mechanism for the difficulties of teen life with ADHD. But even her inner warrioress is a little nervous about moving into Uncle Alistair’s old mansion after seeing an eerily beautiful “Viking ghost” in an upstairs window shortly after his disappearance. And, she soon notices a crow acting strangely and feels like she is being watched.
Uncle Alistair’s graduate student, Erik, trapped in a ghost-like state by means of one of the stones, can only watch her. Unable to be seen or heard, he’s now more like an essence or spirit. Though Red has never been popular, her heroic goodness lends to the beauty of her essence and Erik is quickly smitten. He uses the limited tools available to try and reach her, including his crow friend, Moon. But, will he get to her before the cult? Can she solve the mystery and save him?
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Author’s Bio
Reed grew up on a farm in the misty Clinch River valley of the Smoky Mountains. She now lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters (when they aren’t away at college), two dogs and two cats and loves to hike near the Potomac River.
Reed loves the natural world both as a hiker and scientist and this figures heavily in her books. She loves exploring the “what ifs” of science and tries to make the science fiction in her novels plausible and logical. She has a doctorate in biology and has taught students from middle school to college. She is an award-winning technical writer/editor and has co-authored/edited dozens of ecological risk assessments and other scientific books and articles. While she views her work as an applied scientist as problem-solving fun, what she really loves is to explore imaginary worlds and share her intriguing stories.
A few years ago, a serious illness caused her to look at her life afresh. She decided to focus her time and attention more on spiritual growth and joyful living. This led her to return to an earlier love, fiction writing—having fun with science. She spent the next few years honing her fiction writing skills and transitioning into her new career as a sci-fi-fantasy/supernatural romance writer.
“Life is better if you do what you love and share your joy with others.”
My Review
5 stars
Sonia Greene swears she saw a Viking ghost at her Uncle Alistair’s mansion. Now, a year later, she learns that her family will be moving into the same. Sonia will be starting a new school and making friends. But she has not forgotten about her vision and the more she is at the house strange things start happening and she feels like she is being followed. That is because she is not alone. Erik was Uncle Alistair’s assistant and after an accident he is suck in ghost form. But Erik and Sonia have figured out a way to communicate and they are working together to figure out what happened to Uncle Alistair and how to get Erik back to his human form.
I loved this book. Sonia is a teenager but not your typical teen. I love how her nickname is Red after Red Sonja. What a great way to encourage a girl to be strong! Erik was a nice guy and a great friend for Sonia. Of course there is action, adventure, and a wonderful mystery. I can’t think of a single thing that was negative about this book.
This is the first in a series and well written. I can’t wait to see where this series is going from here.
I received Snap to Grid from Sage’s Blog Tours for free. This has in no way influenced my opinion of this book.
Giacomo Giammatteo is the author of gritty crime dramas about murder, mystery, and family. He also writes non-fiction books including the No Mistakes Careers series.
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