Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance, Paranormal
Pages: 333
Series: The Law of Moses #1 (Can be read as standalone. Future books follow different characters)
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Publisher: Amy Harmon (CreateSpace)
First books of the year are important to me. I’m not superstitious, but I do like to start the year on a good note. And even though it’s not possible to be sure of how you’ll feel about a book, I try to pick one that I’m likely to love. Amy Harmon is always a pretty safe bet.
Before starting, I wanna ask you to not pay much attention to the ‘paranormal’ label that the book’s gotten. It reads very much like a contemporary romance, complete with beautiful prose, very emotional character arcs, and Amy Harmon’s personal brand of heartbreak. It’s just that one of the characters sees ghosts. And, since the story is set in our “normal” world, he gets treated like a crazy person for it. Though his unpredictable behaviour doesn’t really work in his favour.
Moses was found in a basket at the laundromat’s. The son of a crack addict mother who abandoned him, he’s always had medical problems. But his story was famous despite that. Everyone loves babies, right? Then he grew up and became a nuisance to the same people. The story starts when he’s a troubled teenager. He and Georgia are the protagonists. And the book (and the GR synopsis) starts with these lines:
If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare.
It’s safe to assume that I was wary. I’ve been hurt by Amy Harmon before. It’s partially why I still haven’t reread Making Faces, despite how much I loved it. I wasn’t prepared to go through something like that again. But I finally bit the bullet. And yes, the book is sad, but it’s not only sad. There are happy moments, healing moments and sweet moments to go along with the sad ones. The initial romance between Moses and Georgia is a mix of all. Moses is a painter. He’s quiet and broody but also surprisingly sweet at times. Georgia is fascinated by him and determined to get him to like her. She pesters him constantly and he tries to be mean to get her to give up. Because he’s not in a good place.
Georgia doesn’t know about Moses and his ghosts. She knows he’s troubled but not the extent of it. And he wants desperately to not drag her into his mess. It’s a story that’s bound to end badly. And it does. That’s part one and no, it’s not what the excerpt is talking about.
Moses needs help controlling his abilities, but it’s difficult when most people just assume that he’s hallucinating. And it’s after the initial romance that the book got really good. I mean, it was good before, but I loved reading about Moses’s journey. Him trying to come to terms with himself and what can see. This is such and emotional book, with the story taking a direction I didn’t expect it to. I don’t want to say much else (I’ve already said plenty), just that I loved this book and it was so worth any heartbreak, just to read about these characters.
It did get a little too poetic at times, but that was the only issue, and a minor one at that. I highly recommend that you check this book out. People who’ve read Running Barefoot get an extra treat. I, myself, am very excited to read the next book, which follows a character we meet in this book. I’ll be reading it within the next couple of weeks. For now, I’m savouring this one.
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