SYNOPSIS
After more than three centuries as a carrier spirit, Mara has finally found a willing host in eighteen-year-old Belinda. As a reward for Belinda's compliance, Mara sets out to help brokenhearted Belinda find love.
With the promise of a new body, Mara dares to hope her plan may work--until Mara and Belinda both fall for sweet and charming Conor. But Mara's feelings for Conor aren't her only obstacle.
A spirit with whom Mara shares a dark past is possessing Conor. Now a war is waging inside and outside Belinda's body and she quickly discovers what Mara has known for centuries:
Falling in love is just as dangerous as battling evil spirits.
Set in a California beach town, Parallel Spirits is a paranormal romance about the power of love, water, and hope.
*This title was previously released under another pen name. It has been revised and re-released.
SARAH'S 4-STAR REVIEW
Belinda is just a normal girl trying to survive high school and all the trappings thereof. Until she notices that she is having dreams that turn out to not be dreams. She is doing things without deciding to do them. When she figures out what is going on she makes a deal with the carrier spirit using her body. Mara can use her as a means to earn a body of her own. In return Mara will help Belinda find love.
In the quest for love and a body though spirits from Mara's past are around every turn. It will take everything in both of their powers to survive the traumas and tragedies that befall them in their journey.
I'm not usually a huge paranormal fan, but I'm always a huge Cassia fan!! I really enjoyed this book. While the entire book is paranormal it doesn't ever feel paranormal, if you know what I mean. I felt like this was just a normal love triangle between a girl and two boys. The spirits felt just as human as the humans did. I was quite grateful for it. If more paranormal books had this 'real' feel to them I'd be a huge fan!
As only Cassia can, there was no way to be sure which guy was the right one. My heart went out to both Frankie and Conor. They were both wonderful people and cared so greatly for Belinda. There is no way that I could pick just one. My head says that Conor is great and stable but my heart says that Frankie is 'it' for her. I feel like a lot of the pain and suffering that Belinda felt was because of a huge misunderstanding that she never fleshed out with the people involved.
I loved Mara. Yes, her actions were questionable and some of the things she did I wasn't a huge fan of. (Stealing Belinda and Conor's first kiss!? OUCH!!) But the things that she has had to overcome to get to where she is and still have any hope? Amazing!
And Darius? I'm still unsure about him. I wanted to hate him but there is just something so tragic about him that I couldn't help but kind out want him to get what he wanted. Not in place of the others happiness but in addition to, even if that is never possible.
I truly enjoyed Parallel Spirits and would recommend it to any romance lover, regardless of their interest in paranormal. As it didn't feel paranormal to me. It was a great, well written story with lots of twists and turns. It kept me invested in the characters throughout and I am looking forward to the next book, due out next summer.
In the quest for love and a body though spirits from Mara's past are around every turn. It will take everything in both of their powers to survive the traumas and tragedies that befall them in their journey.
I'm not usually a huge paranormal fan, but I'm always a huge Cassia fan!! I really enjoyed this book. While the entire book is paranormal it doesn't ever feel paranormal, if you know what I mean. I felt like this was just a normal love triangle between a girl and two boys. The spirits felt just as human as the humans did. I was quite grateful for it. If more paranormal books had this 'real' feel to them I'd be a huge fan!
As only Cassia can, there was no way to be sure which guy was the right one. My heart went out to both Frankie and Conor. They were both wonderful people and cared so greatly for Belinda. There is no way that I could pick just one. My head says that Conor is great and stable but my heart says that Frankie is 'it' for her. I feel like a lot of the pain and suffering that Belinda felt was because of a huge misunderstanding that she never fleshed out with the people involved.
I loved Mara. Yes, her actions were questionable and some of the things she did I wasn't a huge fan of. (Stealing Belinda and Conor's first kiss!? OUCH!!) But the things that she has had to overcome to get to where she is and still have any hope? Amazing!
And Darius? I'm still unsure about him. I wanted to hate him but there is just something so tragic about him that I couldn't help but kind out want him to get what he wanted. Not in place of the others happiness but in addition to, even if that is never possible.
I truly enjoyed Parallel Spirits and would recommend it to any romance lover, regardless of their interest in paranormal. As it didn't feel paranormal to me. It was a great, well written story with lots of twists and turns. It kept me invested in the characters throughout and I am looking forward to the next book, due out next summer.
PURCHASE LINKS
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EXCERPT
Chapter 10
Belinda’s POV
I want to change the subject from Conor. I want to tell Frankie about Mara, but he would think I’ve lost my mind. And, after confessing my first-date escapades, I don’t want to create any more awkwardness between Frankie and me.
“So… I thought we were going to work on Mrs. Preciso’s project,” I say as I stir the frothy whipped cream into my frappe.
“I forgot the book in my locker,” he replies, shrugging apologetically.
I can’t help but laugh, even though our English project is due in two days and forgetting the book at this point is completely reckless. Frankie never forgets an assignment and he’s always prepared. This isn’t like him.
“Is everything okay?”
“Yeah, just surfing stuff. Nothing interesting.”
A few minutes later we toss our empty cups into the trash bin and hop onto our bikes to head for the library. Frankie and I have spent every Friday and Sunday night at the Payne Bay Library for the past three years as volunteers. Ever since the economy tanked and hundreds of city employees were sacked, the Payne Bay Library has relied on a steady stream of volunteers to keep them from shutting down.
Frankie shakes his head as I lock up my bike and we make our way to the library entrance. “I don’t think the lock is necessary anymore,” he teases me.
“The rust gives it character,” I reply.
“There’s always the option of rolling it into the garage, you know, that thing attached to your house where your mom keeps her car.”
“Yeah, well, what happens when a rapist comes in through my bedroom window and I have to make a run for it? Am I going to stop to unlock the garage door? No. I keep my bike on the side of the house so I can hop on it and—boosh!—out of there.”
“You are so ridiculous.”
I shrug as we walk past the twelve-foot-tall sculptures of book stacks. Little Women is three-feet-thick at the Payne Bay Library. This is Frankie’s excuse for never reading it.
Frankie and I wave at Krista as we pass the front desk and she casts a weary smile in our direction. We find a tattered copy of Heart of Darkness and an empty study nook, then we settle ourselves in for a long study session. We’re halfway through our outlines when my phone vibrates in my pocket. If I’m with Frankie, it has to be my mom.
I fish the phone out of the small pocket of my backpack and my heart flutters when I see Conor’s name flashing on the screen.
“Your mom?” Frankie asks.
I can’t help but flash him a weird smile as I hit the green button. “Hello?” I whisper, but there’s no sound on the other end. “Hello?” I whisper again and finally Conor’s voice comes through.
“Hello?” he says. “Belinda, are you there? I can’t hear you.”
“I’m here,” I say a little louder and Frankie gives me a stern look.
AUTHOR BIO
P.S. There is no better song to sing in the shower than "Colors of the Wind."
STALKER LINKS
PLAYLIST
Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
Reasons to Love You by Meiko
The Little Things by Colbie Caillat
Cosmic Love by Florence + the Machine
Oath by Cher Lloyd & Becky G
Into Dust by Mazzy Star
If It Kill Me (Casa Nova Sessions) by Jason Mraz
Riverside by Agnes Obel
Sort Of by Ingrid Michaelson
Shadows by Yo La Tengo
Seven Devils by Florence + the Machine
Never Let Me Go by Florence + the Machine
Eyes On Fire (Zeds Dead Remix) by Blue Foundation
Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye
Summertime Sadness (Remix) by Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais
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