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Another book that has languished on my bookshelf for a long time.
This book, made me laugh, cry, be happy, be sad.
It is a complex story, with no useless information in it. Everything in it is relevant to the plot. So I realised that when Henry tells the reader about his fear of "the cage", sooner or later it would become significant. The last few pages made me cry, so if you like happy endings, don't read this book, but it is a very good book.
I will wait for the DVD to come out to watch the film, and am very interested to see how they will cope with the time travelling.
To me there is a possibility of a sequel, but unless the plot is significantly different, it may just read as part 2.
To find out more, click here. I prefer to used author websites where possible, but in this case Wiki is very thorough.

This is one of those books that has been in my "stash" of books for a while, and I'll be honest, I forgot what it was about, until I picked it off the bookshelf. It's a perfect contrast to the insanity of the previous book, but not deadly serious.
I have seen a review of this book comparing it to Lovely Bones, as this book is also told through the eyes of someone who we learn is dead.
The characters are very believable, and Razi is a very gutsy young woman. Just why she is "haunting" the couple, Amy and Scott, seems random, until things start to tie together. What at first seems like two random plot lines becomes one through which both Razi and Amy learn something very important.

Although the bumph does say that this is a love story, I wouldn't let that fool you. It is not mushy and sentimental at all, it explores the depths of feelings people can still have for each other, even after death. When Domingue tied things up at the end of the book, I thought back and there was a pointer to one thing that was a mystery all through. Razi's first and only love could really only have settled for one other person in the book.

The link above takes you to Domingue's website, to date this her only full-length novel. It does say she was working on a second, but has shelved it for the time being, and is working on another.