Fading is a YA romance novel with a paranormal twist. It was a great pleasure to read this book and find a delightful romance with a splash of mystery.
The story begins in the junior year of high school, hanging out and daydreaming in Woodvine. Leath Elliott is 17 and facing a new year at school which includes all the emotional mayhem of the real world. The real world hasn’t always offered her the best, so she finds herself remembering a boy who always came to her dreams at night. One could say, they grew up together.
When a new boy James Turner arrives at the school, she finds something uniquely familiar about him. One of Leath’s gifts was the ability to recognise a person’s scent. James captures Leath’s attention much to the annoyance of her best friend and love interest, Victor, building the tension between the two young men. As James spends more time with Leath a budding romance begins. As they get to know each other it feels like they have known each other for the longest time.
Cipriano creates a wonderful foundation for the mystery to unfold. The characters are fleshed out nicely with glimpses of a mother and daughter relationship filling the pages with depth and feeling. The romantic relationship with James builds but new factors come into play as her childhood dreams return. It then becomes a dance between truth, love and decision. A choice between two young men who offer her very different alternatives in life.
This is an enjoyable romantic story for anyone who loves a good YA romance. I thoroughly adored it.
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