Helen’s redemption story WILL warm your heart. They cannot move on until they “walk through hell” and face “the demons lurking within.” You will root for them to find freedom–and each other–in the great beyond. Both James and Helen have something they haven’t forgiven themselves for, and it holds them hostage to this earth.
In the end, A Certain Slant of Light is about redemption. Then the past they’ve forgotten comes back in bits and pieces. Neither Helen nor James remember much about their past lives until they find bodies to inhibit. At times, though, I found Helen grating, but James was easily the requisite book boyfriend: handsome and flawed. Their relationship progresses quickly, yet believably. Years of living among modern people desensitized them to their old-fashion beliefs. The characters of Helen and James were believable. At times, though, I felt she sacrificed plot and character for a fancy sentence, but this was minimal. Laura Whicomb’s light-handed writing kept the story from feeling bogged down in a complex plot. Surprisingly, though, the story held my attention. To be truthful, the premise didn’t intrigue me, but I was on the hunt for something new to read. I found A Certain Slant of Light in a pile of books my daughter purchased from the Salvation Army. But as the lovers struggle to find a way to be together, they begin to discover the secrets of their former lives and of the young people they come to possess. The fact that he is in a body and she is not presents this unlikely couple with their first challenge. And Helen–terrified, but intrigued–is drawn to him.
They belong to a boy, a boy who has not seemed remarkable until now. In the class of the high school English teacher she has been haunting, Helen feels them: for the first time in 130 years, human eyes are looking at her. Title: A Certain Slant of Light (Light #1)
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