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I was expecting a completely creepy read I mean look at the cover and the title, demons and exorcisms screams horrifying but what I wasn't expecting was quite a few funny moments which actually made me enjoy Possess that much more.

Bridget is a pretty amazing girl, to wake up one day and learn you can banish demons is pretty crazy but the girl was strong and did her thing when it came to getting rid of the demons. I'm glad that the author gave us an explanation on why she was able to banish demons and there was a back story to it instead of her just being blessed with the gift or something.

There was romance but believe me when I say it was the furthest thing from any sort of insta love, like etc. Bridget literally wanted to be left alone by everyone including Matt who was a childhood friend of hers, which is why when she finally did fall for him it just made it that much sweeter.

I do have to say that there were some aspects of Possess that was predictable which is what kept me from giving it a full five star rating but the plot was fast paced and a lot of interesting things happened along the way.

Overall Possess was full of demons, exorcisms, possessed dolls, priests with hidden agendas, mystery, romance and a spunky heroine and if your looking for a book with all that then I highly recommend Possess.


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Possess Gretchen McNeil Books Reviews

WOW! Where to even start with this book! I only bought this book because I have been seeing it all over the blogosphere and I thought the cover was AMAZING.

That being said, going into this, I had no idea what it was even about.

AND O-M-G I was BLOWN away! This book is not my normal cup of tea. I don't normally do thriller/suspence novels, but since it had the paranormal element I love, I thought it would be ok. This was as action packed and suspenseful as you can get! There was even romance- an All-around perfect book.

Plot This story starts off right away with the main character- Bridget, coming to terms with the fact that she can speak to and banish demons. She gets trained by the monsignor at her local church and school (she goes to a Catholic school). As I said before, SO not my normal cup of tea. I don't normally like books about a specific religion-especially Catholicism because I am catholic and usually things are very negative. This wasn't so much negative though and since I was raised catholic, I had a lot of back knowledge that goes with it. You quickly learn that Bridgets father was murdered and the murderer is locked in an insane asylum now. You follow her journey as she realizes really WHO and WHAT she is, who the real murderer is, and how she is the only one capable of stopping the bad guys. There were no slow parts, and the plot was perfectly executed!

Characters Every character had depth. Though I would have loved more romance between Bridget and her love interest by the end of the story (no spoilers so I wont be naming his name) you don't know who the bad guy is until the end, but when you discover it, it makes perfect sense. Every character was perfect, even the supporting characters like Hecter and Peter!

Action/Suspense Holy crap guys! This was load packed with action and suspense! As soon as I started the book, I couldn't put it down. And I may even have nightmares now (haha-remember I was raised catholic so thoughts of crazy evil devil/demons FREAK me out!!!!)

Overall- this was perfectly executed nice change of scenery for me! I would highly recommend to ANYONE and EVERYONE who had any interest in paranormal, romance, suspence, thriller, OR any combination of the above!

review by Mrs Jones at theresamjones.blogspot.com
It's funny, three chapters into this book, and I was already picking it apart. The main character development is clunky, the secondary characters are underdeveloped, and the writing is just not very good. I kept reading, and the more I just let go of the obsessive kindle highlighting of the things I didn't like, the more I was able to just kind of enjoy it. Don't get me wrong, this book has all kinds of flaws, character development being the least of them, but I was kind of rooting for Bridget at the end. Isn't that what it's all about anyways?

After Bridget's father is brutally murdered by a paranoid schizophrenic, Bridget is not only left dealing with grief but also a new found power. She has the ability to communicate with and banish demons. An enterprising priest at her Catholic school realizes how useful Bridget's powers can be and teaches her the rules of dealing with demons and takes her to exorcisms as she needs them. Unfortunately, something very bad is brewing in the San Francisco area - a demon infestation - and Bridget must help to stop it. But is her new power an innocuous correlate? Or does the infestation have to do with her?

Basically, this is not your typical paranormal young adult novel, which is why I picked it up. I personally have never read about exorcisms in the form this was presented, and I found that part interesting even if it seemed that it wasn't researched enough. These scenes could have definitely been fleshed out with more details. I would say that this might actually be a strange blend of paranormal and horror, and I do wish the author had a clearer vision of what she was writing. This was kind of all over the place. There were definitely paranormal aspects, but some scenes bordered on your typical Rosemary's Baby horror, and then there was a mystery-based subplot (way too easy to guess the whodunnit) along with some action scenes. You can't have an demon-talking, ass-kicking, sleuthing 15-year-old heroine. It just didn't work well for me.

Speaking of the heroine, she seemed pretty horrible throughout the first part of the book. She has a super-hot baseball star suitor who is really sweet with her autistic brother and also is inexplicably infatuated with Bridget. I say inexplicably because Bridget is nothing but rude and sarcastic to him in all of their initial interludes. Far from finding it sweet that he is still interested in her, I just found it kind of pathetic. The same goes for Peter, who is even more pathetic. Supposedly, Bridget is best friends with Peter, who is head-over-heels freakishly in love with her, and she treats him as if he is nothing. Hector, on the other hand, is supposedly Bridget's other best friend, and I just don't ever feel like we get to know him. The secondary characters fell unanimously flat, except for Sammy, Bridget's 8-year-old brother, who sounds really freakin' cute. It was also nice that Bridget developed throughout the novel. By the end, she was actually not quite the terribly sarcastic teen she was in the beginning, so that was cool.

My number one gripe with this novel, though, is the writing. It was told third person, but in a really jarring stream of consciousness type of way. We are never really given a lot of insight to Bridget's reasoning for things, but she does do a whole lot of bitching. And good God, the rhetorical questions. I have a good idea, Gretchen McNeil, instead of asking us questions, why don't you tell use what's going on since you're the one inside of Bridget's head. (Sorry, Gretchen, I think you're awesome. Did you guys know that the author of this book is also an opera singer and circus performer? That may just be what made me bump this from 2 to 3 stars.) Anyways, this is a capturing from one 10 page segment of this book "Had the neighbor's cat gotten in some how?... Or maybe it was a rat?... But how had he gotten inside the house? And more importantly, how was Bridget going to get him out?... What the hell?... Had she imagined the footsteps?... why had the door been swinging back and forth?...Could this be the same thing? See?... Was she losing her mind?...How exactly did she bring this up?... Had everyone gone insane?" It was painful to read.

Other than all that, I still finished this book. It's part of a series, and I don't think I'll read the next one, but this book wrapped up enough to be read standalone I think anyways. I would recommend this to middle school or high school students who enjoy paranormal young adult romance. It's a little more frustrating reading it as an adult, but I can see why it has a high rating. For the most part, it's just not for me.
I was expecting a completely creepy read I mean look at the cover and the title, demons and exorcisms screams horrifying but what I wasn't expecting was quite a few funny moments which actually made me enjoy Possess that much more.

Bridget is a pretty amazing girl, to wake up one day and learn you can banish demons is pretty crazy but the girl was strong and did her thing when it came to getting rid of the demons. I'm glad that the author gave us an explanation on why she was able to banish demons and there was a back story to it instead of her just being blessed with the gift or something.

There was romance but believe me when I say it was the furthest thing from any sort of insta love, like etc. Bridget literally wanted to be left alone by everyone including Matt who was a childhood friend of hers, which is why when she finally did fall for him it just made it that much sweeter.

I do have to say that there were some aspects of Possess that was predictable which is what kept me from giving it a full five star rating but the plot was fast paced and a lot of interesting things happened along the way.

Overall Possess was full of demons, exorcisms, possessed dolls, priests with hidden agendas, mystery, romance and a spunky heroine and if your looking for a book with all that then I highly recommend Possess.