I came across Shutter on a sad little post-Halloween table at the library that hadn't been cleaned up yet to make room for the Christmas themed books. Something about the whole idea of cameras stealing ghost souls mixed with a strangely, deadly supernatural ghost disease just got me intrigued (and made me think of one my favorite series ever -- The Newsflesh Trilogy -- except that one had zombies instead of ghosts -- but you get the gist of it, I think. 
 I was pretty much just in the mood for something that would make me wish I had a night light -- some kind of spooky, scary little novel about things that go bump in the night... 
 And, for the most part, I think that SHUTTER lived up to my expectations. 
 The overall plot of the story is that Micheline is your every day average teenage girl with one small (big) exception -- she can see the auras of the undead... and can capture and destroy those that haven't yet passed on to the afterlife due their unfulfilled evil agendas. 
 On top of her kickass ghost hunting gig, Micheline is also dealing with the loss of her little brothers, and of her mother -- who was (seemingly) intentionally injected with elements of the supernatural that led to her becoming undead and psycho, which ended with her murdering her two young sons and alienating Micheline from her father, who undoubtedly blamed his only daughter for the destruction of the family. 
 But, there's a particularly devilish spirit in town, one that calls Micheline by name and inflicts her (along with her crew) with a deadly ghostly disease that will kill them all, unless Micheline can find the powerful spirit and obliterate it for good... 
 Overall, SHUTTER was a pretty entertaining read -- fast paced when it needed to be, with enough action and detail to create an interesting setting that even found ties to vampiric lore, which was pretty entertaining. As a whole, I'm not always the biggest fan of the YA thriller genre -- because it tends to be a little light on character development and growth -- but sometimes a good storyline can keep me intrigued, regardless. 
 If you like slighty spooky stories with strong-willed, female teenager protagonists, you may as well give this one a try. 
 Plus, the cover is cool....