Wait, that's how it ends?!? Oh, Kate Brian. So many questions!!! 
 I don't think I liked this one as much as the first but definitely interesting and "owning up" to the more paranormal side was really great to see! 
 Full review originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: Ever since SHADOWLANDS ended, I have been dying to find out what happens to Rory and the other kids of Juniper Landing. That ending was QUITE the surprise so I was so anxious to get my hands on HEREAFTER! 
 HEREAFTER was somehow a super quick read for me. I read it cover to cover on one Saturday morning with my coffee in hand. This is definitely a fast-paced book, full of action, suspense, and a whole lot of mystery! SHADOWLANDS ended with quite the paranormal twist so I was really glad that HEREAFTER spent the entire book exploring that reveal and what exactly Juniper Landing is. The more we get into the history and backstory of Juniper Landing and its residents, the more interesting and twisted the story became. 
 I was really glad that HEREAFTER spent a lot of time focused on Rory interacting with the residents of Juniper Landing. One of the things I was frustrated with that was left open ended at the end of SHADOWLANDS was the significance of the leather bracelets and we DO get an answer for that -- which was also interesting! I actually felt like there should have been a little bit more to it than that, but I was happy with the explanation! 
 The paranormal elements of this book were cool. I loved the idea of what it meant to be a "Juniper Landing native/local" and what that really meant for Rory once they realized how special she was. I'm actually not sure why most of them were teens -- I think we were just focused more on the teens than the adults? -- so that's something I was hoping would be a bit more explained, but that's okay! I can roll with it. Even more so than the paranormal plot, I loved the elements of mystery and suspense. Kate Brian knows how to pack it in there and I definitely felt a certain level of paranoia towards characters -- past and present -- whether they were there or not, and whether they were good or evil. Even once the book ended, I still wasn't quite sure where these characters' loyalties lie. I just love when an author is able to create suspense and just by a few quick words here and there, the seed out doubt is planted into my mind and from then on, I don't know who to trust. I was constantly changing my mind about who was on the right side and who was working against the group and it made for such a fantastically suspenseful story! 
 There is a romance that blossoms in this book and I'm not sure how I feel about it... But at times, I think that was also the point! Once again, the doubt was placed in my head and then I wasn't sure who to trust anymore. I also liked how there was a sort of role reversal for select characters -- an untrustworthy character becoming someone Rory relies on and a confident betraying her trust. It was so interesting to see those characters sort of switch places because she had pretty strong feelings about both! 
 The ending, once again, leaves me begging for the next book in the series because I have GOT to know what's going on! Everything gets upended and just when you think things are normal and can't be changed, they do. I love the suspense and drama that Kate Brian brings to these books as well as an interesting twist on the Juniper Landing crew. I'm definitely anxious for book three!