Riley descobre que a pós-vida pode ser solitária para alguém que se concentra apenas em trabalho. Ela então vai até o local onde os sonhos acontecem na esperança de entrar em contato com a irmã, Ever. Lá encontra o diretor, que lhe explica os dois modos de fazer isso: ela poderia saltar para dentro de um sonho qualquer de Ever, e assim transmitir sua mensagem, ou criar um sonho novo em estúdio e enviá-lo à irmã. O problema é que esse segundo modo foi banido há muito tempo, e o estúdio, lacrado.

Riley descobre que a pós-vida pode ser solitária para alguém que se concentra apenas em trabalho. Ela então vai até o local onde os sonhos acontecem na esperança de entrar em contato com a irmã, Ever. Lá encontra o diretor, que lhe explica os dois modos de fazer isso: ela poderia saltar para dentro de um sonho qualquer de Ever, e assim transmitir sua mensagem, ou criar um sonho novo em estúdio e enviá-lo à irmã.

Shimmer is the sequel to Radiance, where we follow the afterlife adventures of Riley Bloom. While I enjoyed exploring the world of the first book and learning about Riley’s afterlife, I liked Shimmer just a bit better than the first one; it has much more focus and instead of spending a lot of time describing the afterlife and what happens there, it features Riley facing off with a discontent, malevolent spirit who has trapped up so much anger inside of her that she traps other spirits in it as well.

This book deals with deeper issues than the first; death, of course, is quite a deep issue, but the first book was fairly innocuous, with the occasional haunting and Riley wanting to learn how to fly and have fun. Shimmer, instead, focuses on the aftermath of a slave revolt–all that led to it and all that came after. I really enjoyed having subject matter that is filled with complexities, and watching Riley struggle with understanding and showing compassion for both the slaves’ plights and the plight of the master’s little girl made her a much more likeable and relatable character, in my eyes. The characters all struggled with the concept of guilt, compassion, and forgiveness, and I liked being able to see this situations and come to terms with my own emotions and thoughts about it. This would be a great book to have a book club or classroom discussion on.

Like the previous book, it’s a quick read, and I found it to be very much worthwhile. I’m looking forward to the sequel to see where Riley’s afterlife takes her next!

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Ok, so the first thing I'll have to admit to is not reading the first book. I didn't mean to, I didn't realise until I was reading it. This may be the main reason I didn't like it at all.
I really like the Author's other books but this one really didn't do anything for me at all.I think the main reason I didn't like it was that it was incredibly short, cliche and cheesy. I'm really not into all that cheesy stuff at all but if you are you might like it.
This book was so short, I felt like it was over before it had had a chance to begin. This is quite an easy read.
I also think that this book is aimed at a younger audience than me, maybe ten-twelve.
My biggest advice is to read the first book first, you may enjoy it more than I did. ( )