1918 is a hard year to be a 16-year-old girl. Mary Shelley Black is sent to live with her aunt in San Diego when her father is arrested for treason in the midst of World War I in order to be in a better climate as the Spanish Influenza is taking over the world, closing down schools and threatening everyone with death. When Mary Shelley finds herself grieving over the loss of her first love to war, she is struck by lightning and momentarily killed. When she comes back to life, she seems to bring the spirit world back with her despite her skepticism regarding Spiritualism and spirit photography - a hot new craze among the grieving. When her love returns to her begging her to help him, she must find the strength to help her dead lover while staying hopeful that the flu doesn’t kill her first.
I can't express how good this book is. It is not only creepy and at times terrifying, but it happens to be based in history, SO you are technically reading some historical fiction as well. It was a 2014 Morris Award finalist as well as having been nominated for the 2013 Bram Stoker Award, but if you want to see the whole list of awards this book has received, check out the author's website: http://www.catwinters.com/p/in-shadow-of-blackbirds.html - the list would take up my entire post.
The book's website can be found here: http://blackbirdsnovel.com/
Here's the book trailer as well:
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