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Shutter by Courtney Alameda is a supernatural horror. This book is suspenseful and sometimes gory, but not extremely scary. It is young adult scary! The story is based on the lives of Van Helsing's descendants and instantly draws the reader into a ghost story. The society is aware of supernatural activities and creatures and Micheline Helsing uses cameras to trap ghostlight of the entities being hunted. I enjoyed the ghost hunter vocabulary and the banter between the characters of the tight knit group of entity fighting teenagers/young adults. A sweet little forbidden romance continues on through all of the spooky activity. The group becomes infected by material that turns into soulchains on each of their torsos. They have a few days to find a cure! Intense at times, emotional and fun, Shutter is a great read!


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Shutter Courtney Alameda Books Reviews

This book had a lot of good things going for it fully developed characters, engaging plot, unique enough that it separates itself from the genre. However, there was something about the writing style that didn't quite pull me in. Maybe it's the constant metaphors? Maybe the MC wasn't quite likeable? Still, four stars for a valiant effort from one of my new favorite authors.
THIS book is one of my favorites. Minutes after I read it I wanted to read it again. The way the author writes, her voice, makes me feel like I was actually there in the book. The descriptions, the characters being so life-like, the steady and flowing way she writes. I didn't get bored once and didn't want to put it down! It was so good that I took it to work and read on my break! I'm not much into horror but this book is an exception. Everything felt real and life-like, as if the characters were about to jump from the pages and come to like! The way the authors described scenes and the action wasn't too long or exaggerated but just right. Just like Cassandra Clare, the author uses words and phrases no one else would think of to describe what was going on. Simple words to describe and write such life-like and amazing scenes. I could totally see this book becoming a movie!
What I liked about the characters is that they knew what they had to do and even against rules and possible death they went into the darkness and kicked ass. They came back out injured, bloody, weary but still whole whereas others would've broken. The main character, despite her grief and guilt, still held it together even in the darkest moments because she had a duty and by God she would do it even if it meant dying.
I hope there is a second book!
Shutter is a fast-paced, thrilling and scary ride. Don’t be like me–reading alone at night in your apartment. It’s bound to give you a restless night. Possible dark nightmares if you scare to easily. All you have to do is look at the cover and tell it’s going to be a nightmarish read.

This book reads better than some of the horror movies that are out in theaters. Courtney Alameda does an excellent job at building suspense and terror in her readers. Forcing you to turn the pages to see what horrors await you at every turn. I don’t know what Stephen King of school the author went to but she does a hell of a job in creating the most horrifying, frightening, blood thirsty monsters imaginable.

Shutter is one of the best YA horrors that I’ve read in a long time. And that is saying something. Not too many books in the genre that catch my eye or attention the way this book as. Most often than not YA horror misses the mark. Even the book is too boring or not scary enough for my taste. Not this one. It’s the perfect recipes for success. With all its gory, blood-curling, terror inducing greatness. This is one intense, electrifying god*mn good book.

Yes, the main character does some stupid, idiotic thing to get herself and the people around her into a spine-chilling mess but it’s horror. Somebody always does something dumb that opens the gates of hell. This time it’s worth it. I dare you to read Shutter. GET SCARED!

Originally posted on creatyvebooks . com
Courtney Alameda's book, Shutter, is a strong debut into the paranormal YA scene. Her energy seeps out of her writing and infects her readers -- you can feel the excitement she had while writing this book. There was a lot of love put into crafting Micheline and 'her boys,' and the attention to the world -- San Francisco set in a monster-infested reality -- was a thrill to experience.

Alameda has a sharp writing style, the sort that cuts the setting into tiny pieces in order to blend description in with the story's pacing. The result is a serrated-edge atmosphere, where even San Francisco's famous blanket of fog promises frightful things hidden and patiently waiting for a new victim. It worked most of the time, but there were times that it was just too much for a scene; I'd call it flowery writing if it were any other genre and any other book, but for THIS genre and THIS book specifically, I'll describe it as barbed-wire. It tangles through the story, and at times it adds weight to a sentence that wasn't really necessary to the scene in question. (That kind of writing needs to be treated like seasoning in a dish; too much salt can tire the tastebuds.) I didn't really see it as a flaw, though; it was a little over the top, but it fit well with the protagonist's personality.

I enjoyed many aspects of the book, but the writing as a whole had some issues. The good news is, these are issues that I believe Alameda will iron out when she writes her next book. The bad news is, these issues prevented the story from reaching its full potential.

I had a hard time pushing through the middle of the book. There is never a dull moment in the story, but the book failed to keep me engaged and had me eyeing the other books in my collection waiting to be read. I figured out why after some thought the start of the book is missing some crucial character development. Not for Micheline -- she's a strong personality from the get-go -- but the characters surrounding Micheline aren't given the stage long enough for the readers to get to know.
There is a heck of a lot of telling going on, but not enough showing. Micheline tells us she loves her boys like they were her brothers but that's not going to convince me to love them, too -- and when your stakes involve the potential loss of the lives of those closest to your protagonist, you better make sure those relationships have meat to them. We're limited to Micheline's POV, and Micheline is so concerned with her own troubles that the fear we're supposed to feel when the boys are in danger simply isn't there. There is a romance subplot, too, but again, we're given so little incentive to like her love interest that the reader ends up feeling like a third wheel. (I didn't much care for the romance subplot, either, and I ended up skimming over parts that focused on the love interest instead of the story.)
Writing the middle part of any book -- and keeping a reader engaged -- is a tough feat to master. Alameda keeps the action going to combat a sagging middle, but with the fast, high-action pace of the writing, we aren't allowed those quiet moments to soak in the horrors of Micheline's predicament. We aren't given those moments to catch our breath, to squint into the shadows of the story and feel any real fear. It's all adrenaline, but little suspense.

The stakes never seemed high enough, and I almost gave up on the story, but I cared enough about Micheline to power through. And I'm glad I did, because in the final few chapters of the book, the story improves drastically! The conclusion to the novel was well-written and brimming with creepiness, and we get to know at least one of the other characters, to which I say 'better late than never!' If you find yourself stuck in the middle, please continue reading. It's worth it.

Shutter was a story full of adventure, told by a protagonist well-deserving of her name. I may like it more if I read it again one day, but I'll definitely keep an eye out for a sequel. And I'm eager to read more of Alameda's work in the future! Alameda is an author with a lot of promise and I can't wait to see more from her.
Shutter by Courtney Alameda is a supernatural horror. This book is suspenseful and sometimes gory, but not extremely scary. It is young adult scary! The story is based on the lives of Van Helsing's descendants and instantly draws the reader into a ghost story. The society is aware of supernatural activities and creatures and Micheline Helsing uses cameras to trap ghostlight of the entities being hunted. I enjoyed the ghost hunter vocabulary and the banter between the characters of the tight knit group of entity fighting teenagers/young adults. A sweet little forbidden romance continues on through all of the spooky activity. The group becomes infected by material that turns into soulchains on each of their torsos. They have a few days to find a cure! Intense at times, emotional and fun, Shutter is a great read!