Maddie’s character does grow and develop, but you don’t realise it until the final chapters, her strength and confidence are brought about through necessity in an understated manner. Thankfully the pacing is superb throughout and we don’t get to dwell too long in her despair before things get interesting. Even her family possess wilting personality traits that paint a deteriorating picture for her life, let alone the added pressures from hiding her supernatural gift. Maddie is quiet, I like my main characters with a bit of sass, or attitude. At first I thought it might be a superhero origin story of sorts, or even a quest-like tale, but it went in a direction I did not expect. Such an intriguing premise with great possibility. That in itself was enough for me to pick it up. ‘ When’ is a paranormal mystery where our protagonist, Maddie, has the ability to see the dates of when people will die. I read this completely off the recommendation from friend and book blogger it’s not something that would have jumped out at me normally, but was glad I got a chance to experience the writing styles of Veronica Laurie. Can she right things before it’s too late?

A suspect for the investigation, a target for the murderer, and attracting the attentions of a mysterious young admirer who may be connected to it all, Maddie’s whole existence is about to be turned upside down. Soon, Maddie is entangled in a homicide investigation, and more young people disappear and are later found murdered. When the boy goes missing on that exact date, law enforcement turns to Maddie. Her earliest memories are marked by these numbers, but it takes her father’s premature death for Maddie and her family to realize that these mysterious digits are actually death dates, and just like birthdays, everyone has one.įorced by her alcoholic mother to use her ability to make extra money, Maddie identifies the quickly approaching death date of one client’s young son, but because her ability only allows her to see the when and not the how, she’s unable to offer any more insight. Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior, cursed with an eerie intuitive ability: she sees a series of unique digits hovering above the foreheads of each person she encounters.

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