The Leaf Reader

 

Shirley J.                  Teen Fiction                                            Tea Leaf Reading/Divination

The Leaf Reader by  Emily Arsenault    240 pages

I really enjoyed this story about teenager, Marnie Wells, who finds a book on tea reading on her grandmother's bookshelf.   Marnie finds the book fascinating and easily memorizes all the meanings of symbols one might see in the cup.   Turns out she is even better than she knows because everything she sees comes true.   When a couple of friends go missing a heart throb guy in school asks her to do readings to help him find the missing girl.   A huge mystery ensues and an excellent story with occult leanings unfurls.   I loved it.   It will keep you interested from page 1 to the end.   So much happens and so many characters you find are not one way or the other but a mixture of good and evil with much more at stake that you will come to find out.   GOOD STORY.   I recommend it to teens on up and to everyone with an interest in the occult particularly divination.