'The sense made her feel different from everyone else, estranged from them. She felt as if she were living in a different, parallel universe, like a ghost. It filled her with a gnawing loneliness.'

Plot

Amanda Nicols is a 24 year-old graphic artist living with her husband in Queens,New York. When Amanda is attacked and revived from a near-death experience, she finds that she has a new sense; she perceives everyone around her as points of light. After meeting others like her, and telling her husband about her new sense, the couple decide to bring Chris to the brink of death and revive him, so that he can be like her too.

However, not everybody with this gift has good intentions; some have found ways to use it to their benefit. When Amanda and Chris are confronted by a group of gangsters with the gift, Amanda will face the toughest challenge of her life.

My thoughts

I was given a copy of this book in exchange for a review. I liked the sound of this book when I read the synopsis, since it seems like such a different concept. I've never read a book with people having near-death experiences and coming back with a new sense, so this really appealed to me as something new and refreshing to read. The Author has not only created an intriguing story with Amanda, but he's also created other sides to the story with characters in different places using the same gift for different reasons. It's really interesting to see how different types of people decide to use this new found gift, and it definitely reflects the diversity of the human race; highlighting the fact that there is both good and evil in the world. Some people use their gift for good; they use it to help people. Others use it for bad; using it to their advantage or to cause pain to others.

I was happy for Amanda when she found others like her. The fact that she nearly died is bad enough, but coming back with a new and overwhelming sense must have been terrifying, especially living in a big place like New York, with so many people living close by. It's great when she meets people with the sense, as she has somebody else's experiences to compare hers with and it must have been a relief not to feel alone.

There were a few spelling mistakes, as well as other mistakes, such as character names being mixed up, but this didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story. There wasn't enough mistakes to ruin the book at all, I just got confused with some of them and had to go back a few pages to make sure I didn't misread before.

Overall, I really enjoyed this story. It has a unique concept that I've never seen anywhere else, and it was executed very well. It was great to see different sides of the story; getting an insight into other people with the sense and how they choose to use it. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a new and refreshing read.
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Great Story! I really enjoyed the whole journey to the other side in this book and the ability that resulted. Lightpoints had great characters and great inner stories each with their own unique qualities but all with the same type of experiences.

The main character Amanda is brutally attacked in a subway and has a NDE or near death experience and when she comes back everything isn't as it once was. Everyone she perceives as a point of light or energy and she can somehow manipulate that energy within herself and in others.

Chris Amanda's husband knows something has changed with his wife since the accident. She will no longer kiss him and wont say why and even though they are the happiest they have been something is off. When Amanda reveals to him about what happened when she had her NDE Chris wants to try to have one too, but at what cost? and what if something goes wrong?
with the help of some friends. others like Amanda, she is willing to try anything to save her marriage.

Meanwhile all over the world there are others with the same faculty finding each other some good and some evil. They all share one thing in common though they all have the same power and they all had the same NDE. I enjoyed these little side stories and would have liked to know more about some of them.

I thought this book was really unique and I enjoyed it a lot! Peter Kassan is a great storyteller and I hope to hear more of his lightpoint stories. ( )