shannonmiz
Written on Apr 23, 2019
This was a pretty fun book! I was into it from start to finish, as it was quite thrilling! Let us talk about what I enjoyed!
- •Lexi was a suprisingly compelling main character. At the start, she was so closed off that I wasn't sure I'd really form a connection to her, but wow I did. She is fabulous. I don't want to give anything away so I am going to keep this simple, but she learns and grows so much during the book, and you really can't help but feel compassion for her.
- •Her support system is small (and sometimes dead) but mighty. She has a grandfather with the same ability to see people's deaths and okay I freaking love Deda! He's a grouchy old man that loves Lexi some kind of fierce and their relationship is everything. One of her coworkers (and I am not saying who!) is another character I have a huge soft spot for. And her ghost roommates? Yeah they're kind of awesome. And maybe Lexi ends up falling for one of these people. Just saying, it's a possibility ;)
- •The concept as a whole is not only awesome, but well-executed. Like obviously this could veer into cheesy territory, but doesn't. Lexi has strategies for not touching people (physically and emotionally, let's be real) that make the story believable.
- •The mystery itself, the "whodunit", is so fun! I loved it, I kept trying to guess who the villain was, and it was just really fun and compulsively readable.
The only minor qualm I had was that the ending was a wee bit underwhelming for me? Definitely not a dealbreaker or anything, and doesn't negate the good parts of the book, but worth mentioning.
Bottom Line: I'm just going to go ahead and say that if you read any of the "I see dead people" books, let it be this one!
