Rating: 5/5
Tinley Hall is a fairly typical 17 year old girl, with two parents who love her, an attitudinal younger sister, a dog, and a best friend with a cute older brother. One day, her life is turned upside down when she has an accident and falls down the stairs. She finds herself alone in her house and things feel awfully strange. She can't pick up objects or leave the house, but she can still interact with her dog. Then she meets Gus. He tells her that he has been dead for over seventy years and that she is probably dead as well. They spend time trying to make sense of this haunting business and Tinley comes to rely on his companionship. But is she really dead? Is this all just a dream? This book will keep you guessing and have you crying your eyes out.
I bought a copy of this book at an event because I just don't get enough ghost lore in my life. It was completely engrossing from the very start. Tinley is full of sarcasm and the other characters were really well written also. I thought that the theories about ghosts were quite fascinating - and totally believable as well. It was easy to imagine what it was like for Tinley and really very interesting to think about all the facets of being a ghost. Tinley's relationship with Gus was just wonderful from the beginning and it became more and more beautiful as the book progressed. Without spoiling anything, I was crying by the end of the book (and despite my last review about the second Outlander book, that is pretty rare for me).
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who finds ghost lore interesting as well as anyone who enjoys sweet romance stories. It is a YA novel, so it can be enjoyed by readers young and old!
Grammar/Editing: Abysmal/Poor/Needs Work/Good/Excellent - There were very few grammatical and punctuation errors in this book - definitely nothing that distracted from the story.
Profanity: None/Mild/Medium/Heavy/Extreme - As a YA book, there was pretty much NO foul language!
Violence: None/Mild/Medium/Heavy/Extreme - There was no real violence per se. Tinley falls down the stairs and Gus talks about being hit by a car. Nothing truly violent happens other than accidents.
Sexuality: None/Mild/Medium/Heavy/Extreme - Sex was never mentioned by name, only implied in a few conversations. Tinley's boyfriend planned something at one point but was turned down, and it was referred to in another conversation, but again, never actually done. There are some very mild makeout scenes.
*Spirituality: I'm adding a note in here about the spiritual nature of this book because sometimes this can really bother me. I usually avoid dark spiritual movies and books because they are just too disturbing. This book though, is clearly lighter in nature, and so I decided to give it a shot. It isn't disturbing at all - only interesting.
There is one section of the book where some kids are using a Ouija board and that could be a little too much for some people. I will note that the dire and dark consequences of using the board were mentioned in the book. It wasn't presented as a fun game - it was definitely a serious thing that caused something bad to happen.
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