Sarah Zettel

I loved this book. Flat out. Had me at hello.

I found it when I was on vacation in Atlanta. My husband was at a conference, so The Son and I were doing a bookstore-and-ice-cream tour of the city. Atlanta, BTW, is a fabulous place to do this particular tour. I had heard about this title on the Smart Podcast Trashy Books podcast, and I opened it in the store to see if I’d like it.

Now, I am very leery of the “narrated by a ghost,” trope. It’s gotten a bit old, but in this book it’s handled deftly and with humor, as is everything else. There’s a lot of serious stuff going on, but all is given it’s appropriate emotional weight. The characters are all engaging, the time-shifting narration flows smoothly, and I _adored_ the passages from the romance book THE PIRATE LOVER.  Cuz I’m a romance reader too.  Sorry not Sorry.

Anyway.  To sum up.  This was suspenseful but not dark, engaging, and highly entertaining.