Synopsis: When her sister Patty died, Jenna blamed herself. When Jenna died, she blamed herself for that, too. Unfortunately Jenna died too soon. Living or dead, every soul is promised a certain amount of time, and when Jenna passed she found a heavy debt of time in her record. Unwilling to simply steal that time from the living, Jenna earns every day she leeches with volunteer work at a suicide prevention hotline.
But something has come for the ghosts of New York, something beyond reason, beyond death, beyond hope; something that can bind ghosts to mirrors and make them do its bidding. Only Jenna stands in its way.
Review: I love Seanan McGuire and when I saw that she was releasing a new story, one about the ghosts, I was really looking forward to read it! Besides, how can we resist a different approach regarding ghosts?
Jenna is dead and yet she always wanders amongst the living, trying to win the years she misses to finally join her sister in the afterlife. However, it is not easy to achieve that and our heroine has to work hard to earn the hours that bring her closer to her goal. But something will upset her daily life when the ghosts of New York disappear and that the remaining two are only Jenna as well as her tenacious Delia. Helped by a witch (usually their enemies), Jenna will try to figure out what’s going on to save all the prisoner souls.
It was really interesting to discover such a story with very different ideas. It was quite touching to see that Jenna’s ultimate goal was to find her sister, who had committed suicide shortly before her death. As I said it was a pleasant story to read and if we take into account the fact that the novel is very short too, it is a story that can be fairly quickly read. I am curious to learn more about the witches and the basics of this world, if it is possible to have more soon.
blodeuedd
I totes need to read this
Silvia
I’m right there with you, it’s hard to resist when a story involves ghosts! I honestly like the premise of this one, and I hope you get to discover more about those witches and the world the author created soon 🙂
Melliane
right?
Lisa @TenaciousReader
I’ve not read anything by Seanan McGuire yet, but do have a copy of this. Maybe I’ll get around to reading it 🙂
Melliane
you really should try her novels
kimbacaffeinate
I have this in my tbr pile and hope to devour it during Take Control 🙂
Sophia Rose
That is an amazing take on ghosts. Thanks for sharing your review, Melliane. I’ll have to get this one.
Melliane
my pleasure
Molly Mortensen
This sounds like such a good premise! I’m glad that it was an interesting read. I’m just afraid it will be too depressing.
Heidi
I am tempted to try this but then I read her other ghost book that came out a few years ago and it wasnt’ my fav. I will watch for the next book. She has too much going on it seems, she keeps abandoning series.
Melliane
it’s different from the other one. I confess I didn’t make the link
LilyElement Book Reviews
Thought about buying this one the other day, it is/was on sale!
Carole Rae
awwwe I’m glad she’s not using her gifts for evil.
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
I gave it the same rating! I enjoyed the story, but I guess it was a bit too depressing for me, I felt really heartsick by the end of it.
Melliane
yeah…
Lily
just reading the reviews bought a lot of emotions forth, this sounds like something that would make me cry
I enjoy ghost stories like these and this book has been on my radar.
Glad you loved it!
Melliane
thanks
Mary Kirkland
That’s certainly an interesting story line.
ShootingStarsMag
Oh, interesting idea for a book. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I think I’d like it too.
Carole @ Carole's Random Life in Books
This is a book that I hope to read soon. I haven’t read a lot of Seanan McGuire but I did really like her Every Heart a Doorway novel so I want to read more soon.
Carole Rae
*waves* Happy Monday!