Thank you PenguinTeen for an Advance copy in exchange for my voluntary honest review!
3.5/5 stars, due to it not being what I personally like, I would recommend this to people who would be interested in this type of book.
Jake Livingston has a lot going on. He is a queer black student at a mostly white private school, so he has a lot that he has to deal with. In addition, he is also seeing ghosts, as if everything else wasn't enough for him to have to deal with.
Sawyer Doon is a great villain because we know how horrific he was, but as a ghost we learn his side of what happened. It doesn't necessarily make us like him or agree with what he did, but we can feel some empathy for him.
I loved how Jake was just trying to live his life like normal, while dealing with being haunted by ghosts (specifically Sawyer). Then enters new kid Allister who just might be interested in Jake.
I felt like this book dealt with a lot of topics in such a short amount of time. We've got the horror aspect, LBGTQ+, racism, romance, and just getting through high school. Even though there was a lot going on in this short book, the author did a great job fitting all the pieces together perfectly.
3.5/5 stars, due to it not being what I personally like, I would recommend this to people who would be interested in this type of book.
Jake Livingston has a lot going on. He is a queer black student at a mostly white private school, so he has a lot that he has to deal with. In addition, he is also seeing ghosts, as if everything else wasn't enough for him to have to deal with.
Sawyer Doon is a great villain because we know how horrific he was, but as a ghost we learn his side of what happened. It doesn't necessarily make us like him or agree with what he did, but we can feel some empathy for him.
I loved how Jake was just trying to live his life like normal, while dealing with being haunted by ghosts (specifically Sawyer). Then enters new kid Allister who just might be interested in Jake.
I felt like this book dealt with a lot of topics in such a short amount of time. We've got the horror aspect, LBGTQ+, racism, romance, and just getting through high school. Even though there was a lot going on in this short book, the author did a great job fitting all the pieces together perfectly.