Paige is dead. She has been dead for years. At least that's what everyone thought. When Eliza Owens receives a phone call one night from this dead girl asking to meet up, her curiosity gets the best of her and she can't help but go. The events that follow this detrimental decision will send the Owens, Eliza's fiance Erik, and a few other close friends on crazy journey to figure out what really happened to Paige, and why she has come back.
Before I begin this review, I wanted to say thank you to the author for sending me an E-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!
My Rating
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5/5 Stars
Like stated above, I was sent an E-ARC of this book by the author in exchange for an honest review, and to be honest I was a little worried at first. This book is classified as a 'Paranormal mystery romance novel', which is not something I pick up a lot. It seemed interesting though, so I went for it. Oh my goodness, I'm SO GLAD I DID. I can not explain how many feelings this book made me feel, and the fact that this is a standalone makes it that much more heartbreaking. I want the characters again, and now that I have finished the book I really want to re-read it (which says something because I NEVER re-read books).
One of the things I loved the most about this novel were the characters. They were so realistic, funny, relatable, and oh my gosh were their relationships were the best. Miles was probably one of my favorite characters in this book, and I'm really thinking he may be one of my favorite book characters of all time. His relationships with the other individuals written in this book were so raw and real. However, he was not the only character I fell in love with. I want to refrain from ranting about everyone (but who are we kidding, this whole review is just one big love-rant) so I'll just say this; The character in this book felt very realistic to me. Their development through this story had me shocked, and I found myself gasping, laughing, and tearing up at times. Everything about them (even the antagonists of the book) was compelling, and I never found myself bored or wishing someone was different.
The next topic (since I'm following the CAWPILE rating system of this review) I would like to discuss is the atmosphere. 10/10. I literally have no other words for it. The mood and tone throughout this whole book had me in shock, and whenever something happened I physically felt the emotions. What more could I ask of a book? When something sad happened, I was tearing up. When the characters were being sarcastic and witty I found myself laughing and taking mental note of the nicknames and jokes used (though I don't know when I would ever use them). The world-building was amazing and flowed well with the plot of the story, however I did forget about the 'paranormal' side of things since that really does not come in until later in the book. That worked though, since there was no reason for the characters to think ghosts were involved until they began figuring things out a little bit.
Now, hear me out. I loved the writing of this book and I actually found it captivating. The descriptions were real to me and I could picture everything perfectly. However, there were some mistakes throughout the book. In fact, I believe a whole chapter number was missing. Some things were worded a little strangely, but I know that sometimes what makes sense to one person may not make sense to another, so I did not take off any stars for this (heck, I don't think I would have taken off any stars even if it made sense to no one since the rest of this book was so freaking amazing and it only happened a few times).
The plot of this book was very unique too me. I am very new to the paranormal romance genre so I'm not sure what is overused and what is not, but I believe this was pretty unique (at least compared to what I have seen/heard people talk about). There were some twist this story turn that I was not expecting at all, which I LOVED because I hate it when you can guess the whole plot from the first few chapters. I included the one thing I thought was a little strange below, but it is a spoiler.
Spoiler: The one thing I found a little strange was how Sael just kind of showed up and was like; "Hey, I'm your dad!" I understand what Rebecca Crunden was doing, and I do enjoy the fact that Erik finally had a real father figure in his life after that point, but it felt a little sudden to me. I can't remember any time in the story where it was even hinted at that Logan was not Erik's real father, and I think I would have liked for there to be a little indication that something was not totally right? I know that his mother was dead and no one knew he was 'Deaths' son, but I feel like we could have been told Erik does not resemble Logan or something like that.
Another huge thank you to Rebecca Crunden for sending me the E-ARC of this book! I apologize if anything is misspelled or anything like that since I am quite tired at the time of writing this!
Thank you for reading, and have an amazing rest of your day/night ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶
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