Genre ~ young adult
Release date ~ September 6, 2022
POV ~ single ~ 1st
Page count ~ 276
Audio length ~ 8 hours 14 minutes
My rating ~ 4.25⭐
My review:
I really hope I get to be a ghost so my nosiness doesn’t end with my death. There’s definitely some people I wouldn’t mind haunting.
Georgia’s family owns the town funeral home and has a gift, or maybe not, of being able to ‘wake’ the dead while they lay in wait of their funeral. When her classmate, Milo, is killed Georgia develops a connection with him and he hangs around for longer than the other ghosts she’s dealt with. They help each other see the light so to speak.
Told by Georgia in the 1st person as she deals with being known as the funeral girl at school and how she copes with her ability to help ghosts move on after their death. Death is not an easy topic for some, but it was written in such a way that made me believe someone might be there to help guide the way into the unknown.
Narrated by Jess Nahikian for 8 hours and 14 minutes, easy to follow at 2x. She did a lovely job and sounded just like a sixteen year old.
Overall, a solid debut novel and I’d be very interested in seeing what Emma writes next.
*Thanks to Dreamscape Media, Emma_K_Ohland and NetGalley for the advance audiobook. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
⬇Purchase links⬇
Save on Funeral Girl at Booksamillion.com.Book blurb:
Sixteen-year-old Georgia Richter feels conflicted about the funeral home her parents run–especially because she has the ability to summon ghosts. With one touch of any body that passes through Richter Funeral Home, she can awaken the spirit of the departed. With one more touch, she makes the spirit disappear, to a fate that remains mysterious to Georgia. To cope with her deep anxiety about death, she does her best to fulfill the final wishes of the deceased whose ghosts she briefly revives.
Then her classmate Milo’s body arrives at Richter–and his spirit wants help with unfinished business, forcing Georgia to reckon with her relationship to grief and mortality.
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Oh I do appreciate when books handle topics like this, that many people struggle to talk about, well. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the great review!
Thanks to stopping by 😊