It doesn’t mean they are bad books, just written in a certain way! And in this one, I really liked things were laid out, delved into, but it didn’t feel completely overwhelming. I’ve had that problem with books before, where I had to put them down because they made me too anxious or I ended up not enjoying them as much as I thought I would because my anxiety rose. It portrayed those emotions authentically, but it didn’t make me anxious myself. At the same time, it is written in a way that didn’t feel overwhelming. There is pain and love and joy and hurt and so much more. It’s a book that captures such deep emotion, from every single character. This is a haunting book, one that sticks and lingers, and is brilliantly put together. Trigger warnings: grief, sexual harassment, drug use, addiction, talk of abortion And, a story who about grief, and doing whatever it takes, truly whatever it takes, to bring a friend back from the dead sounded incredible, and I was eager to see what I think of it. My excitement for this book truly came from a friend who screams about it all the time. Miliani, Inez and Natalie will have to rely on more than just their mystical abilities to find the light. And as their plan to resurrect Jasmine grows darker and more demanding than they imagined, their separate lives begin to splinter the bonds they depend on, revealing buried secrets that threaten the people they care about most. Determined to bring her back, the surviving friends band together, testing the limits of their magic and everything they know about life, death, and each other. But when Jasmine is killed by a drunk driver, the world they have always known is left haunted by grief…and Jasmine’s lingering spirit. From the bodegas and late-night food trucks on Broad Street to The Hill that watches over the city, every corner of Providence glows with memories of them practicing spells, mixing up potions and doing séances with the help of the magic Miliani’s Filipino grandfather taught her. Thank you so much to Henry Holt and Edelweiss for the e-ARC!įor best friends Miliani, Inez, Natalie and Jasmine, Providence, Rhode Island has a magic of its own.

Riss m neilson