Here Lies Olive

Here Lies Olive

Softcover
3.51

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Description

Growing up in the dark tourism capital of the United States, sixteen-year-old Olive should be comfortable with death. But ever since an allergic reaction almost sent her to the wrong side of the grass, she's been terrified that there is no afterlife. And after the death of her surrogate grandmother, Olive has kept everyone at arm's length because if there's Nothing after we die, relationships and love can only end in sorrow.
When she summons a spirit to answer her questions about death, Olive meets Jay, a hitchhiking ghost trapped in the woods behind the poorhouse where he died. Olive agrees to help Jay find his unmarked grave in exchange for answers about the other side and what comes next.
Meanwhile, someone--or something--is targeting Olive's classmates, and the longer Jay lingers, the more serious the attacks become. Blaming herself for having brought Jay back, Olive teams up with maybe-nemesis, maybe-crush Maren, ex-best friend Davis, and new girl Vanessa to free Jay's spirit before he's trapped as a malevolent shade and the attacks turn deadly. But in doing so, Olive must face her fear of death and risk losing another person she loves to the Nothing.

Book Information

Main Genre
Young Adult Books
Sub Genre
Fantasy
Format
Softcover
Pages
N/A
Price
15.00 €

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3.5

Things I enjoyed:The atmosphere and settingSome parts were really creepy!!All the little trivia about death culture The exploration of death and what comes next Things I didn't enjoyed:The relationships fell kinda flat. Maren and Olive were "enemies" since forever, than they had like 3 conversations and boom, they fell in love? I hoped it would be a little more slow burn At some point Marens "I'm such a bad person because of what my family did"-thing simply annoyed me. It was mentioned a little to often and sometimes I couldn't see why she was mentioning that againMaybe that's why sometimes living feels a little like grief.Thank you NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book!

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