ghostgirl
Tonya Hurley
Little, Brown
328 p.
3 hrs.
Tonya Hurley
Little, Brown
284 p.
2hr. 15 min.
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In ghostgirl we met Charlotte and she'd totally transformed her life. New hair, new makeup, new clothes, new attitude...she was going to conquer senior year! And Damen. Damen is the most popular guy in the school and Charlotte has a huge crush on him. She's assigned to be his lab partner but then things go wrong. Dead wrong.
In ghostgirl: homecoming we are re-introduced to Scarlet, Charlotte's possession buddy. Scarlet's sister, Petula, gets a staph infection and is in the hospital. She's in a coma and they are not sure she'll get better. Scarlet decides to find Charlotte so that she can help her save Petula.
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ghostgirl starts out strong: great premise, funny writing but then it kinda dwindles. Each part of the story is interesting: changing your life for someone else, dead education to help you cross over, trying to possess someone to get what you want, and a haunted house halloween party. Would probably have been better as four separate books. Also, Hurley seems to be cutting down a variety of people but I hope it's just some sort of tongue-in-cheek sense of humor. My main problem with ghostgirl is I didn't really feel a connection with any of the characters.
ghostgirl: homecoming featured much tighter writing. As with ghostgirl, there's more than one story line but Hurley is able to keep you focused on the main one. We get a better picture of Scarlet and understand that her trying to save Petula is motivated by her insecurity in her new relationship. This was a much better and faster read.
I give both books 1 copy. I'll get 1 copy of ghostgirl: homecoming and we already have ghostgirl.
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I've heard differing opinions about these books. Some people love them and put them in the 'can't put this down...just read in one sitting category' and others (like you) don't feel any real attachment to the characters. I have to say, just based on the blurb and review, that I don't think I'll pick this up. Thanks for sharing your review!
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