A Medium's Birthday Surprise
By Chariss K. Walker
I received a free copy of this book via booksirens.com in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are by own.
Becky Tibbs is a sweet girl who discovered her abilities to communicate with the dead when her parents died. Her siblings, Barbara and Bobby, also obtained the ability to communicate with the dead but chose to try and drown it out rather than deal with it. Becky, however, chooses to use her abilities to help those who have passed but are prevented from crossing over.
On the morning of her 26th birthday Becky Tibbs had planned a normal birthday celebration. Just a barbeque with her siblings, oh and the ghosts. She had expected visits from certain ghosts such as her parents and a few regulars in her life. What Becky didn't expect was for Josh, her long-lost boyfriend, to show up 10 years after his death. When Josh shows up he is angry, confused and doesn't know he is dead. Becky decides she has to help him come to terms with whatever happened to him, despite the danger he brings with him.
The characters were OK. They weren't bad or poorly written, just slightly underdeveloped. I found them to be underwhelming. Any changes the characters made seemed to have happened almost too quickly. For example, when Bobby decides to move away and start over. It's a change he considers before passing out drunk and then it becomes final when he wakes up. There were no hints, that I saw, of him making such a drastic change from avoiding his medium abilities. I felt they would have been more relatable had the changes been a bit more gradual.
I felt this book was pretty good. I enjoyed reading it and found it left me feeling content. Parts of it seemed a bit rushed and smoothed over to me. At times it felt like I was reading a ghosts therapy session. Although, I guess in a way I was. It was an easy read, nothing serious or dramatic. I'd recommend it for anyone looking for a simple mystery.
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