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A review by thebookberrie
The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade
4.0
This book matches it's cover perfectly. ;D
So the book starts off with bitchy perfect queen bee Alona Dare getting killed, by a geek filled bus no less. But instead of moving on, she's a ghost. A very stuck ghost who keeps waking up where she died. Well until she meets outcast goth boy, Will Killian. He can see and hear the dead, and the dead have a lot to say. Will just wants to graduate high school in one piece though while Alona just wants to go to the light already.
Okay to be honest, going in to this book? I thought Alona would really annoy me. And I mean really. She's a shallow bitchy blonde cheerleading co-caption and homecoming queen, dating a jock with her most likely equally shallow clique of friends. Yeah not exactly the kind of girl I would have hung out with in high school! But she was surprisingly likeable and surprisingly fun to read from the perspective of.
Another thing I liked: the duel perspectives! Will and Alona were so totally different. I've read books where different POVs sound exactly the same where you cannot even tell who is who but not here! It was an awesome contrast. They were also awesome together! I loved their banter and how reluctant they were to actually like each other.
And ohhey there actually was a pretty interesting plot line going on here! I was so interested in Will's power and if there was others like him. Also with Alona and her want to actually help the stuck ghosts. (Yay for sequels!)
The only thing that really bothered me about it that I have to bring up is Will's jerk therapist. Why do psychiatrists and the like always have to be the bad guys, the total jerkoffs who get off on their patient's mental illness and what to profit of them? Especially in YA literature. They actually do help troubled people, and not all are dicks.
But other than that, this book is really enjoyable. It's super light and a quick read and there isn't much depth to it. (Which is such a good thing when I've been searching for a ghost book that wasn't sad and emotional!)
So the book starts off with bitchy perfect queen bee Alona Dare getting killed, by a geek filled bus no less. But instead of moving on, she's a ghost. A very stuck ghost who keeps waking up where she died. Well until she meets outcast goth boy, Will Killian. He can see and hear the dead, and the dead have a lot to say. Will just wants to graduate high school in one piece though while Alona just wants to go to the light already.
Okay to be honest, going in to this book? I thought Alona would really annoy me. And I mean really. She's a shallow bitchy blonde cheerleading co-caption and homecoming queen, dating a jock with her most likely equally shallow clique of friends. Yeah not exactly the kind of girl I would have hung out with in high school! But she was surprisingly likeable and surprisingly fun to read from the perspective of.
Another thing I liked: the duel perspectives! Will and Alona were so totally different. I've read books where different POVs sound exactly the same where you cannot even tell who is who but not here! It was an awesome contrast. They were also awesome together! I loved their banter and how reluctant they were to actually like each other.
And ohhey there actually was a pretty interesting plot line going on here! I was so interested in Will's power and if there was others like him. Also with Alona and her want to actually help the stuck ghosts. (Yay for sequels!)
The only thing that really bothered me about it that I have to bring up is Will's jerk therapist. Why do psychiatrists and the like always have to be the bad guys, the total jerkoffs who get off on their patient's mental illness and what to profit of them? Especially in YA literature. They actually do help troubled people, and not all are dicks.
But other than that, this book is really enjoyable. It's super light and a quick read and there isn't much depth to it. (Which is such a good thing when I've been searching for a ghost book that wasn't sad and emotional!)