Cassidy Blake’s parents are The Inspecters, a (somewhat inept) ghost-hunting team. But Cass herself can REALLY see ghosts. In fact, her best friend, Jacob, just happens to be one.
When The Inspecters head to ultra-haunted Edinburgh, Scotland, for their new TV show, Cass—and Jacob—come along. In Scotland, Cass is surrounded by ghosts, not all of them friendly. Then she meets Lara, a girl who can also see the dead. But Lara tells Cassidy that as an In-betweener, their job is to send ghosts permanently beyond the Veil. Cass isn’t sure about her new mission, but she does know the sinister Red Raven haunting the city doesn’t belong in her world. Cassidy’s powers will draw her into an epic fight that stretches through the worlds of the living and the dead, in order to save herself.
CW: Child death, grief, death, murder
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I wasn’t prepared when I read this book. I knew it was middle grade, but I was scared. Reading it at night wasn’t the best idea either.
The world-building was great, like every time I read one of her books. The way she explains how a world works or, in this case, co-exists with another is fluid. I find it believable, and sometimes makes me question if it doesn’t work like that in real life. I liked the setting of Edinburgh; the author mixed the history of the city with the belief of its inhabitants. It makes everything more real, which helps with the story’s spookiness, especially when you already went there.
Talking about Jason, I liked him so much. I want to know more about him even if we learn much in this book. His insecurity and his scaredy-cat side were so interesting to read. As much as his relationship with Cassidy. Sometimes I didn’t distinguish between her thought toward Jason and when Cassidy spoke with her voice to him. It lost me a little, and even if it gave dynamism to the story, I was taken aback from time to time.
I struggle a little when we follow the parents. They aren’t bad, they even want to protect Cassidy so she won’t appear in the TV show, but it feels like they want the notoriety and don’t really care about how she feels.
Overall, it had the right amount of spookiness to keep you on the edge without being too much. I will continue the trilogy, but it won’t be on my priority list.
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I read this a couple of years ago but never continued the series. It might be time to revisit it. I’ve been in a spooky mood lately.
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