When he was a teenager, Alex and his then-girlfriend Lacey started (but never finished) a ritual to bring back her older brother, who had died in the army. Years later, when Alex's estranged Uncle Matty dies, Alex does the ritual again, in the hopes of asking his late uncle a few questions he'd never asked. This time, the ritual works, and Alex brings back Matty... as well as something else.
The premise and the characters of this story are sound (poor kid escaping home, complicated feelings of grief, good intentions go super bad) but the execution and plot are all over the place. Every time I thought I got a handle on what was going on, the story swerved — but not in a good way. Meh.
This book will be published Feb. 1, 2024.
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