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Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
5.0

Essential has an uncanny gift for place and voice. I loved her Sorcerer to the Crown books and Black Water Sister is as vivid while being completely different. This is a book about the boxes we put ourselves in out of fear. It is tense and never pulls a punch. But it's also funny and tender. If you are in the mood for a ghost story with a closeted protagonist mixed with organized crime in Malaysia, this is for you.