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A review by mijsfranssen
The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker by Lauren James
4.0
This book was so good!! I enjoyed it so much.
In this book we follow Harriet Stoker, who dies after a fatal fall while visiting an abandoned building.
There, other gosts are waiting for her, welcoming her to their world. But Harriet wants power. Even if she has to take it from others, destroying those around her. But the afterlife might not be the best place to make enemies.
What I loved about this book where the multiple POV’s. It made me really get to know all the characters, and watching them develope (which was done very well in this book) was so much fun. I loved the world building, how powers and energy come into play in this book. It was dark, twisty but also very well explained and nice to read. Lauren James did such a great job at the world building, and at making the whole story fall more and more into place while reading. There is also an ‘anonymous’ POV which you’ll find out more and more about during the book. This POV added so much to the story, and made it a lot more exiting and page-turning to read. The whole anti-heroine thing was refreshing to read for me, since I haven’t read a book like that, so that was fun!
The only reason why this isn’t a five star read for me, is because I do feel like some points of the book could have been sped up a little bit. There were just a tiny couple of points where the book was a bit slow going.
That being said, I highly reccomend this book! It is a bit of a crime/fantasy/thriller/ya book which just makes it so unique and interesting. Defenitly worth it! (And it also has a really pretty cover!!!)
In this book we follow Harriet Stoker, who dies after a fatal fall while visiting an abandoned building.
There, other gosts are waiting for her, welcoming her to their world. But Harriet wants power. Even if she has to take it from others, destroying those around her. But the afterlife might not be the best place to make enemies.
What I loved about this book where the multiple POV’s. It made me really get to know all the characters, and watching them develope (which was done very well in this book) was so much fun. I loved the world building, how powers and energy come into play in this book. It was dark, twisty but also very well explained and nice to read. Lauren James did such a great job at the world building, and at making the whole story fall more and more into place while reading. There is also an ‘anonymous’ POV which you’ll find out more and more about during the book. This POV added so much to the story, and made it a lot more exiting and page-turning to read. The whole anti-heroine thing was refreshing to read for me, since I haven’t read a book like that, so that was fun!
The only reason why this isn’t a five star read for me, is because I do feel like some points of the book could have been sped up a little bit. There were just a tiny couple of points where the book was a bit slow going.
That being said, I highly reccomend this book! It is a bit of a crime/fantasy/thriller/ya book which just makes it so unique and interesting. Defenitly worth it! (And it also has a really pretty cover!!!)