A review by brokenrecord
Spirit and Dust by Rosemary Clement-Moore

4.0

This was really enjoyable and exactly what I was in the mood for! It's an urban fantasy YA where the lead character can sense spirits and talk to the dead and assists the FBI with stuff, and it was just really entertaining and enjoyable. It didn't take itself too seriously but it also wasn't too light and shallow. I was a little confused at the beginning of the book because I thought there was one ship that was going to happen by the end of the book, but then it abruptly shifted where it was clear the main character was going to get with a different guy entirely. It's not a love triangle at all because the book never had any intention of putting the girl with the first guy, it was just my random expectations. Once I made the adjustment to figuring out who I was actually supposed to be shipping, I enjoyed their relationship quite a bit, and I feel like it was developed at a really good pace (…even though technically I guess everything that happens in the book happens over the course of like, a day, at most? But it didn't feel like it was that short amount of time, so it worked for me). I would definitely recommend this; it's one of the better things I've read this year.