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A review by savaburry
Mourner For Hire by Caitlin Moss
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This was more of a 3.5⭐ but I rounded up because for the most part I enjoyed it.
I think the initial plot of this is so silly and honestly is a great way to have a romance happen. Vada getting paid to crash funerals but in a respectful way is sort of iconic lmao. People getting revenge from beyond the grave? Yes 😂
Where some of this story lost me was the romance. To start, I think the romance was good and Dominic was giving hot in the best ways. But the way it came about felt like tonally...off. They obviously are enemies to lovers with a dash of second chance thrown in but the second chance sort of felt like it didn't belong. Dominic being an asshole for most of the story would've been fine, but because he wasn't it felt like enemies to lovers also didn't really give.
Truthfully, neither of them hated each other at any point so it was like, why make it that? Dominic was misplacing his anger for reasons that made sense, but it just lasted too long for me and it all felt pointless because you knew how it was gonna end up. Veda didn't actually hate him, and every time he was disgustingly rude, she didn't stand up to him which started to annoy me. Letting him be rude and then segueing it into flirting? Not really for me...
The second chance aspect I guess was there because of the amnesia but I just feel like something about it didn't work for me and it's hard to put to words. It just felt a little too Hallmark. I get that the point was to be like, home will always bring you back etc etc, but just make her memory completely gone! The glimpses and slightly remembering was just strange for me lmao. Like, her leaving town as a little kid after a traumatic accident should've been enough reason to justify her lack of memories but it was this weird in between thing that made it seem like she didn't actually lose her memories and they were just suppressed. Which, again is fine but idk. Hard to explain, but I wasn't completely sold.
I will say, the slow burn nature of it all did sort of give, but once it got going the tension sort of fell off which was a shame. Yall can still have sexual tension once you admit you have feelings!
I thought the small town worked but the side characters could take them or leave them. Annabelle being a ghost was cute, but if we were gonna have one ghost, why not just give Vada the ability to see the beyond and that's why she has this job.
Really, I did like this and I'd tell my friends to read it but it had a few things that felt a little too corny for me to give it a complete 4⭐but I did enjoy it and honestly, the romance was hot even though I nitpicked. The story had funny moments that balanced out and overall I think if you like emotional stories you'll probably like this. I'd definitely tune in to whatever this author writes next!
I think the initial plot of this is so silly and honestly is a great way to have a romance happen. Vada getting paid to crash funerals but in a respectful way is sort of iconic lmao. People getting revenge from beyond the grave? Yes 😂
Where some of this story lost me was the romance. To start, I think the romance was good and Dominic was giving hot in the best ways. But the way it came about felt like tonally...off. They obviously are enemies to lovers with a dash of second chance thrown in but the second chance sort of felt like it didn't belong. Dominic being an asshole for most of the story would've been fine, but because he wasn't it felt like enemies to lovers also didn't really give.
Truthfully, neither of them hated each other at any point so it was like, why make it that? Dominic was misplacing his anger for reasons that made sense, but it just lasted too long for me and it all felt pointless because you knew how it was gonna end up. Veda didn't actually hate him, and every time he was disgustingly rude, she didn't stand up to him which started to annoy me. Letting him be rude and then segueing it into flirting? Not really for me...
The second chance aspect I guess was there because of the amnesia but I just feel like something about it didn't work for me and it's hard to put to words. It just felt a little too Hallmark. I get that the point was to be like, home will always bring you back etc etc, but just make her memory completely gone! The glimpses and slightly remembering was just strange for me lmao. Like, her leaving town as a little kid after a traumatic accident should've been enough reason to justify her lack of memories but it was this weird in between thing that made it seem like she didn't actually lose her memories and they were just suppressed. Which, again is fine but idk. Hard to explain, but I wasn't completely sold.
I will say, the slow burn nature of it all did sort of give, but once it got going the tension sort of fell off which was a shame. Yall can still have sexual tension once you admit you have feelings!
I thought the small town worked but the side characters could take them or leave them. Annabelle being a ghost was cute, but if we were gonna have one ghost, why not just give Vada the ability to see the beyond and that's why she has this job.
Really, I did like this and I'd tell my friends to read it but it had a few things that felt a little too corny for me to give it a complete 4⭐but I did enjoy it and honestly, the romance was hot even though I nitpicked. The story had funny moments that balanced out and overall I think if you like emotional stories you'll probably like this. I'd definitely tune in to whatever this author writes next!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent