ashleyjapan 's review for:

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

5.0

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I loved this. Southern gothic, spooky but not terrifying, deals with mental health, poverty and associated stigma and injustices,

Spoiler

the metaphor of trauma as ghosts

(not sure if that’s a spoiler so I’ll put this under the spoiler tag), and a lovely YA romance plot line that sees our bisexual heroine, Shady, enter and exit romantic situations without ever once having to do her coming out story. An A+ debut novel from Erica Waters! I think this is the kind of book that a lot of kids may have needed when we were young. I’m glad the current generation has it now.