A review by bookbragger
Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee

5.0

Since she was little Pahua has been able to see spirits, good or bad. In fact her best friend is a cat spirit named Miv. So when Pahua gets invited to go and visit the bridge by her school it’s an offer she can’t decline, finally a chance at making some friends, even though Pahua knows that the bridge is haunted by a vengeful bridge spirit. However when she sees a little girl crying by the bridge she decides to approach the spirit and try and comfort her. Bad idea. When Pahua’s little brother Matt comes searching for her they both return home but Matt suddenly falls sick and Pahua is lead to believe that the bridge spirit has stolen his soul. Now Pahua journeys back to the bridge taking her aunts shaman tools with her, hoping to summon the bridge spirit but unfortunately Pahua summons a demon instead but fortunately a young shaman warrior appears to help Pahua out of the situation. Now if Pahua wants to safe her brothers soul she most journey through the spirit world and make surprising discoveries along the way. Although this started off slow at the beginning it grew into an intriguing story that explored a mythology I had never heard of before and had a lot of fun learning about. I loved Zhong and Pahua’s friendship and thought they compromised each other well. I am looking forward to reading more about Hmong mythology and seeing what other adventures Pahua has in the two upcoming sequels