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Happy Medium
by Sarah Adler
Oh I loved this SO MUCH. This was a different spin on the movie Ghost - basically if Whoopi Goldberg and Demi Moore were the love interests instead of Patrick Swayze (the Ghost) being Demi’s love interest. I know that sounds weird, but this absolutely worked. Imagine Whoopi is Annie Murphy (Alexis from Schitts Creek) and Demi is Jake McDorman.
Gretchen Acorn is a “spirit medium” conning the rich people in her area by convincing them that their loved ones are reaching out to them beyond the grave. She learns as much info as she can from google searches and from her roommate who acquires intel for her.
One day, a client of hers pays her $10k to go to a goat farm to help her dear friend exorcise a ghost. The client’s friend Charles has been trying to sell his farm, but has been having a hard time due to the ghost scaring off all the prospective buyers. Charles isn’t convinced there’s a ghost, so that is why his friend is intervening and hiring Gretchen, who she believes truly has gifts.
Gretchen is all ready to spend a few days pretending to exorcise the farm and putting on a show, until she realizes the “dear friend” is a hot young guy and not an old man, and after he kicks her to the curb upon introduction she comes face to face with an actual ghost. Now, she has to convince the hot farmer that she’s not a *complete* liar and that she actually does see a ghost, and the ghost of a relative of his who has warned her that if Charlie sells the farm and moves away he’ll die and be doomed to also spend his afterlife roaming the farm in purgatory just like him.
This was funny, heartfelt, sexy, and now one of my new favorite romcoms. I’d also like to mention that Mara Wilson narrates this book (MATILDA!!!) and she does it so perfectly. I laughed so much & had the best time reading this. This definitely has some plot holes so I’d probably rate this 4.5 ⭐️ rather than 5, but this was an amazing story & I definitely recommend it to any of you who love quirky romcoms with emotional depth, LOTS of sexual tension, & sweetness!
Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for this audiobook in exchange for my honest review!
Gretchen Acorn is a “spirit medium” conning the rich people in her area by convincing them that their loved ones are reaching out to them beyond the grave. She learns as much info as she can from google searches and from her roommate who acquires intel for her.
One day, a client of hers pays her $10k to go to a goat farm to help her dear friend exorcise a ghost. The client’s friend Charles has been trying to sell his farm, but has been having a hard time due to the ghost scaring off all the prospective buyers. Charles isn’t convinced there’s a ghost, so that is why his friend is intervening and hiring Gretchen, who she believes truly has gifts.
Gretchen is all ready to spend a few days pretending to exorcise the farm and putting on a show, until she realizes the “dear friend” is a hot young guy and not an old man, and after he kicks her to the curb upon introduction she comes face to face with an actual ghost. Now, she has to convince the hot farmer that she’s not a *complete* liar and that she actually does see a ghost, and the ghost of a relative of his who has warned her that if Charlie sells the farm and moves away he’ll die and be doomed to also spend his afterlife roaming the farm in purgatory just like him.
This was funny, heartfelt, sexy, and now one of my new favorite romcoms. I’d also like to mention that Mara Wilson narrates this book (MATILDA!!!) and she does it so perfectly. I laughed so much & had the best time reading this. This definitely has some plot holes so I’d probably rate this 4.5 ⭐️ rather than 5, but this was an amazing story & I definitely recommend it to any of you who love quirky romcoms with emotional depth, LOTS of sexual tension, & sweetness!
Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for this audiobook in exchange for my honest review!