banrions 's review for:

When Ghosts Call Us Home by Katya de Becerra

3.0

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I think there was a lot of potential here, and some stuff I enjoyed a lot, but ultimately, this one left me a little wanting. I wanted more of Sophia and Layla’s relationship. I get that Layla is this big mystery to the world, and Sophia’s memories aren’t clear, but like…. her sister should have a better grasp on her, a little? I found the teen hetero romance annoying and unnecessary—in general, part of why I read a bit less ya now, besides being way older than the target demographic, is that there seems to ALWAYS be a romance chucked in there just because—I signed up for haunted houses and sisters! I want THAT story. There was just more focus on Sophia and Arthur, and it felt like the middle dragged because of that, for me. Otherwise, it was an interesting story that I had a decent time with.