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A review by aceofbooks
Ghost Huntress Book 2: The Guidance by Marley Gibson
2.0
I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that I read this book in literally 3 hours oops.
I did enjoy some of the book, mostly the paranormal part. The story between Nathaniel Fair and Ada Parry was very touching. Other than a few interesting plot points, this book was kind of annoying. I honestly would rather have read Ada Parry's diaries instead of whatever this was. Kendall and Jason are still moving really fast (they said "I love you" to each other??? It's only been a few months please stop). I also don't understand how Becca went from being very against Kendall meddling in her past to suddenly breaking down and telling her the entire story. Her sudden openness to talking about past trauma didn't seem realistic to me.
Courtney is a whole problem. She's stereotyped to the max. That part is pretty self-explanatory so I won't talk about it.
These books perpetuate a lot of toxic gender roles. One example was when they were at the bowling alley. Kendall mentioned ordering Coke Zero for the boys and Diet Coke for the girls, and I didn't understand why that was a necessary detail to add. There were a lot of other instances like this, but I don't really want to find them. It was one of the more serious things that irked me. These books have an underlying theme of female empowerment, but it also has these details that might give the wrong idea about what being a "strong woman" is to younger readers.
I did enjoy some of the book, mostly the paranormal part. The story between Nathaniel Fair and Ada Parry was very touching. Other than a few interesting plot points, this book was kind of annoying. I honestly would rather have read Ada Parry's diaries instead of whatever this was. Kendall and Jason are still moving really fast (they said "I love you" to each other??? It's only been a few months please stop). I also don't understand how Becca went from being very against Kendall meddling in her past to suddenly breaking down and telling her the entire story. Her sudden openness to talking about past trauma didn't seem realistic to me.
Courtney is a whole problem. She's stereotyped to the max. That part is pretty self-explanatory so I won't talk about it.
These books perpetuate a lot of toxic gender roles. One example was when they were at the bowling alley. Kendall mentioned ordering Coke Zero for the boys and Diet Coke for the girls, and I didn't understand why that was a necessary detail to add. There were a lot of other instances like this, but I don't really want to find them. It was one of the more serious things that irked me. These books have an underlying theme of female empowerment, but it also has these details that might give the wrong idea about what being a "strong woman" is to younger readers.