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A hot guy dupes three different girls in three different states into dinner, drinks, and a roofie. You can see where this is going. The girls are murdered, but instead of that being the end of the story, the three girls each end up in an undead limbo, able to see the world around them but unable to interact (for the most part). They're able to follow their murderer around, see his home life, and how their families are coping with their disappearances. As the murderer hops states and kills again, the three girls end up coming together and trying to see this guy brought to justice.
I want to say up front that I really liked this concept of the ghosts of his victims following him around and vaguely annoying him with their limited powers. It's a unique POV, where we get to see the murderer living his life and also the investigations going on at the same time. What I'm less sold on, though, was the girls themselves. All three read very similarly and had vaguely generic names, so it was hard to keep them straight, particularly when all three are brought together near the end. And while I really don't know the extent of ghost powers, whatever they can do to interact with the world seems to conveniently get more powerful exactly when it needs to without a lot of handwavy explanation.
But it was really a sad story for the three girls. I really did enjoy the story, even if I didn't like how similar the three girls felt. If you like the whole "I am a ghost" POV, I read a book earlier this year that I really enjoyed along those same lines. Check out In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearne.
A hot guy dupes three different girls in three different states into dinner, drinks, and a roofie. You can see where this is going. The girls are murdered, but instead of that being the end of the story, the three girls each end up in an undead limbo, able to see the world around them but unable to interact (for the most part). They're able to follow their murderer around, see his home life, and how their families are coping with their disappearances. As the murderer hops states and kills again, the three girls end up coming together and trying to see this guy brought to justice.
I want to say up front that I really liked this concept of the ghosts of his victims following him around and vaguely annoying him with their limited powers. It's a unique POV, where we get to see the murderer living his life and also the investigations going on at the same time. What I'm less sold on, though, was the girls themselves. All three read very similarly and had vaguely generic names, so it was hard to keep them straight, particularly when all three are brought together near the end. And while I really don't know the extent of ghost powers, whatever they can do to interact with the world seems to conveniently get more powerful exactly when it needs to without a lot of handwavy explanation.
But it was really a sad story for the three girls. I really did enjoy the story, even if I didn't like how similar the three girls felt. If you like the whole "I am a ghost" POV, I read a book earlier this year that I really enjoyed along those same lines. Check out In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearne.
