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Reader reviewed by whatmorebooks

This is my first book by Meg Cabot and I very much enjoyed the book. I got this book from my local library and read it in a day. Ive picked up and set down this book at least four times before I finally decided to take it home with me. I am glad I did.


Suze sees ghosts, she has always seen ghosts, and she is not afraid of them. She helps them to cross over to where ever they are suppose to go; she is Mediator.
This book was very entertaining and I had a hard time putting it down. It was funny, cute, and intriguing. At first I did not think that I was going to like Suze. She acts too confident like she has all the answers when it comes to ghosts and how to deal with them. On the other hand I did like her confidence, especially how she stands up for herself and her friends against the popular girls in the school. At the new school she meet a priest who sees ghost like her and for the first time there is someone who she can confide in and identify with. But for some reason she does not take an advantage of this, but rather still prefers to do things her own way.

I had hard time believing that Suzie can remember seeing ghosts when she was two years old. In the book she tells us how she remembers seeing them as early as age two. I find this little bit stretched because how many of us can remember when we were two or even three years of age. Even though seeing a ghost is a very big and significant thing in persons life, her memories of seeing ghosts when she was two is somewhat unbelievable.

I liked Suzes new family, her three new step-brothers, I found it funny that she gave them all nicknames. Also, I found the relationship between her and her ghost Jesse intriguing and I want to read more to see what happens. I very much enjoyed reading about Jesses character and how he got where he is. I hope we find out more as to why he remains behind and why he does not need Suzes help.

Overall, this was a very good read; the story was well written and plot was moving along, there were no dry spell. All the characters were interesting and well developed, Suzes character grows throughout the book. I am kind of disappointed at myself for not reading this series sooner.

I give this book 4 STARS out of 5 STARS.