Ghost Flower

By: Michele Jaffe

Synopsis: “Eve, a runaway, finds a new job at a coffee shop on the outskirts of Tucson. When she’s approached by two wealthy teens who claim she bears an uncanny resemblance to their missing cousin Aurora, her life takes a turn for the dark and mysterious. Drawn into a scheme to win Aurora’s inheritance, Eve finds herself impersonating the girl, who disappeared three years ago on the night her best friend Elizabeth died. But when Liza’s ghost begins to haunt Eve, doing harm to the people close to her under the guise of ‘protecting’ her, Eve finds herself in a nightmare maze of lies and deception that leads her to question even her own identity. She realizes her only chance is to uncover the truth about what happened the night Liza died, and to find Liza’s killer – before she’s next.
“This teen thriller by Michele Jaffe will keep readers turning pages well into the night.”

Genre: Young Adult Fiction

Content Warnings: Car Accident, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Discussion of Kidnapping, Discussion of Suicide, Ethnic Slurs, Homophobia, Murder, Physical Violence, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment

Why You Should Read It: I will admit, I was disappointed with this book. The synopsis sounded so cool. A girl pretending to be somebody else, and that somebody else’s best friend’s ghost starts haunting her? Like, hell yeah! That sounds awesome! And for the first three-quarters or so of the book it was, but then it all went downhill really fast. By the time we got to the conclusion of the book, I was just like “seriously? That’s what you’re going with?” I still had fun in that first three-quarters. Eve is a spitfire of a character, and she’s so much fun. (Plus, it was nice to read a book set in Arizona and check that off my “Read Trip USA” list.) In general, though, I don’t think this is a book I would recommend to other readers just because of how incredibly disappointing the ending is. I mean, it’s possible other people like the way it ended, but not me, and my opinion is the one that matters most on this blog, so there.

My Rating: 3/5 stars