Three years ago, Olivia Foster lost her brother when he drowned in the backyard swimming pool. She feels like her family died that day. Her mother is addicted to medication. Her father rarely comes home on time from work. Olivia feels like she is drowning too. That changes when a house across the street suddenly gets new neighbors. The Hallas family is strange. The grandmother smokes cigars on the porch, the mother spends her time collecting antiques, and the daughter writes letters to serial killers. The daughter, Kara Hallas, is on a mission to bring Olivia out of the depths of despair and back into life. Olivia and Kara find ways to break the rules, and begin to sign letters to killers as The Resurrection Girls.
Resurrection Girls is intended for teenagers, but it is super dark. The Hallas house was once the site of a suicide. Death is everywhere in this book, and there are a sheer lack of healthy coping mechanisms. However, I absolutely loved this book and flew through it late one night when I was supposed to be sleeping. Ava Morgyn’s writing was worth my lack of sleep. Resurrection Girls features a strange ending, but one that was deeply satisfying.
Resurrection Girls is available October 1, 2019 from Albert Whitman & Company. It is a great Halloween Month read.
