Ich habe selber gemerkt, dass ich einzelne Stellen zwei Mal lesen musste, weil ich zum Beispiel ein Schlüsseldetail überlesen habe. Great book - brought all the horrors of wartime Leningrad and the utter deprivation the population suffered, to life.

Of course unlike her other works this has a lot of light hearted moments and it's a pretty easy book to fly through as it doesn't have those secret and hidden hard truths that her older books tend to have. Since she's had a near death experience, Cass had been able to lift the Veil that separates the world of the living from the world of the dead. There was a little bit of foreboding at the end of the book so we’ll see what’s going to happen next. ETA: Queen Schwab has now joined the small, elite group of authors who has hit bestsellers lists in Adult, YA, and Children's releases, and I can't think of anyone who deserves it more.With the help of a newly found friend Cassidy finds out that there is a reason she can see ghosts, and a job she must do. But when five frozen corpses are found neatly arranged between railway lines, Rossel is faced with the most puzzling - and most dangerous - case of his career. Mary King's Close" sounded too fascinating to pass on it and since I’m a little history geek Edinburgh sounds like the perfect place to be.

Hooking you from the very first page, it has just the right amount of spookiness, mystery and action, keeping you on the edge of your seat without getting gory. I don’t read many historical fiction books because I find myself a bit lost in that time as I wasn’t a big fan of history in my school time but I was born and raised in an easter European country and the setting for this story is very close from home, and the description made me want to give it a try and read it. Cassidy Blake is a girl with a special ability - ever since she was saved from drowning she can pull back the Veil that separates the living from the dead and enter the world of spirits. Cassidy’s parents were pretty kick-ass though and I loved the fact that they spoke about ghosts and were experts but didn’t even have a clue that their own daughter could actually see and talk to them. And while I like how Cass and Jacob turned out at the end of the book, and the villain, I was really disappointed by how little we got to know a side character named Lara.

His hunt for the truth leads him to the dark heart of Leningrad's musical establishment, and ultimately to the highest levels of the Kremlin itself. Like, Cassidy does have a cat named Grim, but they aren’t brought up very much, and when they are it is in their carrier. Despite the bizarre nature of her everyday life, Cassidy is such a level-headed, calm child, and I loved that about her character.