Funeral Girl

Sixteen-year-old Georgia Richter lives with her family over their funeral home. Enter Six Feet Under vibes! She has the ability to summon the dead, wake them up so to speak, to talk to them and release them to what comes next. She has tremendous anxiety about death, and it doesn’t help that her schoolmates call her Funeral Girl after a horrible rumor was started about her at school. High School is not always the easiest place to be, especially when other kids label you and poke fun.

Then one of her classmates dies, and his family has chosen her family’s business for his funeral. This kicks her anxiety into overdrive. As Georgia deals with the shock of his death, the anxiety about death, and her foundering friendships, things get interesting. Georgia must face grief, anxiety, her self-esteem, her relationships with her family members, and her feelings about death.

In helping her classmate say goodbye, will Georgia be saying hello to herself?

This book touches on so many subjects: anxiety, friendship, sexuality, loss, grief, saying goodbye, and communication. I thought these were all nicely done.

I listened to the audiobook and thought the narrator did a great job! This is a book that I wanted to keep listening to and rooted for Georgia the whole way. Many are afraid of death and poor Georgia is surrounded by death as she lives and helps at her family’s funeral home. What a double whammy for her! But she grows and learns to cope, to communicate and face her fear.

For me, this was a book about growth, and I appreciated how the author approached mental health and friendship. Speaking of friends, Amy was the best! I found this book to be heartfelt, moving, and thought provoking. This was a well done YA book that all ages can enjoy.

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Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.