Super cute ending. I love this series. Definitely a cute read. ( )

The first book in this series had a clever concept, and some funny episodes. It's wasn't very well written, but it was fun enough.
The second book was much worse.
This third (Oh, Lord, why did I read it?) is pretty close to the worst book I've ever read all the way to the end. What was so bad? Where should I start?
There are only two male characters (one living, Damon, and one dead, Eric) and they are both void of personality. Just throw-away characters taking up space so the girls will have someone to swoon over.
All the other characters - every single one of them, living and dead, is a selfish, narcissistic, popularity and fashion obsessed, mean-spirited girl. Even Charlotte and Scarlett, who were the redeeming features of the first book, and not too bad in the second, are both just like all the rest of them. What little character development they had in the earlier books was tossed out the window for this one, in favor of yet another bitch in the cast. There is no humor in this volume at all, unless you find mean girls sniping at each other nonstop for 300 pages the pinnacle of humor. The plot is vague and senseless. I didn't care one iota what happened to anyone, because there were no characters worth caring about. Charlotte, the original Ghostgirl, seems to be a secondary character in this volume.
On top of this, Hurley's writing style is irritating. The book is largely dialogue, but she isn't satisfied with the all purpose, useful word, "said." She invariably either follows "said" with an adverb: she said haughtily, she said snidely, she said quizzically... or worse, she foregoes "said" altogether in favor of oddball words that halt the reader's flow. She jibed, she orated, she snipped, she snapped, she chirped, she harangued, etc.
Generally, finishing what you start is considered a good thing, but I was a fool to go on through three books of this nonsense. The first Ghostgirl book is maybe worth reading if it seems like your kind of thing. There is some story, some humor, some character development, and it is definitely creative. But for God's sake, forego the other two!
Even this third volume concludes with the oh so creative "The end?" suggesting that Hurley intended a fourth book. The publishers seem to have taken mercy on us and refused to print a fourth. ( )

Synopsis: One (maybe?) last time in this third ghostgirl book, Charlotte and her friends are all back--both the living and the dead. After dying, meeting up in Dead Ed, and helping out by answering the calls, they have one more task. Sent back to Charlotte's old high school, the same one where she was all but invisible and met her death by choking on a gummi bear.

This time, though, Charlotte's there on a mission: each of the dead teens is assigned a living counterpart that they're supposed to help through one major problem--and all in time for problem, too.

Charlotte faces the trouble of keeping her (dead) boyfriend, reconnecting with Scarlet now that they're on the same plane of existence, and remembering just how she is--and all she's learned about herself before she becomes invisible again.


Review: The theme song for this could easily be David Bowie's "Changes." All of the characters are going through a lot of changes in their lives, through most of the novel. It kept things fresh, this being the third book in the series, to have new things happening to them and them at different crossroads (and they are teenagers so having everything smooth wouldn't make much sense, would it?).

I did appreciate, too, that the changes and turbulence they (Scarlet, Charlotte, Damien, Petula, etc) experienced weren't coming from nowhere (except when they were supposed to!). The events of this third book built on events of the earlier two books and also tied things together nicely. The same humor, wit, and charm was present in ghostgirl: Lovesick that made me fall in love with the first two books.

This was a very enjoyable ending (I think) to this series and I'm so glad that I read this series. The characters are enjoyable, the story is endearing and funny and altogether it's absolutely unlike anything you'll ever read. (I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for some sort of a Tonya Hurley/Tim Burton movie!)

Rating: 9/10

ghostgirl Series:
ghostgirl
ghostgirl: Homecoming
ghostgirl: Lovesick


huge-a-rific thank you to the author for the review copy of this book ( )

This is literally the worst novel I have ever picked up and attempted to read. I purchased it because I am very interested in "girly" and "paranormal" novels and began reading one morning at around 10. I would say to took until about 3 pm until I realized how awful it is. There is ZERO character development and the plot seems as if it was written by a kinder gardener's perspective on how teenage years would be if you were a ghost. The whole story pretty much consists of petty teenage girl problems and approximately 100 + cheesy attempts of bad puns that make you cringe. I had almost finished the book when I realized I was wasting my day and did a service to myself and closed it up for good. I would recommend "Everybody Poops" before I would recommend this book. ( )

Loved it. It is full of human emotions and inhuman as well. Very funny take on an average girl's teenage life. Would recommend to any YA reader. ( )