librarianryan 's review for:

Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo
3.5
challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

 
This book was nothing like I was expecting based solely on the cover. This book is about a witch academy that’s hidden from society Yorrwitch. Yorrwitch Academy is surrounded by woods with some nefarious entity inside that is dangerous to the people who inhabit the school. Our main character, Abigail is an orphan student. Her only family is the family, she makes at school. One day when her mentee Noreen goes missing, she can’t help but get in on the search. She’s not supposed to searching as it is only for teachers, but she knows there’s no one else there for an orphan.  And the school has a history of another student that went missing and was never found. This book has an interesting flow, and I did find the book wrapped up too quickly and too nicely. I did enjoy the twist at the end, but it seemed rushed compared to how drawn out the first 3/4 of the book felt. Overall, this was a fun and timely read for the season and I did enjoy it. if there’s a sequel, I would be interesting to read it, but it would not be a must buy.