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Layoverland by Gabby Noone
3.0


I was drawn in by the description of this book. A girl dies and ends up in what is essentially the waiting room of the afterlife. Not only that, but she has a job: to help other stuck souls move on. She even has to help the person who caused her own end move on.

I was most definitely intrigued. What I didn’t expect was the age of the characters. I assumed adult characters when reading the description. But they were younger and that meant a lot more teenage drama than I was anticipating. Maybe it’s because my teenage years didn’t include that much drama that I always find teen angst grating.

That being said, I thought the overall premise was good and that it was well written. I definitely feel like the author could expand on this concept should she choose to but it also could stand as is. My difficulty was more with the childish nature of some of the characters. But that’s my fault for not going in expecting the unexpected.