Dead Girl Walking grabbed my attention as soon as I read the summary and although this one started out a bit slow for me, it definitely picked up toward the end and I found myself enjoying the story.

Cassie, the main character, died. That’s right, she was in an accident with her family and everyone died. The difference for Cassie was that for some reason, she came back. Now she is on her own and seeing a therapist to figure out what she should do with herself as well as why she is even alive. By chance, she notices a boy, Dante, in the waiting room and is drawn to him.

Dante has horrible dreams…or nightmares. He sees the exact moment of his death but doesn’t know how to stop it. When he continues to encounter Cassie, they begin to develop a friendship and eventually more.

Neither of these characters is particularly stable. They are both struggling with coming to terms with their situations and they lean on each other to cope. On top of that, girls are being killed and Cassie ends up right in the middle of the danger. Because she is somehow able to see pieces of a person’s death by touching them, she is pulled into the investigation being done by the police. Eventually Cassie becomes a target and this is the catalyst to putting both Cassie and Dante in danger.

I won’t say much more about the story here as I don’t want to give anything away but overall I thought this was an interesting story and although it did have a slow start, once it started to get into the mystery of the story, I found it pulled me in more. This story combines a bit of the paranormal with a mystery – if you’re looking for something a bit different, definitely consider checking this one out.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy.