What an utterly heartbreaking, devastating beautiful hopeful yet cathartic book. It was not what I expected at all. I had barely read the blurb so what I knew was that: Wallace Price was dead and there was a cafe (pardon me Hugo, a tea shop). So naturally I was expecting a book about the personification of death and its escapades I was expecting Death to speak and hangs out with Wallace etc etc. I did not expect such a poignant tale that reached down into my own grief and soothed it. 

What makes this a beautiful story is the idea that Wallace is unyeilding and set in his ways until the biggest irreversible event in his life occurs and from there on out, watching him blossom and grow is just so pleasing to the soul.

I fell in love with everyone at Charon's Crossing.  From Mei to Hugo, Nelson and Apollo, Wallace and Cameron (I especially identified with him so much). Even Alan, I could see where it all went wrong for him, so deeply wounded and emotionally scarred. Nancy, the weaving of her sadness and loss was so powerful.   


This book had me in tears for most of.the pages. Laughter, tons of smiles and a shower of tears.