Angel of the Overpass, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
I’m an enthusiastic fan of Seanan McGuire’s “Ghost Roads”
series. I love the inventiveness of the world, the plot twists, and the ghostly-but-eminently-human
narrator, Rose Marshall. A half-century ago, Rose was on her way to her high
school prom when she was run down and killed. The driver was teenage
heart-throb movie star, Bobby Cross, desperate to ensure his immortality through
a crossroads bargain that requires him to keep driving a car that runs on the
fuel of human souls. Bobby’s been on Rose’s trail ever since, determined to
feed her soul to his car. Meanwhile, Rose’s prom date, having lived a long life
regretting her loss, has become a ghostly car that communicates with her
through his choice of tunes on his radio. Got all that? Now the crossroads
themselves have been destroyed, and the realms of the ghosts have become
increasingly unstable. And Bobby’s getting closer.
Rose may be dead, a “hitch-hiking ghost,” but she still
retains her compassion and her gift for deep friendships. She’s capable of both
growth and self-sacrifice, and her personality shines through the pages.
Absorbing and highly satisfying, Angel of the Overpass lifted my own spirits. I’ll come back to this series again and again.
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