Extensive discussion of death  sprinkled with a light supernatural contemporary romance about NYCers-who-work-in-the-publishing-industry and visit a rural town.

The book's death discussion hones a fun vibe and hits the "death happens and is normal," which is valid. [Style choice]

Poston says "Dad is dead." "He's dead." "My dad is dead." A lot.

But it's ever present, just in case you think this shifts to a fun ghost romp. 

The discussion as a surface level convo about death's normalcy is an odd comparison to the grief-fest of Poston's Seven Year Slip or other stories that dig into endings, regrets, rebuilding, or new viewpoints spurred by the death convo- particularly in romance. But this book also does a lot of other stuff (protagonist is sorting out all her relationships, a ghost, her ex, her writing career, a work deadline, her hometown, and planning a funeral.)

Low spice, 1 POV, first person, past tense, lots of meta references

Emotional beats in this are really good. You don't learn as much about the love interest as I would have liked (bc there's so much other stuff) but the emotional progression is believable and sweet.

Characters are all pretty charming. There's a lot of punning, which is great.

Narrator: Eileen Stevens does a great job. She's a gifted voice actor who has some spectacular laugh, cry, snort moments in both dialogue and prose.