I received this ARC through NetGalley and this is my voluntary and honest review.

(Mild spoilers ahead, but I kept it vague.)

I've been struggling with my last few reads, so this has been a breath of fresh air. I'm a sucker for ghost stories where an outsider arrives in an old place that is haunted, and has to figure out who the ghost is and what skeletons are hiding in the closet (literally). And this is that, with a healthy dose of family drama, some teenage drama (and trauma) and all that in a Jamaican setting. Lots of mystery, friendship, Jamaican patois language, maybe even romance?!

I initially thought that the reveal of Carina's "crime" was underwhelming, but now I feel like that was part of the point. She's just a teenage girl, and there's bigger monsters here. I also wanted there to be something romantic between Carina and Dante, but I guess that didn't work out, huh?

I liked that Carina struggles with her identity - she's Jamaican, but she's never been to Jamaica, and in the past she'd clung to stereotypes to feel connected to her culture, which was interesting.

Overall an interesting read, the mystery and the characters were both very intriguing, and the setting/atmosphere also.