From Harlequin Teen: “Charlotte Silver’s world is like no one else’s… As the daughter of the famous Silver Spirits paranormal investigators, Charlotte Silver is used to all things weird. But when coffins start floating down her street during a flood, life turns extra strange. And wonderful, when her friend and crush Noah signs on to help Charlotte and her folks in the aftermath. Cemetery cleanup might not sound exciting, but as shocking discoveries and a lurking stranger come to light, Charlotte learns that sometimes, raising the dead can bring unexpected rewards.”

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If you loved Past Midnight, you should read this short novella.  You’ll get to see more of your favorite characters dealing with paranormal activity, and I think this novella is geared more towards debunking paranormal activity, whereas Past Midnight and One Hundred Candles seem to deal more with asserting paranormal presence.  I think that is a nice twist in the series; it clouds things for the reader a bit, and keeps us guessing.  However, I really disliked the end of this novella.  I feel like it wasn’t finished.  The rest of the story was superb, but the ending was really lacking.  It’s like this: the main issue finally comes to a head, but instead of explaining the whole story, only part is explained before other things happen within the novella, and the main issue is never revisited after that (I’m doing my best here to not give anything away).  I had to read the last three chapters twice, and I’m still confused.  I think it was forced and wrapped up too quickly; I have a lot of questions.  I would like to see Purnhagen revisit the ending of this novella and really flesh it out, add a lot more detail and explanation to the ending (including finishing the explanation of the main issue), and perhaps even turn this novella into a full blown novel.  I need someone to read this novella and give me some feedback about the ending.  Perhaps I’m just misreading it?  So, read it! 

As of yet, I cannot find a hardcopy of this novella, though I am looking around, and expect it to come out soon.  However, if you’re interested, you can download it for free to your eReader, or as a PDF file, by going to Harlequin Teens, Barnes and Nobel, or Amazon.  Right now all those sites are offering it for free, but I’m not sure how long this free copy will last.  I know the publisher, Harlequin, plans to put a price on it in the beginning of March, so I’m going to guess that all other sites will do the same.  Hence, you might want to download this stat, even if you haven’t read Past Midnight yet.  That way you can hold on to it until you’ve read the prequel (don’t read it before). For all of you who don’t own an eReader (like me), use Harlequin to get the PDF file.  It’s free to download Adobe Digital Editions, and the help section will even tell you how—so everyone can get this book, no worries!

Three stars.