DuMort

DuMort was a fun novella set in a magical world. I really enjoyed the premise of this book as an actual occultist is hired to help with a ghost. He is the real deal in the crowd of phony people claiming to have the same abilities. This is the type of book that touches on a lot of themes that continously draws me into the genre: grappling with what is and isn't real with supernatural like the after life and psychics and exposing the world its set in for what it is. 

The scandal and the drama was enticing, however the story was a little too rushed. The relationships between the characters could have been developed more. The romance that blossoms and the marriage that dissolves would have been more believable with more time to grow into the characters. I understand that it is a novella, however I would have liked for more time to see how the relationships emerged.

But the world building was wonderful. It is definitely the type of book that makes me wish I could just crawl into the pages and live where magic exists.

Thanks to Ghost Orchid Press for my review copy