So many questions! But I like how the author ended the book because it leaves the reader to guess what happened. Does that mean Jane buried Melanie, which would mean Jemima didn’t bury her? Or is Jemima a real ghost, and did she take over Jane’s body from time to time, including at the end, because Jane mentions that she feels a few inches “out of her body” and then she notices the dirt beneath her nails? Maybe Jemima took over Jane’s body and buried Melanie alive before Jane was aware. Is Jemima even a real ghost? Or is she a figment of Jane’s imagination, because Jane notices (after Melanie goes missing) that she has dirt underneath her nails. Jemima says that Jane’s mom is in a “deep sleep.” After the ending and realizing that Jemima is HORRID, was this a hint that Jane’s mom is really dead? Did Jemima kill her at the end? Jemima (the ghost) tells Jane not to worry about her mom waking up due to the noise being made. I couldn’t stop thinking about the ending and what it meant. The ending was completely unexpected, down to the last paragraph on the last page, which I LOVED.Īfter I finished reading the book, these are the questions that rolled around in my head. This means his character is essential, but the story isn’t about the relationship/friendship between Will and Jane it’s about Jane’s family and relationships/secrets within the family.Īs a reader, I always felt there was an unspoken rift between Jane and Ruth because sometimes Jane refers to her mom by her first name, and other times she calls her mom. And his character also shows Jane hallucinating stuff, such as her room being a mess and rose petals being everywhere-when all he sees is a clean room. It tells the story of Jane who has just lost her father, and she is forced to move with her mother to her mothers childhood home. However, his character does give the reader a glimpse into Jane’s mental hiccups because he asks her on more than one occasion if she’s okay, in a way that references her mental clarity. But I’m always up for a good romance side plot and would’ve loved there to be one. I wish I could’ve seen more of Will (a side character), but as the story played out, I understand that he didn’t play a huge piece of the plot, so the reader didn’t NEED to see more of him.

Horrid by Katrina Leno