AFTERMARKET AFTERLIFE - Seanan McGuire


Once a crossroads ghost, Mary Dunlavy is now the Price family babysitter. She's been their babysitter for four generations and she'll likely do it the rest of her life ... er, the rest of time. But to be a babysitter, there needs to be a family to sit for and with people dying the way they are, Mary has become a transporter of the dead.

The Covenant is striking out at the Cryptids of New York, waging the all out war that's been festering for some time. The Price family has gathered - those that are still alive - and making plans to strike back at the Covenant, and to hit them fast and hard.

The prolific Seanan McGuire has a number of fantastic series' and this is one of my favorites. While each book focuses on an individual, the series has a large cast of characters and many of them (all of them?) make an appearance in this book, despite the former Crossroads Ghost taken the narrative here.

I can't help but wonder if this is the penultimate book in the series as it does feel like it's leading us to something bigger and bad-der, but I hope that's not really the case because I really enjoy this series and want to see it go on and on.

In some ways Mary seems like an odd choice for our focus as she's a bit of an outsider in the Price family, but McGuire shows us that Mary is actually the keystone. Because she's a ghost, she's seen more of the Price family than anyone else through the years, and space and distance have no meaning to her - because she's charged with taking care of the Price's when she is called by one of them, she can pop in immediately to them, from anywhere.  This will be helpful in their efforts to stay connected without letting the Covenant know what they're doing. Th Price's may only be Mary's charge, but she'll stand by them and fight in any way she still can.

This was really a thrilling read, with a touch of sadness at familiar characters who don't make it through to the end

Looking for a good book? Aftermarket Afterlife by Seanan McGuire is an exciting urban fantasy - the 13th book in a series.  Don't start here, but DO pick up this series and get here as fast as you can.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

4-1/2 stars

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Aftermarket Afterlife

author: Seanan McGuire

series: InCryptid #13

publisher: DAW

ISBN: 9780756418618

paperback, 368 pages

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