Rules for Ghosting

Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Rules for Ghosting is a charming little book set around a family run Jewish funeral home. It has bits of found family & romance along with a healthy dose of what it means to do life and death as part of a community.

There's a pretty wide and diverse cast of characters who are on the whole very real and relatable. Our main character is a trans young man named Ezra who is in the process of learning to recognize his own worth, while figuring out which boundaries to hold and which to let go of. He's also just a little psychic, which is made more interesting by the fact that his family runs a funeral home, AND he's also starting to have feelings for a widower.

The plot was fairly messy, but mostly in a good way. It felt like real life, stuff happens, and sometimes it all happens at once. This book is just a slice of life where Ezra is in a season of a lot happening. Families are messy sometimes. That said, it wasn't so much that it was difficult to follow or overwhelming to read about. The author handles it well, and overall this was a pretty comfy read.

If you like the trend of romances set around funeral homes, this would be worth a try. If you like slice of life where people love and support each other, even if they don't always do it perfectly, you'd probably enjoy this book too.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC. This is an unbiased review.

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