Installment Immortality

Installment Immortality by Seanan McGuire

Installment Immortality has us continuing to follow ghostly babysitter, Mary Dunlavy, after the climactic events of book 13. The anima mundi has a job that Mary is specifically suited to, but she needs the help of a couple human family members to pull it off - so Archie and Elsie get to spend a little time in the series spotlight.

I enjoyed that we got some different family members in the main action this time, and since Archie in particular is a bit of an ongoing loose thread in the series at present, I liked getting to spend more time with him and see how his situation is shaping up.

With a ghost as our main character, this is ultimately a ghost story this time! Lots of hauntings, and the lore shared around the different types of ghosts made for some interesting moments as each type of ghost has a specific skill set associated with their classification.

I liked this book, but I have to say I didn't LOVE it quite as much as I have some of the other InCryptid books. The fact that it comes right after a couple books with some major action meant that it ended up dealing with the fallout of the previous book, and I just found certain parts of that a little less compelling. That said, the book does have a good story arc of its own, and I am very much looking forward to seeing what happens next in InCryptid.