Sandra's Book Club: Blog Tour: BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD by Sophie Jupillat Posey

BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

Sophie Jupillat Posey

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GENRE: Young adult paranormal mystery

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BLURB:

The dead won’t leave her alone. For Cavilla, it's one case after another…

Cavilla Ramirez is an average Peruvian teen, tethered to the 1990s rhythm of clarinet rehearsals, dog-eared Agatha Christie novels, and low-stakes schoolyard mysteries. But when a hit-and-run claims her two best friends, her world implodes—and then restructures itself in a seemingly impossible and unnerving way. Her friends aren't gone. Their ghosts linger, needing her help in solving their murder so that they can cross over. And it's not just them. Ghosts are everywhere, and somehow, she's the only one who can see them.

With a protector in the form of a god-turned-cat, Cavilla becomes a reluctant guide between Peru's realms of the living and the dead. Solving murders and helping the dead find closure becomes her new normal. But every answer she uncovers tugs loose something else: long-buried secrets about her own heritage, secrets her aunt Tia Luz would rather keep six feet under.

And as Cavilla finds out, not all ghosts need guidance. One presence stands apart, watching her… waiting.

And he isn't asking for help. He wants her – or something she has.

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Excerpt Two:

“I haven’t always been able to talk,” Rumba said in that queer double-edged voice. It almost sounded like Tuvan throat singing. “But after passing through, I met somebody. We joined as one and we travel between realms.”

“Who did you merge with?” Niko asked, bounding from the bed and sitting next to me.

Rumba tottered for a bit as she went to him. Then, when she spoke, a deep voice resonated. “I am Ai-Apaec.”

When I stared at him dumbly, he resumed loftily. “Mochican god, creator of life, protector of the Moche.”

“Why are you merged with my cat?” I asked dumbly.

“I am evolved from one of the ancient cat gods. It is an honor to serve you.”

I raised my eyebrows. “If you’re a god, shouldn’t I be serving you?”

Niko and Angelica made shushing gestures as if I couldn’t see them. They stared back sheepishly.

“I am a guide and guardian,” Ai-Apaec said smoothly, modulating into Rumba’s more dulcet tones.

“You mentioned realms. What realms?” I asked.

The deadened light flickered and whisked as a gale into my accursed bathroom hallway. The always ambient darkness pulsed and hummed. I shied away, ready to abandon everything.

Irrationality flared through me. My friends and this god were out to kill me! The ghosts or monsters were going to get me! The humming intensified until it reverberated in my bones, making my entrails and teeth chatter. A whiff of salt, like ocean brine, reached me. The darkness frittered away, bit by bit, until a copper-tinged tunnel revealed itself to us, gleaming wickedly.

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Review: Cavilla was a Peruvian teen that could see ghosts. In her spare time, she helps ghost with their problems like finding their missing items. This prompted her to consider being a PI as a career, but her aunt didn’t thing it was a real job.

Somehow and in some way that I didn’t really understand, Cavilla ends up in the realm between the living and the dead. The realms were the most confusing part in all this. It was like the character was prancing around in a hazy dream or something. I thought this started off pretty interesting, but then this in-between land just muddled things up a bit, making it harder for me to follow along. And the weird Latin phrases didn’t help either.

Story seems to pick up when Cavilla looks into the hit-and-run that killed her best friends. Ultimately, this reads like a research and how-to book for a ghost whisperer. It doesn’t quite dive into any mystery. In fact, it tries to dig into a couple of mysteries without digging too deep into any one. This wasn’t quite what I had in mind.

Overall, this was a fairly nice read and it’s a worth a shot for paranormal lovers.

Rating: 3 stars

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Sophie Jupillat Posey has an enriched passion for writing and music that allows her to captivate audiences with her unique style in poetry, novellas and novels. As she lives her life around the beauty and art and the inspiration from others, Sophie manages to create worlds that her readers will find themselves immersed in. With her passion for the arts, she has also studied music and writing at Rollins College, which can be found as guiding pieces in her works. She is the author of several pieces, including the YA fantasy “The Four Suitors”, the short story sci-fi collection “The Inside Out Worlds: Visions of Strange,” several bilingual children’s books and a poetry chapbook. Having lived in the US for many years, Sophie now calls France her home, bringing more of her passion for the arts in her books.

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