![]() I especially appreciated how, in his acknowledgments at the end of the book, he thanks his sensitivity readers who helped him fine-tune his characters of color. As a white writer, Klune takes care to make his representation organic and natural. Mei is sarcastic, passionate, and fiercely protective of her found family. Nelson is elderly but spry, and just as likely to play wacky pranks on people as he is to help them through their trauma. Hugo is a gentle man who wears colorful bandanas and devotes his life to helping people, both alive and dead. All three characters are wonderfully realized, whole people. ![]() Mei, the Reaper assigned to Wallace, is Chinese-American. Hugo and his grandfather Nelson, a ghost who lives at the teashop with Hugo, are Black. Three out of four of the principal cast are people of color. But Wallace doesn't want to cross, and the more time he spends with Hugo, the more he feels himself falling for him.īook Format: eBook, and also available in print and downloadable audiobook Hugo's job is to guide Wallace through the door that leads to the afterlife, whenever Wallace is ready. Little does he know that the stranger is his Reaper, here to guide him to Charon's Crossing, a teashop run by Ferryman Hugo Freeman. Summary: Bitter lawyer Wallace Price dies of a heart attack and is shocked to find that only five people are attending his funeral: his three partners at his law firm, his ex-wife, and a strange woman he's never seen before. ![]()
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