Ghostgirl: Homecoming by Tonya Hurley

Rating: 3/5
Age R: 13+ (I found that a LOT of 13 year olds are the ones who love this series the most) It's still pg-13 because of certain content though.
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Series? This is the second book in the Ghostgirl series. The first being, Ghostgirl :) You can read my review of that one here.
Thoughts:
In Ghostgirl: Homecoming Charlotte is in Heaven. Or is she? Is Heaven really a phone bank?
Charlotte finds herself in a place that might not be Heaven. She and the other folks from Dead Ed are all stuck answering phones but hold on a sec, Charlotte's phone is not ringing, not at all. What does that mean?
Meanwhile in the world of the living, Petula ends up in a coma (WTFruit?) and Scarlet finds herself trying to figure out a way to save Petula along with her seemingly doomed relationship with Damen.
I'm starting to think that Charlotte is going to go through all these in between places before she actually goes to Heaven. Or maybe the story in this book is the last in between place she will be in and the third one will actually take place in Heaven. Who knows.
I REALLY like the idea of what happens after death in these books. It's interesting and unique in its own way but what I don't like is the story. In the first book all Charlotte wants is to be popular yatayata then in this one she has to help Scarlet help her sister, Petula, get out of a coma. It's just not something that interests me. Sure the story has it's moments but overall, it's not for me. Not only that but the story is somewhat ridiculous to me and not in a super fun enjoyable way. Damen goes to some extreme and silly lenghts to try and get Petula to wake up from her coma. It's just ugh, ridiculous! Like I said before, this book is not for me, I liked it, but didn't love it. The characters sometimes frustrated the heck out of me along with the story but others might feel different. I'm just giving my opinion here. I honestly think teenagers might not like this book that much but those in the 12-15 year range might love it. I have a cousin that age and she really likes this series and so do a lot of her friends so there you go.

Quote/s:

She laughed and looked up at him, the relief of being with him again shining from her hazel eyes. A solitary tear dropped from Damen's eye.
'Is that a tear?'
'Yeah, but it's a man-tear'

Note:
I thought it was pretty weird that Petula and Scarlet's parents are NEVER around, not even when Petula's in the hostpital. The doctors are always telling Damen what's going on instead of Petula's guardian. Weird. All I'd want would be an explanation, but instead we get nothing.
Another thing that was odd to me was the fact that in the first book there is practically no mention of Charlotte's parents but in this one it turns out her parents have been dead. It's a huge WTFruit moment. Tonya Hurley has mentioned in interviews why she doesn't have parents but the whole parents being dead thing is odd because this news just comes out of nowhere. If I missed something in the first book talking about this let me know in the comments. I don't think I did but it's possible I suppose.


YOU WILL ENJOY READING THIS BOOK IF YOU LIKE/ARE INTERESTED IN:
-Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley. R.ed here.
-Beetlejuice (Movie that I love)
-life after death
-humor
-music
-goth and/or emo
-girlfriend in a coma (no not the Smiths song)
-If I Stay by Gayle Forman. R.ed here.