This review is for the audiobook version of The Uninvited, by Cat Winters read by ?. This book took me a while to get into, slumped a bit in the middle, and then got better at the twist (which I should have seen coming) and ended fabulously.
We begin with Ivy Rowan waking from being with with the Spanish Influenza, during the first World War, to find her father and brother have killed a German man that lives in their town. The Rowan women have always been able to see those that have passed on when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead are thin, when it’s preparing for a loved one to come through. Ivy immediately leaves home, finding a place to live in town, and determined to make things right with the German shopkeeper. She and Daniel work together to clean up the furniture store and become very close, despite their differences. Ivy works with a volunteer ambulance service to care for the sick on the poor side of town, and visits a jazz club, rapidly expanding her experience and the circle of people she interacts with.
When she finds out Daniel’s secret, her life turns upside down. Will they make things work?
I really did like the way this book resolved itself and will be sure to check out more by this author.