Summary:
Mila is used to being alone. Maybe that’s why she said yes to the opportunity: living in this remote place, among the flowers and the fog and the crash of waves far below.
But she hadn’t known about the ghosts.
Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster care system. So when she’s offered a job and a place to stay at a farm on an isolated part of the Northern California Coast, she immediately accepts. Maybe she will finally find a new home, a real home. The farm is a refuge, but also haunted by the past traumas its young residents have come to escape. And Mila’s own terrible memories are starting to rise to the surface.
Watch Over Me is another stunner from Printz Award-Winning author Nina LaCour, whose empathetic, lyrical prose is at the heart of this modern ghost story of resilience and rebirth.
My rating: 3.5 stars rounded up
This was so beautifully written...just as beautiful as this cover. Nina LaCour did a great job of portraying Mila's emotions and how she dealt with her childhood trauma and all the scenes and descriptions of the ghosts were so hauntingly magical. There was a bit of mystery, since we didn't know what Mila did until later on in the book, and it added an element of suspense.
Lee's character and fears and struggles were also really well shown and throughout the entire book, I found myself wanting him to be safe. He's so little, and yet there's so much depth to him, which stood out to me since younger characters are usually one-dimensional and not well-developed.
It did get a bit hard to read and it wasn't as mysterious and chilling as I expected, but even though it took a different direction, I think it was well-done and I would recommend it!
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