Queen B’s Decree: Under the Whispering Door was beautiful and heartbreaking. I kept thinking “how is a story about someone dying so funny and addicting?”
Wallace didn’t live his life to the fullest and now that he’s passed, he’s finding out just what was missing. As he’s in limbo, waiting to cross over, he forms a friendship with the ferryman, Hugo, and the rest of the gang. It is a little predictable, how Wallace learns from his mistakes while living and does his best to be a better…ghost.
The romance felt minimal to me. I wasn’t sure where it came from. It felt like they were becoming friends and then BAM.
But none of that really matters to me because I still adore Under the Whispering Door. It was heartwarming and heartbreaking, funny and sad, beautiful and crushing. It is still so surprising to me that a book about death could be so sweet and insightful and make me feel so much.
Lastly, Nelson may only be a side character, but he may be one of my favorite characters to ever grace a page. Under the Whispering Door was so well written and enjoyable and I’ll look forward to more by T.J. Klune.
Book: Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Series: standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Hotness: mild salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: gay