Happy Medium, is Sarah Adler’s newest release & follows fake spirit medium Gretchen as she works to convince Charlie to keep his farm. What started as an attempted home ‘cleansing’ quickly turns into keeping Charlie safe & might even be leading to sparks flying!
I loved the concept of the story & I’m always here for a funny ghost side character. Unfortunately, those were the things I liked best. I struggled with our main character, Gretchen the most. I just never ‘care’ to know more about her. Charlie was a fine love interest but again I never felt drawn to him the way I would have wanted. The story was also 100 pages too long, there was no reason for this book to be over 400 pages and made the pacing slow.
I didn’t not like this book, it just didn’t stand out to me. Lacking chemistry, I never felt compelled to keep reading nor did I ever really feel myself rooting for our main couple. I would have liked to know more about Gretchen roommate and the other side characters, and while I did love Everett our reside ghost, he wasn’t enough to save the book for me. Overall, not bad but not a very memorable read.
Happy Medium comes out April 30, 2024. Thank you to Berkley for my advanced copies in exchange for my review. If you liked this review, please let me know either by commenting below or by visiting my Instagram @speakingof.books.
