City of Ghosts

By: Victoria Schwab

Narrated by: Reba Buhr

Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

From number-one New York Times best-selling author Victoria Schwab comes a sweeping, spooky, evocative adventure, perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn't like to think about it), she can pull back the Veil that separates the living from the dead...and enter the world of spirits. Her best friend is even a ghost.

So things are already pretty strange. But they're about to get much stranger.

When Cass's parents start hosting a TV show about the world's most haunted places, the family heads off to Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, graveyards, castles, and secret passageways teem with restless phantoms. And when Cass meets a girl who shares her "gift", she realizes how much she still has to learn about the Veil - and herself.

And she'll have to learn fast. The city of ghosts is more dangerous than she ever imagined.

New York Times best-selling author Victoria Schwab delivers a thrillingly spooky and action-packed tale of hauntings, history, mystery, and the bond between friends (even if that friend is a ghost...).

©2018 Victoria Schwab (P)2018 Scholastic Inc.

Intended for a Younger Crowd

I live anything the V Schuab puts out. I even found this entertaining; however, it is intended for a younger crowd. I would say 5th grade and up. kinda mysterious, kinda spooky, but not the typical dark, gothic, bloody, action packed Schuab that I love!!

Charming, thrilling, and superbly narrated

um, i totally loved this!!!

I guess it shouldn't be surprising because it's Victoria Schwab after all, right? I knew it would probably be <i>good</i> but omg i had so idea how utterly charming and thrilling it would be.

After Cassidy Blake has a near-death experience, she gains the ability to see ghosts -- and a ghost best friend. Coincidentally, her parents are the writing duo behind the Inspecters paranormal mystery series, but they are in the dark about her ability. Her dad is big on hard facts and a no-nonsense non-believer in ghosts, while her mom loves the stories and is chipper in even the most ominous situations. When they land a TV show exploring the most famously haunted cities, Cassidy ends up spending her summer in Edinburgh and coming face-to-face with the famous Lady in Red.

The narration of this book was so excellent that I’m sure I enjoyed this book more than I would have on paper. She has a clear tone, good inflection, and natural sounding accents (they are in Edinburgh after all!)

Excellent narration!

This was a fun and unique ghost story! Had me guessing a little, even at the end. Love how it leaves room for more. The narration was beautiful. It really made the story come alive. Loved it!

THIS IS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!

I just got done listening to it and the reader does such a good job with all of the accents and brings the story to life, i highly reccomend reading it!

Riveting

Super good story from the beginning. Keeps you hooked all throughout. I really enjoyed the performance and I loved that she mentioned a bunch of verbiage the character found odd like saying biscuits instead of cookies and torch instead of flashlight because I’ve always found that odd too.

It is a kid's book, but I enjoyed it

this is more of a children's book than some of the other things that she's written... I would say this is for like middle school age? like perhaps 11 to 13? I read a lot of YA and its earlier than that... it's a little slow in the beginning but it's worth the ramp up. The second book is good too.

High praise for City of Ghosts

V. E. Schwab does a wonderful job with these characters. They're real, and relatable--they practically jump off the page. The narrator is fantastic, nicely paced, and her vouce is well-suited to the characters. I highly recommend this book to any fans of Holly Black or Alix Harrow.

They only negative was the frequent Harry Potter references (the main character and a helper character are fans). That's just personal preference on my part as I don't/won't support anything J. K. Rowling has any part of, due to her extremist anti-trans policy.

The HP references weren't enough to make me give this story fewer stars. It was simply character-building on Schwab's part and she shouldn't be penalized for another writer's transphobic behavior.

5 stars. Highly recommend.

Best ghost story in years

The narrator really did a wonderful job and made the story even better with her different voices

Well thought out.

good book, great story. I accidentally purchased. most definitely a teen book. good read tho.

Excellent middle-grade ghost story

Fabulous middle-grade ghost story! I loved everything about it, and I can't wait to read the sequels. This is the first book of Schwab's I've read, but it certainly won't be the last.