Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet

If you could bring someone back from the dead to live for 30 more days, would you? And what if you found a loophole that you thought could keep them with you forever? Could you? Should you?

Wilson wins a chance to bring her best friend, Annie, back to life a year after her accidental death. Somehow she must embark on a difficult challenge to solve a problem without letting her best friends know about it or Annie will have to return to the afterlife forever. Can she do it?

I loved the concept of this book when I first read the blurb on the back and was intrigued to see how it turned out. Morris engages the readers in the emotional journey of Wilson as she deals with her friendship issues, her ethical dilemma of trying to defeat Lennon’s rules, and her unusual family dynamics in such a way that the story is quite relatable.

Molly Morris includes a range of family members and relationships in this narrative. She crafts ex-step parents as loving family members, shows how welcoming new people into the family can be awkward but that they can also be loving. The cast of characters includes straight, lesbian and bisexual people who all respect each other and their choices.

As the characters are 18 years old, there are burgeoning sexual relationships being explored, so maturity is expected in the reader, though the scenes are not explicit.

Though dealing with some deeper issues, the story is most enjoyable and quite easy to read.