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Let’s get this straight – ghosts are everywhere. I can see them. You can’t. And, see them or not, they’re dangerous. This is why my family has hunted ghosts for hundreds of years to protect people like you.

The Marin family are outcasts of the ghost hunting world. They run a two-man operation in inner city Melbourne. Anton has the Ghost-sight, but his father does not.

Rani Cross is supremely skilled in hand-to-hand combat, with enhanced speed and strength thanks to her magical initiation into the Company of the Righteous.

When it comes to ghost-hunting methodology, Anton and Rani don’t see eye to eye – Anton likes to ‘ease their passage’ to the next world, while Rani’s all about the slashing.

But Melbourne is under threat; with a massive spike in violent ghost manifestations, Anton and Rani must find a way to work together to keep supernatural forces at bay.

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Gap Year in Ghost Town was an unexpected awesome read for me!

Gap year is set in Melbourne (home town represent xD) Anton our main character is hilarious so straight off the bat this book hooked me. I mean it has Ghosts, A+ Melbourne references, amazing aussie slang AND smartassary could I ask for more?

I didn’t exactly love the authors short story in the Anthology and I’ve never read any of his other books so I went into this with rather low expectations and I’m kinda glad I did because it impressed me just that much more.

Anton has a quick mouth and is fast to deflect with something witty but he’s also incredible adorable, kind-hearted, and wants to put on a brave face (he also wears some great jackets but that doesn’t really further the plot.)

Basically Anton has just finished school and is taking a Gap year of the supernatural kind, his family has run a ghost hunting business for 200+ years and this year is his turn to test it out, see if this is what he wants to do for his life or if he wants to leave ghost hunting and pursue a different career choice, while doing that he stumbles upon a weird crop of ghosts and a new ghost hunter in town, together they set out to find out what exactly is happening with all the Melbournian ghosts.

Okay lists of what I loved:

• Rani and her sword
• Rani
• A CHARACTERS DAD WHO IS ACTUALLY REALLY INVOLVED WITH HIS SON AND THE STORY
• All the ghosts
• Anton sass
• Rani and her ass kickary
• The plot was fast paced and really interesting
• Possession
• Bec and the best friend level, Becs didn’t feature much but I really enjoy her and Antons friendship
• Murders
• Ghosts
• Aussie Slang

4/5 Stars

The reason why this wasn’t a 5/5 stars is it just didn’t hook me as much as other books had. It was missing a certain spark for me that makes me want to shove it in everyone’s faces and make them read it right there and then. Also some of the sentences were a bit stunted BUT I did have an arc so this might have been fixed up in the finished copies.

Overall I really loved the plot, the ghosts, the setting, and all the characters. This works as a standalone but I hope we get some more installments of Anton’s adventures.

Bring on more Melbourne Ghosts!

Have you read this? What did you think? Is it on your TBR? Any Ghost YA story recommendations?