This was a really enjoyable read, Hereafter has mystery, ghosts, witches, and the never missing romance...I think one of my new favorite genres is ghost stories! Or maybe Romantic ghost stories, since i consider myself a romantic. That might be a new genre, right there.Saying that, while I kept reading the book i started to feel for Amelia. At the beginning of the book, Amelia is a fragile, terrified 18 year old ghost girl who doesn't really know who she is , how she came to be, and is just lost roaming around with nowhere really to go. But ultimately, she becomes a girl who falls in love with a boy she saves from drowning, and finds that she can be strong and brave. By help of the boy, Joshua, she gets to also learn who she is and what happend to her. Joshua on the other hand is nothign like Amelia. He, from the start is a very optimistic, cheerful boy, who knows doesn't care what other people think about him. Even when he should have been running scared off his pants, that he met a ghost, he instead decides to take her to school with him! I don't even think he thinks twice about falling in love with a ghost (view spoiler)[I started to feel a bit worried going further into the book since I started to realize Amelia was still a ghost and ger relationship with Joshua started to become more serious. Don't get me wrong i was so happy they love each other, even that they were able to touch and kiss (squeals of joy.)But it was only for short amounts of time and she didn't really turn corporal.Then theres the fact that she doesn't age since she's dead and Joshua is very much alive and will eventually die while she remains unchanging. I hope as the series goes on that there is a solution to this problem because it would really annoy me if they can never trully be together. (hide spoiler)]Moving on, i await anxiously the arrival of Arise Hereafter 2. I think what msot appeals to me about this genra is that it's find of an impossible love since one is dead and the other living, and getting to the solution with all its obstacles is what captures my attention. I would recommend this book to all romantics who like a bit of mystery and spooky in their love stories.