I read this one while I was on vacation in the UK and I think that it was the perfect vacation read. The kind of book that you read purely as part of the escapism of a vacation. One of the first things that I noticed when I started this book was just how easy it was to read. Amy Plum's prose is beautiful and the writing simply flows beautiful. The woman sure does know how to write a good story! 
 Our main character here (as I'm sure you gathered from the synopsis) is Kate Mercer, a young woman who has been devastated by the loss of her parents. The way that Plum writes Kate at the beginning makes her an incredibly sympathetic character; her pain in losing her parents jumps off the page and becomes very real. I think I connected with her at this point because she dealt with the loss in a way that felt similar to how I would react. While Kate makes some of the same mistakes throughout that generally make me sigh and shake my head at the character, I overall really liked her character. 
 The romance in this book is really beautiful...that simple beautiful "first love" kind of romance (although it's not Vincent's first time in love...). Now, I must admit that Vincent had a little bit of the "stalker" air about him when he first starts talking to Kate, but I got over it. I know that some readers will have problems with this, but I overlooked it. Maybe I'm just too in love with my hot male leads and my "kissing books." 
 What I thought made this book unique was the idea of revenants--it was like this completely different take on zombies? So interesting! I thought that it really worked, even making one form of them "good" and another "bad" and the way that each "type" was created. I don't want to tell you what they really are so you can discover them for yourself. Let's suffice it to say that I loved Amy Plum's debut novel and look forward to reading more from her in the future!