This book should be required reading for anyone who has lost anyone in their lives, ie; a family member, a pet, a friend. 

This book follows Wallace, an unkind, unforgiving man, who dies unexpectedly. Before he crosses over, he has to meet with the Ferryman who will help him with the process. So, when Mei, the Reaper, collects Wallace and brings him to meet Hugo, the ferryman, he was not expecting his life to change. As it says on the cover of the book, "Death is only their beginning." 

This book talks about forgiveness and how to be a better person and care about the people that are around you and be aware of that. It had me balling my eyes out at the end of the book because of these messages and beautifully written this book was. I especially appreciated how Klune left the "crossing over" to our own depiction. Since so many religions and beliefs are different, I feel this book could resonate with any religion or belief system because it is so open-ended. 

Overall, this was definitely a 5-star read, there was a love story, there was a redemption, there were friendships and there was conflict (with the Manager)