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A review by effy
The Grief Nurse by Angie Spoto
4.25
In this highly original story from Spoto, a world is imagined where select people have the ability to remove a person’s grief. Lynx is one of these people and is under the guardianship of a family whose only riches are their good name. Following the death of one of the Aster children, secrets begin to be revealed and Lynx learns more about what it means to be a grief nurse.
Spoto does an absolutely incredible job in creating a world where Grief Nurses are thoroughly incorporated into the fabric of the society and this is evidenced in a number of ways like the use of “goldware” and that The Grief Nurse appears in the tarot deck.
This is a truly atmospheric book with a mystery that kind of sneaks up on the reader. I really enjoyed just getting to know this world and Lynx as well as exploring the interpersonal dynamics. I could have gladly read multiple books within this world as this is such an incredible concept.
The ending is quite open but all the more satisfying for that fact because this isn’t a story where a neat ending would have necessarily worked well and been fitting. I like the sense that Lynx’s story is only just beginning and that we have only been granted a small window into her life.