## ghostly crime solvers

ghostly crime solvers - and they’re not all human ghosts, either! 😉🐕👻

📚 books mentioned:
- Haunting Melody by Chloe Spencer
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

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Steph  
• Feb 9 2025

## animal companions!

do you have a favorite literary animal companion?

the cat and bunny fur blend stuck on my microphone was honestly the perfect touch here LOL.

📚 books mentioned:
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
- Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
- These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa

## fragrances can 100% immerse me more in stories!!  
disney rides have got this down pat lol.

📚 books mentioned:
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino (Soft Spot - @phlur)
- The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas (Percy - @olfactorynyc)
- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong (Crumb Couture - @snif.co)
- Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas (Missing Person - Phlur)
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (7 Summers - @dimebeautyco)

## death books 2

let’s yap about MORE books that tackle death in a unique way! ghosts, necromancers, and unique perspectives on dying alike.

📚 books mentioned:
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
- The Coven Tendency by Zoe Hana Mikuta
- Haunting Melody by Chloe Spencer

## fantasy books without spice (and minimal romance overall)!

but i know people will still ask if there’s spice every darn time. 😭

📚 books mentioned:
- To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
- The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings
- May a Divine Awaken by Michael Tinsley
- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
- The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
- The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan
- Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
- The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson
- When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
- Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier
- Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
- The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

## Books about Death

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