Me, the Missing, and the Dead by Jenny Valentine

Overall, it was a quick, fun, witty read, but not a novel to highly recommend. I will admit it does lapse in pace in some parts. My favorite characteristic of Lucas is that he is witty, and that provides a fast pace for most of the novel. He finagles a way to get Violet in his possession, and thus begins the tie-in to his missing father, a mystery that has been unsolved for years.Valentine’s writing style is certainly not high or thought-provoking, but she paints a thorough picture of Lucas. Someone left behind the ashes of a “loved one,” Violet, and Lucas feels she is communicating with him from the other side. Valentine’s Me, the Missing, and the Dead starts out promisingly enough: Lucas takes a cab home one evening (well, early morning, technically), and becomes drawn to an urn left in the smoke-filled, gritty rooms of the cab company.