I wasn’t able to finish this book. Because of this, it is my policy not to review the book on my site or on Goodreads/Amazon. I also didn’t mark it DNF.

This one was a DNF for me. I will not be posting a review of it but thank you for sending. it just wasn't for me. Thank you again for the copy

If you have loved any of this authors previous work you will love this book, expect the fun romance and fun interaction between characters. I loved it and would highly recommend.

This book was absolutely fantastic. I've already added it to our library collection and will recommend it to students.

If you are already a fan of C.C. Hunter you will enjoy this book. (And by that I mean I thoroughly enjoyed it). Riley Smith is a 17 year old girl who can see the dead. She tries her best to help the dead move on and find peace. Sometimes this is an easy job, but this time things are getting scary. The ghost that arrives in her room was killed and Riley has to figure out what happened. Add to that, another new ghost, yes a very attractive guy, starts visiting her. And he is not like any other ghost she has met before (obviously!). Mix all of that together and you have a fantastic YA paranormal book.

Overall, this book was very enjoyable. I liked Riley a lot. She handled things very well. This book is also great because it is a paranormal, but that doesn't completely take over the main character's life. There is a great focus on Riley's life without all the paranormal crap and I love that!

I want to give a huge thank you to NetGalley and EverAfter Romance for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. I appreciate this opportunity.

I thought this was a fun story. I love a good ghostie romance. I felt like the drama and angst were kinda high for my taste though.

I received an arc from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I honestly DNFd this book 20% in which I know is horrible but I just really couldn’t get into it.

I did not expect to love “The Mortician’s Daughter” as much as I did!

CC Hunter’s worlds are always very easy to find yourself immersed in right away.

Our protagonist Riley is superb. She is a great heroine. Her drama is easy to get lost in and you will be take along for a rollercoaster of a ride throughout the book.

The ending of “The Mortician’s Daughter” is a cliffhanger that will leave you yearning to get your hands on the next book right away!

A copy of the book was provided by the publisher in return for an honest review.

I really enjoyed C.C. Hunter's Shadow Falls series that I had read a few years ago, so when I saw that she had released another YA Fantasy/Paranormal series about the daughter of a MORTICIAN *happy squeal* I just knew I had to read it. And going into it, I totally expected the mushy forbidden romance and the dramatic teenage angst riddled banter between characters. I was ready for a hot ghost boy, a girl with some home issues and a little murder/mystery to spice up my week.

But UGH! I'm surprised my eyes don't have a permanent twitch to them due to the constant eye-rolls and half-lidded cringes that were racking through my body while reading.

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It's not like this was a bad story, because it wasn't! The plot was well-constructed, the characters felt familiar and had solid backgrounds, and it read like a fairly accurate representation of what a teenage girl who sees ghosts would be like. BUT what was really grinding on my nerves and making me cringe my head back and hunch my shoulders, was the awkward attempts at smooth talking and "badass" sentences made by Riley and other characters. The dialogue between Riley and Hayden was so simple and cliche, there was no substance to it at all and their romance was complete insta-love.

I didn't find their romance cute or sweet of swoon-worthy at all. I was awkward and forced, and things were just happening between them without there being any connection beforehand. Hayden literally popped into the room one day, they'd say like two flirty things, and then the next time they're suddenly intimate? What?!

Also, why is "bitch" said continuously but every other curse word is only alluded to...? If you're going to throw it in 10 times in three pages, you might as well go full throttle and drop that F-bomb too instead of only alluding to it. Like, C'mon. I can take it.

Anyways, once I got about halfway I started skimming most of it. It turned out decently, but it is definitely better suited for a younger audience - maybe pre-teens.

This was fun, but I was left wanting more.

The story definitely hooked me, and I think the author did a great job with the characters, I thought they were very well written.

The ending was a bit abrupt,.

I loved this book more than I thought I would. I lived the characters and can’t wait to pick up the next book in the series! Reminds me of my favorite YA paranormal books to read a couple years ago! I forgot that I had read and enjoyed C.C. Hunters other books as well!

One of my new favorite books! This author has such a way with words the pages flew by in no time! I can’t wait to see the next work by this author! This was such a joy to read!

This was a very twisted story about a mortisans daughter and the twisted universe they live in. This was a very different kind of story

This particular book when I was reading it, I felt a bit of deja vu as it has a storyline that has been used quite a bit before. Riley Smith has just moved to town with her dad who is the town's mortician. Riley though has a secret; she has a gift. She can see ghosts who have not yet passed over to the other side. These are the ghosts who have unfinished business on earth, a bit like Jennifer Love Hewitt's Ghost Whisperer. A few of the spirits in this book include a grandma who leads Riley to finding a new best friend Kayla to helping someone who supposedly fell down a cliff get to the truth of her death and as it turns out it was murder and if Riley isn't careful, she may find herself on the other side of reality. During this time, a young male appears to Riley, but something is a little off as he doesn't seem to be like the other ghosts who visit her yet no-one else can see him. As the book goes along, he becomes like a friend to Riley, and we see hints of maybe something a bit more. Think Jesse in Meg Cabot's Mediator series. However, what happens when she learns the truth about her mysterious guy and that he is closer to her than she realizes? Can Riley learn how to keep her life under wraps as well as start a new school? Find out in One Foot in the Grave. After the cliffhanger in this book, I am now looking forward to reading the next book.

(DNF at 20%)

OK. I know DNFing at 20% is pitiful. But quite frankly, so is this book.

There is such a horrendous amount of cliches that I want to stab myself in the eyes, and I just couldn't keep going any longer. I just couldn't.

First, there's the hot ghost boy who is following her who is ~different~ from all the other ghosts. And on top of that, he has that classic YA love interest borderline-predatory attitude; he stares at Riley when she's just in a towel, and he admits he was sleeping next to her - but "didn't touch her," no matter "how tempting it was." I'm sorry, but how is this considered acceptable? Is it because he's hot? Because if it was someone conventionally unattractive then he would be considered creepy, but because he's hot it's fine? BUGGER OFF.

Also, there's the hint of a love triangle with Jacob, a (living) guy who goes to Riley's high school. And of course, he notices Riley the new girl straight away. And of COURSE, he has a cheerleader girlfriend who is a one-dimensional Barbie bitch who says "He's taken, bitch" when Riley dares to say a few words to Jacob, and "sashays." SASHAYS. Please murder me.

Another little thing that annoyed me: how she was apparently ostracised from her old school because her dad was a mortician. Absolute BULLSHIT. She used to live in Dallas, for fuck's sake; I lived in a small town and nobody gave a shit or even knew about what the other kids' parents did for a living, so in a city as big as Dallas? No way they would have known. And even if they didn't, they literally WOULD NOT care, and if anything, they'd find it cool. There's nothing cooler in young teens eyes than gory shit, and that's just the truth.

So that was everything that pissed me off about the first TWENTY PERCENT of the book, not to mention the lacklustre writing. I really doubt that all of this would somehow be rectified, so I have no interest in reading the rest when I have been so thoroughly irritated by a mere fifth of the thing. Sorry, not sorry.

I tried to get into this book but for some reason, the plot and main character just didn't pull me in. I gave the book 3 tries and the furthers I got was 29% so I had to DNF this. Thank you for allowing me the honor of reading this before it was released!

Honestly, I enjoyed this book, let me start by saying that. It was fun, the characters were fine and dandy, the writing flowed nicely but it just felt so... If you're looking for your next paranormal YA read, this is for you. It will entertain you and you'll enjoy it but it brings nothing new to the the table at all. If you just want something to escape into for a while, grab this. If you're looking for a game changer, then you won't like this. I do say that if you love this author, you'll love this one too. It's just as great as any of her other work.

Will go live on my blog: 1/26/2019

I was really hoping to like this one as much as u loved the Shadowfalls series but this one was super drama filled and childish at times. I didnt really care for the main character too much.

One Foot in the Grave is a good start to a new trilogy by C.C. Hunter! I always enjoy a book where anything paranormal is involved and Riley seeing dead people (you know, ghosts) with her father being a mortician sounded like a book that I would really enjoy. I found myself wanting to read more about Riley after I was finished with One Foot in the Grave and I can't wait to continue on with the trilogy!

Riley can see the spirits of the recently deceased. Normally, this means short encounters as the souls need a little favour from her. But now Riley is not only facing a murder victim but also the spirit of a boy about her own age.

The plot is pretty predictable. The writing is full of ellipses.

Sorry, but I just didn't like this book on so many levels.