Honestly, I picked up On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave by Candace Fleming because years ago when it was first released (2012…) I failed to read the advanced ebook before it was published and I always want to go back and read those books and review them. I saw it was also available as an audiobook from my library, and it was a pretty short one, so I decided to give this collection of short stories with a paranormal/horror twist a try.

All ten ghost stories in On the Day I Died take place across the last century and a half in the Chicago area, and there’s always a bit of truth mixed in–which Fleming explains at the end of the book. It’s a fun mix of history and the paranormal, but definitely not something I found scary. That said, it is likely best suited to the intended middle-grade audience who would hopefully enjoy it more than I did. While I found the book a bit boring at times, I did really like the audiobook, because there was a different narrator for each story and the cast was great. Overall, I’m not rushing to pick up anything else by Fleming, but On the Day I Died would be a fun book to read or listen to around Halloween.