This book gave exactly what was expected a fun light-hearted (with some sprinkles of angst, grief and anger) adventure of a young girl and her cat. Overall the story worked you could relate to Tess and being her age going through natural hardships with the terrible death of her mother and 'zombie' father.
The characters are loveable, you're rooting for Tess on her emotional journey, the romance is adorable:

However sadly I just couldn't get into this book it didn't fully absorb me, perhaps I wasn't the right audience, and I believe many people and children/young adults would love this and on the whole feel like they can understand Tess and her reason behind running away. But I feel like it should be given a go as it is a quick, fun read.

On the surface, this felt quite messy. There was so many things going on. Tess being angry at her dad, Tess and her cat, Alice. Tess running away. Bullying problems. Adventures with Eddie and Cotter. Then the whole supernatural ouija, making 'psychic friends' communicating with the dead and having premonition dreams.

But underneath the hullabaloo actually lies a story on death and grief. Anger that stems from not knowing how to embrace that feeling when you lose someone when they pass. And that grief and loss is felt at any age, even adults. And the MG level of storytelling makes the story an interesting adventure one to attract the attention of the younger ones yet at the same time the sad story makes it also relatable. Loved this.