Unsurprisingly, his funeral is “sparsely attended,” save for himself (as a ghost, naturally) and Mei, the overeager reaper waiting to whisk him away to…a tea shop. Unfortunately for Wallace, they get their wish. He has no friends, and his employees wish he were dead. He’s an entitled, unsympathetic lawyer, and an even worse boss who cares for no one but himself as Klune describes him: “When he said jump, he expected those within earshot to do just that without asking inconsequential questions like how high?”
In Under the Whispering Door, we are introduced to Wallace Price, an unlikeable narrator who is certainly not difficult to hate. This premise is what author TJ Klune’s readers gushed over when reading his 2020 release The House in the Cerulean Sea, and it’s what they can expect again from his most recent publication hitting shelves this month, Under the Whispering Door. There are little deaths, because that’s what grief is.”Īn adult fantasy novel with LGBT main characters and a paranormal/undead element?
We die, and we still feel like breathing. Book Content Warnings: death, grief, terminal illness, suicide, violence
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