Lost Souls Meet Under A Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura

 

The rules are simple.  A person, if they can find and contact the go-between, can request to see one person who has passed.  The go-between contacts the dead person and if they agree to see the requestor, arranges a meeting place.  The dead person can only agree to see one person also.  

In this book, we see various scenarios in which this plays out.  One is a fan who asks to see her idol who passed away.  One is a grumpy man who asks to see his mother to ask her advice about the family business.  A friend asks to see her best friend.  A man asks to see his fiancée who left on what she said was a trip with a friend from her office and never returned.  He has waited seven years to find out if she is still living and just left him or if something happened and she has passed over. 

We also learn about the go-betweens.  There is always only one, and the ability to perform this is passed down through one family.  The current go-between is a teenage boy who is about to take over for his grandmother who is having heart issues.  She lets him in on the family secret and starts to train him for his lifelong role.

Mizuki Tsujimura is a Japanese author.  She specializes in the young adult genre, both fantasy and mystery.  Mystery is her favorite genre but this fantasy book was excellent.  I didn't really expect to like it but found myself fascinated at the premise of the book and how it played out in different situations.  Readers will probably find themselves thinking about whom they would ask to see in this scenario.  The entire topic is treated with sensitivity and the book is interesting.  Young adult and fantasy readers are recommended to read this book.