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A ship named Demeter. Passengers include Dracula, a werewolf, a mummy, and Frankenstein. I loved this book from start to finish.

Demeter just wants to do her job; fly back and forth from Earth to Alpha Centauri while keeping the human passengers alive, but her passengers keep dying. Before long, she’s known as a ‘ghost ship’, something she finds insulting.

At first, her medical AI, Steward, tries to convince her that equipment failure is the reason for all the deaths, but soon they both realize there are supernatural beings on board each journey.

This book was absolutely delightful. I didn’t read the back blurb until the end, so every step in the journey was refreshing. The author does a fantastic job in keeping the pov consistent with what I’d expect of AIs with personality. Even the human-presenting characters were well rounded and vivid, mostly seen through Demeter’s pov.

The author wrapped up the story beautifully with no lingering threads to worry about, while also keeping the story concept open to a sequel.

I’d love to see this book developed into a movie or miniseries.