“Come with me and sing the song of misery. Share my world!”

36. Unbroken – Paula Morris

This sequel to Ruined, a YA ghost story set in New Orleans, does not resemble Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh, a decidedly not YA sequel set in New Orleans. There are ghosts in both, male ghosts, but…one ghost has a reason to be very angry and murder people like drunk Veronica Cartwright while also letting his descendants know what’s what about being in his family. Instead of that, Unbroken has a ghost named Frank who needs his locket for his unfinished business- which is in a building about to be torn down, not unlike the dilapidated set piece house in Farewell to the Flesh. It’s all connected. Obviously.

Unbroken was not as engaging as Ruined for me and didn’t stick with me as much as Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh did; which is unfortunate, because it was nicely written and interesting and yet again covered New Orleans areas I’m aware of in a way that makes me miss it… I can say that Farewell to the Flesh did not make me miss NOLA- because I watched it before I ever went there. That rambled, I like both.

And I have not seen Candyman 3, for the record. Candyman the first and Farewell to the Flesh were enough for me because I like both of them quite a bit, just like Ruined and Unbroken.

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Duncan was born in my home, but since she passed I’ve only seen her in a dream once that I remember, so I assume that means she’s happy in Pighalla and just visiting when she feels like it. I’m not sure if she’d do it more if I said her name five times in a mirror.