Blurb borrowed from Amazon (seriously, I have over 20 books on my Kindle that need to be reviewed/entered into Goodreads): Stay-at-home mom Angela Panther is living the good life. Happily married with kids, a house in the suburbs and a fantabulous best friend - she's got it all. But hours after Angela's mother dies, her ghost pops in for a visit, leaving the door to the other side wide open. Suddenly Angela's life is filled with ghosts - ghosts who need her help.

Now she must find a way to balance the needs of the living along with the unfinished business of the dead, while keeping her mother's feisty ghost in line. Hilarious and bittersweet, Unfinished Business tackles the emotional rollercoaster of mother/daughter relationships, and the desperate desire for one last chance to tell someone we've lost how we feel.

I was in the mood for some ghostie reads, and this one fit the bill nicely. We LIKE Angela, and her family, which is a great change of pace from some of my recent reads. As i recall, I went right out and got #2 :) ( )

I am going to be totally honest here; I normally don’t read anything paranormal as it is just not my thing. However, when I discovered the book was part humor, part cozy mystery, and considered a chick-lit, I couldn’t resist.

The character of Angela is easy to relate to. She is a somewhat happily married 40 something-year-old SAHM mom to 2 kids. Her life as a lacrosse mom (no soccer for her) is going along just fine until her mom dies and Angela discovers that she can see and hear the dead. The “gift” of being a psychic medium is not something that she wants. In the first book in this series, Angela is working hard at trying to remain normal while being “schooled” in how the celestial world is by her mother (Fran) and being “harassed” by ghosts that want her assistance with unfinished business.

Angela has the help of her best friend Mel (Melissa) who loves that her BFF can see and speak to ghosts. Carolyn (the author) throws in a lot of wit and humor with these two characters from their text banter (usually about that beyotch Eve and how she should have let Adam eat the apple and the curse of menopause) to their love of coffee and cupcakes.

While all this is going on, Angela is trying to deal with the raging hormones of her teenage daughter Emily who is struggling with personal problems while trying to assert that she is becoming an adult. At least she still has young Josh (little man) that stays out of trouble, would rather play with his friends and Xbox, and be unphased that he can see and hear grandma too!

As any good chick-lit like book, there are moments you go through all the emotions. Laughing along with Angela and Mel, crying as Angela struggles with the loss of her mom, frustration and understanding as Angela deals with a teenager (who loves to roll her eyes), and tears as Angela helps find closure for ghosts and their loved ones.

I didn’t expect to like it but discovered I did. This book gets the thumbs up! ( )

There is so much going on with Angela Panther her relationships with her children, her husband, her ghost mother! Her fear of other ghosts and becoming involved with people she has never met before. It was nice to read a book where a husband supports a wife unconditionally, especially as many of us have husbands who do, and in books they so seldom get a mention.

I enjoyed this 1st book of the series so much I have downloaded book 2 though I don’t think I will have time to read until next year. ( )

A hilarious book that ties in many elements with charm and wit while also being heartfelt. Although dealing with death and seeing ghosts are no laughing matter, the author wraps up a serious and emotional story with entertaining characters and an over all great story. ( )

I was giving this book in exchange for an honest review.

What a fantastic read! I couldn't put it down! I had to keep reading just to see what twist life was going throw out at Angela next!

The book starts with the death of Angela's terminally ill mother...But is soon lifted by her mom coming to visit her from the other side....I love how well developed and strong the character's are-especially Angela's witty Italian mother, the images of her vibrant personality show through even in death. The characters and the story itself make it so easy to be right there with Angela throughout her story!

Her mother, in true Italian mother form, and who is far from ready to be dead comes back to help Angela with some unexpected experiences. Not only does she guide her through adjusting through her death, but also through the adjustment of discovering her unusual "Gift", as well as navigating through murky waters with her not so easy teenage daughter. As a mother of a teenager and a preteen, I laughed through many of the mom experiences. I love how down to earth and easy to relate Angela is! She is a witty, fast on her feet mom, who handles both her kids and her husband much like I do! It was like this book was written off of my own parenting whoa's! Carolyn really allows you to see the dynamic's between a mother and her teenage daughter. While reading one conversation between the Angela and her daughter I shared it with my husband, because it truly sounded just like myself with my own daughter!

This book was also an eye opener about the bizarre things teens involve themselves in and after reading it, I actually had to read up on the subject of these pill parties. It is frightening to read how many of them fall for peer pressure and enlightening to read that good parenting can really help in scary situations like that. My heart broke for Em at the tragic loss she suffered due to the poor choice of her friend, and I cried for Taylor when she lost her life....The grief shared in the book by her parent's was portrayed so read that I hurt for them.

Angela's relationship with her best friend was also very fun, every girl needs a friend like Mel to get through the good and bad in their life. Through out the book I found myself crying and laughing, two signs that I am loving what I am reading! All in all this book gets my vote! I love it and hope to see a second one written! ( )