The first book in the series is Trying to Live With the Dead. The book introduces us to the narrator and main character, Lexie. Lexie is, if you can't guess from the covers, a redhead. She can see ghosts. Her whole life she's been told she has the Sight. About half way through this book we learn that she's actually a Necromancer. But that's not quite important yet. She moves in with her Uncle Rory at the very beginning because her mother has been arrested. On her first day of school she meets Issac at her locker and they hit it off. Later she's paired up with Issac, his twin Ethan, and Miles in Chemistry. At lunch, she meets Asher and Zeke. The six become incredibly close friends very quickly. Lexie is sassy and enjoys swearing and has a bit of a temper, but she's also a lot of fun. The story of the first book centers around a particularly nasty ghost who gets a bit bitchy and takes it out on Lexie. Lexie has to learn what she can do as a Necromancer, but she also needs to be able to get rid of that ghost! She finds out there is a way, but she wants to find a better way to do it first. But she's also hiding her ghost-seeing ability from the guys because she doesn't want them to leave her. She never had to worry, though!
When the Dead Come A Knockin' continues Lexi's story. She's dealing with the fallout of the end of the first book and she's trying to learn new things. Someone has closed the Veil, so Lexie needs to calm it and learn how to pass souls on. With the Veil closed, the spirits in town are getting a bit powered up, and its a problem, because it's hurting Lexie. She also has to deal with her friends having girlfriends. This may not seem like a bad thing, but three of the girlfriends don't like Lexie being friends with the guys. The fourth, Riley, is actually pretty awesome, and the fifth, Autumn is on-again-off-again and seems to be okay with it. Lexie is determined to keep the peace, but it's not easy. The guys have accepted the side effects that come with Lexie's Necromancy--nosebleeds, seizures, etc--but she has to hide it from the girlfriends and it causes some issues. Lexie also is pushing herself to exhaustion trying to fix the Veil so it's ready to go when a very special soul wants to leave. 
The story continues with When to Fear the Living. Lexie's fixed the Veil, for the most part, but souls can't cross on their own. So she's focusing on crossing more and more souls at a time to try and fix the balance and save the Veil. However, as she's focusing on that, she also has a stalker issue to deal with. Her "Secret Admirer" is becoming more and more dangerous. He's threatening not only Lexie, but the boys as well. When he eventually kidnaps her, she ends up in a hard spot. Sometimes it seems like Lexie just can't win. But she will always have her guys to help her!
The most recent book in the series is Whispers From the Dead. It's April, and Lexie is having a lot of trouble dealing with the incidents of the previous book, in January. She's in therapy, but she has to learn how to function on her own. The boys are walking her to her classes and she doesn't really go anywhere alone. She's crossing ghosts twenty at a time, but there's a ghost who is incredibly unhappy that he hasn't been crossed yet. Most of the ghosts are understanding about the situation. But Lexie is back to hiding parts of the Necromancy from the guys. When that super special ghost from a few books ago shows that she's ready to cross, Lexie unintentionally hurts some of her guys. It takes them a bit to come around. So why do I like these books? The premise is really cool. The idea of ghosts is always fun to interpret in books, and this is a great one! Lexie is also a badass that you can't really help but love. She has issues and for the most part takes them head on. She has her guys, who it has been confirmed she will end up with, but those relationships aren't perfect either. These books really show the work that you have to put into relationships, even friendships, to make them work. It's not all perfect and easy. It takes communication and compromise.
So if you liked these books, the good news is there's a Facebook group that you can join! Just a warning though: DO NOT ask for Point of View scenes or when the release date for the next book is! It will get here when it gets here!
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