
Jessamyn Teoh is closeted, broke and moving back to Malaysia, a country she left when she was a toddler. So when Jess starts hearing voices, she chalks it up to stress. But there’s only one voice in her head, and it claims to be the ghost of her estranged grandmother, Ah Ma. In life Ah Ma was a spirit medium, the avatar of a mysterious deity called the Black Water Sister. Now she’s determined to settle a score against a gang boss who has offended the god–and she’s decided Jess is going to help her do it. Drawn into a world... Read more.
Trigger & Content Warnings
- Ableism & ableist language
- Homomisia
- Misogyny
- Racism
- Coming out themes
- Graphic attempted rape, on-page
- Sexual assault recounted
- Domestic abuse
- Physical child abuse
- Cheating recounted
- Cancer & remission discussed
- Blood depiction
- Death of a grandmother, off-page
- Murder & attempted murder
- Gang violence
- Gun & knife violence
- Kidnapping
- Loss of autonomy (possession, theme)
- Poverty themes