My So Called Afterlife Series by Jamie Ayres

Olga Gay Worontzoff thinks her biggest problems are an awful name and not attending prom with Conner, her best friend and secret crush since kindergarten.Then, Conner is killed in a freak boating accident and Olga feels responsible for his death.When she downs an entire bottle of pills to deal with the emotional pain, her parents force her into counseling... moreOlga Gay Worontzoff thinks her biggest problems are an awful name and not attending prom with Conner, her best friend and secret crush since kindergarten.Then, Conner is killed in a freak boating accident and Olga feels responsible for his death.When she downs an entire bottle of pills to deal with the emotional pain, her parents force her into counseling. There, her therapist writes a prescription in the form of a life list titled “18 Things”: eighteen quests to complete the year of her eighteenth birthday.But there’s more to Olga’s quests than meets the eye and when her therapist reveals a terrifying secret, her world is shaken.There’s only one thing she knows for certain: her choices won’t just affect her future, but all eternity. less

Lying is unbearable, betrayal is inevitable, and choosing which path to take is impossible. Olga Gay Worontzoff ended her senior year as an eighteen-year-old girl totally in love with Nate, enjoying their new romance and about to attend the university of her dreams... moreLying is unbearable, betrayal is inevitable, and choosing which path to take is impossible. Olga Gay Worontzoff ended her senior year as an eighteen-year-old girl totally in love with Nate, enjoying their new romance and about to attend the university of her dreams. Now she’s spending her summer in the weird subculture of the Underworld, with charmingly witty and powerful angels, and problematic demons, trying to rescue Connor, the best friend and secret crush she was unable to save during a freak accident. But Nate has other things on his mind, mainly Grace. She’s their first assignment as joint spirit guides, and Olga’s feeling hurt and jealous. His mysterious behavior has Olga questioning everything she believed about him and now she must decide whether to stick to their plan, or follow her heart. Unfortunately, a series of mistakes threatens everyone around her and plants Olga in the center of cosmic events much larger than she ever imagined. Only one thing is certain: the chilling truths uncovered during her journey will leave no one untouched. less

Olga Gay Worontzoff left the Underworld for her final year of high school anxious for things to return to normal, but fate has other plans.The new hottie at school reads her thoughts but nobody else’s. Her best friend wakes up from his coma acting like a completely different person... moreOlga Gay Worontzoff left the Underworld for her final year of high school anxious for things to return to normal, but fate has other plans.The new hottie at school reads her thoughts but nobody else’s. Her best friend wakes up from his coma acting like a completely different person. Caught in a world that’s a mix of familiar and supernatural, she must confront what she will—or won’t—do to bring him back and stare down her own perceived inadequacies to face a couple of tenacious demons, figurative and literal.Everything she thought she knew about reality will change as she walks the line between past and present, fear and faith, love and loyalty.And by the end of a heartbreaking year, she might be forced to realize “normal” in the conventional sense of the word is the one thing she may never achieve. less