rKim suffers from a depression that prevents her from pursuing her art. Jaimie comes from a family where everything is accomplished magically. As freshmen roommates in college, they’re both out of their element, especially when Kim’s problem turns out to have a dangerous, magical origin. Now they have to learn to work together and trust one another if they want to make it to the end of the semester intact. But then again, college is all about new experiences and growing up, right? Easily one of Hoffman’s best books in recent years, Spirits That Walk In Shadow is intriguing, beautiful, haunting, and well-worth checking out.