Awaken the Spirit Within: 10 Steps to Ignite Your Life & Fulfill Your Divine Purpose

In the follow-up to her bestselling 2011 debut, Spirited, no-nonsense psychic Rosen returns with more stories of contact with the spirit world and advice for using the wisdom of the departed in everyday life. Known for her playful delivery—who else would describe the Archangel Michael as “hunka hunka”?—Rosen also seriously addresses topics like energy work and the law of attraction. Her “10-step” program for readers offers meditations and mantras meant to enhance access to the spirit wisdom she demonstrates through earnest, if not analytical, anecdotes from her work as a medium. Not so much distinct steps as overlapping facets of spiritual development, each chapter ostensibly covers a specific topic. That is easy to forget if you are reading the “Release and Reenergize” step or the “Relinquish Control” chapter, as Rosen’s upbeat, love-centered message lends every passage a similar tone. Generally easy to read, Rosen’s stories flow gently from one to the next, save for the frequent appearance of jargon like “clairaudiently” and “clairsentiently” that can clog up the works. Otherwise, the tone is light and bright, offering beginners and believers alike a friendly look at the spirit world and its usefulness in our earthly lives. Agent: Yfat Reiss Gendell, Foundry Literary+ Media. (Aug.)