The Forest of Shadow and Bones — Jessica Sorensen

Volume 1 in the Guardian Academy, Dash's Series. For twelve years, Sway has been haunted by the dead. Every few days, a ghost appears into her life, disoriented and unaware that they're dead. And it's her job to break the news to them. Once the ghost accepts they're death, her life can go back to normal. At least for a few days. All that changes, though, the day she meets Dash. A novella series spin-off of the Guardian Academy series.