 The author did a great job with describing the setting. I could picture that creepy mansion vividly in my mind. And, she did awesome with characterization. I didn’t like any of the characters, but that’s not a deal breaker for me as a reader. I loved the title of this book. It was poetic, and I appreciated the author’s efforts in her debut novel, but it just wasn’t my cup of tea. Just because ghosts are mentioned doesn’t mean a book should be in the horror genre. I wouldn’t even really call it a paranormal romance, maybe contemporary drama… My favorite parts of the book were the flashback scene of the car crash and Adam’s downward spiral before going to the haunted mansion. Once he arrived on Dagger Island, I was confused on what was going on plot-wise. The ending definitely left me confused. I ended up with questions that left me frustrated as a reader. Why was the son hiding? What was so special about “mother’s” room? Did these people already know their fates? Etc, etc, etc My favorite lines: 1) Anthony grew up with the reality of a haunting, the same way other children grow up with the facts of grass being green and snow being cold. 2) She hears the rattling of death, climbing out from the deepest parts of his lungs each time he exhales 3) Somethings, even uninvited, come back to stay.  I was going to give this book 4-stars but I knocked off a star for the unformatted ARC being a distraction. There were random page numbers inserted in the middle of scenes, sometimes even disrupting an actual sentence. I didn’t understand why so many different paragraphs were used for characters speaking. Most of the time quotation marks were missed because of this. The author did a great job with describing the setting. I could picture that creepy mansion vividly in my mind. And, she did awesome with characterization. I didn’t like any of the characters, but that’s not a deal breaker for me as a reader. The author showed their flaws in a poetic way. However, I didn’t care about anyone’s journey, especially Adam’s. Spoiler alert: if a main character narrates that he doesn’t care about his child and is only going through the pretences because it’s something he should be doing, then I don’t give a damn about the main character trying to find his ghost son. Keep smiling, Yawatta Hosby 3 out of 5 stars the heart and soul of horror fiction reviewsComments are closed.
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