Helpful Score: 2
Had a hard time putting down this historical ghost story. I have read one other book by Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare but I like this one best. It has a bit of gothic romance and mystery and holds your interest until the last page is turned.
Helpful Score: 1
If you like reading a real gothic style novel and this is the one for you. Imagine being a patient in an insane asylum that is being haunted by ghosts? Will anyone believe that you see a ghost when you are thought to be out of your mind? I really enjoyed the twists and turns this book had to offer.
I'm not a fan of Gothic stuff in general, so this book was just okay for me. I've read others by St. James, and enjoyed them more. Despite that, I can see this becoming a movie of some sort (If it hasn't already). The ending drags on a little, I felt. But if you like ghost stories, this is right up your alley.
Spooky, scary, good romance, terrific atmosphere. Good prose style. A very entertaining suspense novel.
The first book I read by Simone St James was, An Inquiry into Love and Death. I loved it and became an instant fan. I liked this book too; the setting, the characters, the situations the possible haunting and various mysteries about the patients in the building and of the building itself. Many times I kept waiting for bigger climaxes but it kept falling short. The book had great potential but fell short for me. Im still going to seek out more books by St James, she is a great writer. The book was just so-so for me.
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Historical fiction with ghosts, crazy PTSD soldiers and all in a home that is completely isolated from the world. Kitty is a woman who has been running from a past for a very long time and she ends up in this historical home that has been converted into a mental hospital working as a nurse without the proper qualifications. She learns that the past doesn't always stay in the past both the past of the occupants of the home and those in her personal past.
Historical fiction with ghosts, crazy PTSD soldiers and all in a home that is completely isolated from the world. Kitty is a woman who has been running from a past for a very long time and she ends up in this historical home that has been converted into a mental hospital working as a nurse without the proper qualifications. She learns that the past doesn't always stay in the past both the past of the occupants of the home and those in her personal past.
