Review: The Library of Light and Shadow (Daughters.Review: With You Always (Orphan Train #1) by Jody.Review: The Competition by Donna Russo Morin.Review: The Captain's Daughter (London Beginnings.Thanks to Netgalley for an ARC ebook copy. However I did find this book somewhat disturbing and not really one that I would recommend to my nine-year-old granddaughter. It's a time period lacking in MA HF and I commend the author for tackling it. It was a good ending and I loved how the author played on her mother's own history here. There was no real surprise or suspense on who the ghost was, I only continued to read because I was curious about the ending. I would have loved to known more about Elsie's home life and why she was a tattletale, liar and thief.Īs for the ghosty scary spooky side of the story I didn't feel that at all and again there was a stretch in the middle/last third that was the same thing over and over again. When we were first introduced to Annie she comes across as a sweet shy girl then she becomes so nasty, I get how that fit into the story but it felt to fast and uncharacteristic. I got the just of the picture the author was painting but it just seemed to go on and on.
I have to admit at the 30% mark I was ready to give up, to me this was just Mean Girls on steroids. For a middle grade audience I knew it couldn't be too too spooky but still enough to grab the attention of that age group. Who doesn't love a good ghost story! Though I have never read anything by this author I have read reviews with positive remarks about her previous works.
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