I've had this on my list for a while - seemed a little spooky, so I pushed it to October. I'd heard (and there's the title) there were pictures included in this, so I wondered if it would be okay in audio. Others had said yes. And yes ... it was fine. I had the Kindle copy as well, and the little drawings added a bit of ambience, but they weren't essential to understanding. 

I didn't even read the blurb, so I was a little surprised when this was from a female perspective/female narrator (I'd just noticed the author was male). If you read the blurb, no surprise :)  1st  person (all Mallory)/present tense, although memories were in past tense. Basic numbered chapters, no headings (until the end, "One Year Later" instead of "Epilogue"). 

This had me pretty captivated ... up until the twist and the end. I didn't really care for it. I mean paranormal isn't really supposed to be realistic, but beyond the "ghost" (I liked all that, it was spooky)... I just wasn't a fan of the direction, seemed super far-fetched.  SPOILER

I liked the whole "the ghost isn't who we thought it was" but then when it's revealed that the mom took the little girl, "transformed" her into a boy, and the couple fled, and the father was enamored of the nanny, and the mom is more murderous than the first murder "in self-defense" ... that was all just "ehhh" for me. I liked the ghost, and that she followed and tried to reveal her death and protect her child ...)

So I'm afraid the end spoiled the story overall for me.

Content/Trigger Warnings: Just a bit of proFanity (x5). Some drug use mentioned, sexual content was slight, some violence.