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This book was an unexpected surprise.
It is like Nora Ephron meets The Sixth Sense, and, although The Sixth Sense scared the life out of me, this was delightfully heartwarming.
The story follows Florence Day, a ghost writer who sees ghosts, and returns to her small town when her father dies. While there, she encounters ghosts, metaphorically and literally, and learns some important lessons along the way.
If you’re looking for a spooky season read that is less spooky and you like reading romance, check it out!
I also recommend the audiobook as it is very well narrated!
Note: contains a couple short spicy scenes
It is like Nora Ephron meets The Sixth Sense, and, although The Sixth Sense scared the life out of me, this was delightfully heartwarming.
The story follows Florence Day, a ghost writer who sees ghosts, and returns to her small town when her father dies. While there, she encounters ghosts, metaphorically and literally, and learns some important lessons along the way.
If you’re looking for a spooky season read that is less spooky and you like reading romance, check it out!
I also recommend the audiobook as it is very well narrated!
Note: contains a couple short spicy scenes
This is a cute and cozy spooky season read.
There were only two reasons that I didn’t give this a higher rating. Personally, I felt that the spicy scene added very little to the story and removed some of the real focus of the plot (inferring it with a “fade to black” would have been less disruptive and still made the same point), and the use of the f-word often for an adjective felt a bit lazy.
Overall though, I loved the story and the characters. It is a fantastic found family story with a touch of magic.
There were only two reasons that I didn’t give this a higher rating. Personally, I felt that the spicy scene added very little to the story and removed some of the real focus of the plot (inferring it with a “fade to black” would have been less disruptive and still made the same point), and the use of the f-word often for an adjective felt a bit lazy.
Overall though, I loved the story and the characters. It is a fantastic found family story with a touch of magic.
CJ Cooke says it best herself in the authors note: “I am drawn to things that loiter in the cusp between real and imagined, could live - like Alice - very happily in the spaces between the existential binaries that organize reality.”
The Ghost Woods is an eerie gothic story that delves into the darkness of humanity with a bit of the paranormal. The approach to historical issues with a bit of the supernatural is exactly what I found so fascinating about The Lighthouse Witches, and The Ghost Woods follows similarly. Definitely a creepy and intriguing read. Perfect for my last read of October.
The Ghost Woods is an eerie gothic story that delves into the darkness of humanity with a bit of the paranormal. The approach to historical issues with a bit of the supernatural is exactly what I found so fascinating about The Lighthouse Witches, and The Ghost Woods follows similarly. Definitely a creepy and intriguing read. Perfect for my last read of October.
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor is a unique story with a cast of quirky characters. It is a delightful read featuring so many important topics in a whimsical, witchy package.
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