Victorian
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I received earlier this year a review copy from the author, who described it as:
"My next book is already coming out. This year has been so full of new books, my head is spinning. This one is from CHBB (like GOAT CHILDREN), and is a young adult novel about a Victorian Fair. I based it after my own experiences working at a summer Victorian Fair. It was located at an old village that was supposedly haunted, so I wanted to up the ghosts for the book. Technically the book is a ghost story, but there is much to it than the supernatural.
It started off as a book just about the quirky workers and some ghosts, but then it evolved into the story of two girls who are struggling with dark family drama."
From amazon.com:
"Celeste struggles with finding her way from a dark past until she gets a summer volunteer gig at the local historical fair. Enter outrageous actors, dominating psychics, and ghosts stirred by a medium’s presence.
With the help of the psychic’s son, who isn’t at all what her dream date would look like, but rather endearing all the same, Celeste uncovers secrets about the village left hidden among the dilapidated buildings. Searching deeper will mean opening her heart, a part of her she’s locked up tight and been petrified of freeing.
PRODUCT DETAILS
File Size: 3158 KB
Print Length: 240 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: CHBB Publishing (June 19, 2016)
Publication Date: June 19, 2016
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B01HC4NU12
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars (17 customer reviews)"
"My next book is already coming out. This year has been so full of new books, my head is spinning. This one is from CHBB (like GOAT CHILDREN), and is a young adult novel about a Victorian Fair. I based it after my own experiences working at a summer Victorian Fair. It was located at an old village that was supposedly haunted, so I wanted to up the ghosts for the book. Technically the book is a ghost story, but there is much to it than the supernatural.
It started off as a book just about the quirky workers and some ghosts, but then it evolved into the story of two girls who are struggling with dark family drama."
From amazon.com:
"Celeste struggles with finding her way from a dark past until she gets a summer volunteer gig at the local historical fair. Enter outrageous actors, dominating psychics, and ghosts stirred by a medium’s presence.
With the help of the psychic’s son, who isn’t at all what her dream date would look like, but rather endearing all the same, Celeste uncovers secrets about the village left hidden among the dilapidated buildings. Searching deeper will mean opening her heart, a part of her she’s locked up tight and been petrified of freeing.
PRODUCT DETAILS
File Size: 3158 KB
Print Length: 240 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: CHBB Publishing (June 19, 2016)
Publication Date: June 19, 2016
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B01HC4NU12
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars (17 customer reviews)"
I must reveal up front that I've reviewed some of this author's previous books and received from her an eBook review copy in June, just before publication, but only got to read it while on holidays this month.
I am somewhat bemused by the classification of the book on Amazon as "Horror -> Occult". I can see the alternative options of Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban, and even a broad definition of "Occult" if you think that means ghosts, but "Horror", never. There is nothing scary in this story, apart from the real world secrets that the three main characters hold. There is no need to invent demons with the evil that men do.
The pacing of the novel is reasonably slow, but very smooth, as the reader comes to learn what secrets that Celeste and Weronika, and Celestes' brother, hold. As Celeste gradually learns that she can see and talk to ghosts, and there is a pretty big reveal in her home life near the end of the book too, and comes to want to help them move on, she is able to grow and move on herself.
I'd recommend this to teens (and adults) who are looking for a very well crafted mystery, where the true story is about personal growth and coming to terms with the past.
I am somewhat bemused by the classification of the book on Amazon as "Horror -> Occult". I can see the alternative options of Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban, and even a broad definition of "Occult" if you think that means ghosts, but "Horror", never. There is nothing scary in this story, apart from the real world secrets that the three main characters hold. There is no need to invent demons with the evil that men do.
The pacing of the novel is reasonably slow, but very smooth, as the reader comes to learn what secrets that Celeste and Weronika, and Celestes' brother, hold. As Celeste gradually learns that she can see and talk to ghosts, and there is a pretty big reveal in her home life near the end of the book too, and comes to want to help them move on, she is able to grow and move on herself.
I'd recommend this to teens (and adults) who are looking for a very well crafted mystery, where the true story is about personal growth and coming to terms with the past.
