c0reyann's review
4.0
This novel follows the story of Anza, whom can see and communicate with ghosts as she travels with her son Henry to Block Island in Rhode Island to help put together a book on the Larchmont wreck which took place there in 1907.
I was intrigued by the novel's premise on Amazon and on the back of the book when I received it. I was worried though that it was lend itself to being too campy or overly done, as so many books are that deal with the supernatural. This novel however took me by surprise and overcame my apprehension about it and was in fact a really good - and quick - read. It was very hard to put this novel down.
I think what I liked best about this novel, besides the amazing character development and the believable handling of the ghost aspect is that the story of the Larchmont wreck isn't one that the authors made up, it is a true shipwreck that happened as described in this book. I don't know if the artifacts that the heroine talks about in the novel are real (namely photographs) but most of what is discussed seems to be based on true facts, which is so refreshing. It also makes me wish that they expanded a bit on the history of the Larchmont and the survivors and victims as it seems to be a heartbreaking but interesting story.
The ending is a bit open ended - closed enough to be settled for the novel but open enough for me to hope that there are future books with Anza.
I was intrigued by the novel's premise on Amazon and on the back of the book when I received it. I was worried though that it was lend itself to being too campy or overly done, as so many books are that deal with the supernatural. This novel however took me by surprise and overcame my apprehension about it and was in fact a really good - and quick - read. It was very hard to put this novel down.
I think what I liked best about this novel, besides the amazing character development and the believable handling of the ghost aspect is that the story of the Larchmont wreck isn't one that the authors made up, it is a true shipwreck that happened as described in this book. I don't know if the artifacts that the heroine talks about in the novel are real (namely photographs) but most of what is discussed seems to be based on true facts, which is so refreshing. It also makes me wish that they expanded a bit on the history of the Larchmont and the survivors and victims as it seems to be a heartbreaking but interesting story.
The ending is a bit open ended - closed enough to be settled for the novel but open enough for me to hope that there are future books with Anza.
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