Chris, Nell and twelve year old Maude go to stay at Elder House in a coastal town for a family celebration. The house has lots of history and ghostly goings on.
I've read The Wayward Girls by the author and enjoyed it very much so was looking forward to this book. I liked this book but felt slightly disappointed with it too.
The story follows the family as they settle into the house and what follows afterwards. I love stories set in old houses and Elder house has a lot to offer with it history.
I enjoyed the coastal setting, which is most definitely Whitby. I've been to Whitby and the town is full of history so it's the perfect setting for the story.
As Nell gets to know the neighbours it's obvious things are not quite right and something is been kept hidden. As the story progresses everything all makes sense and comes together.
The house of course had its ghosts with footsteps, hidden objects and possessions going missing. Again for me old houses with ghosts are my thing. Disappointingly though I felt the story wasn't creepy enough. I didn't feel any sense of foreboding and I felt the story needed a little more spook.
There are also plenty references to witches and witchcraft, which again is great and set in Whitby is just perfect. Again I would have liked this angle explored a bit more.
I enjoyed the story but for me it lacked what it was trying to be. I would still recommend this book and author and will read more books by her as they come out.
Thank you to the publisher via Readers First for the book.
I've read The Wayward Girls by the author and enjoyed it very much so was looking forward to this book. I liked this book but felt slightly disappointed with it too.
The story follows the family as they settle into the house and what follows afterwards. I love stories set in old houses and Elder house has a lot to offer with it history.
I enjoyed the coastal setting, which is most definitely Whitby. I've been to Whitby and the town is full of history so it's the perfect setting for the story.
As Nell gets to know the neighbours it's obvious things are not quite right and something is been kept hidden. As the story progresses everything all makes sense and comes together.
The house of course had its ghosts with footsteps, hidden objects and possessions going missing. Again for me old houses with ghosts are my thing. Disappointingly though I felt the story wasn't creepy enough. I didn't feel any sense of foreboding and I felt the story needed a little more spook.
There are also plenty references to witches and witchcraft, which again is great and set in Whitby is just perfect. Again I would have liked this angle explored a bit more.
I enjoyed the story but for me it lacked what it was trying to be. I would still recommend this book and author and will read more books by her as they come out.
Thank you to the publisher via Readers First for the book.