 A Shadow of Time has made it to number 15 in the Goodreads Ghost Story list. Like I wrote before, my goal is to be underneath Stephen King. *grin* If you're in the mood to vote, please do so here. It will make my day. Shadow is a creepy ghost, haunted house, help the poor woman with little kids, multidimensional type of story. It has everything you need including a twist at the end. It seems to be the twist that sets people off. Some quotes from e-mails: Hey, Louann, you didn't tell me I'd have nightmares. -Louisa from Illinois Scared me to death! -Kathy from CA Fascinating, tons of twists and turns. Kept me up at night and I still think about it. -Essy from CA Not a good book to read on vacation. It was so not relaxing. --Joanne from CA This whole ghost story list from Goodreads got me thinking. It's not Halloween, but I can do a good horror novel any time of year. Right now, my favs are the Odd Thomas series. Oh, and the Sanctus Trilogy. While Sanctus is not considered a horror novel, there's plenty of horror in it, and tons of suspense. That's the problem with genres. So often, they cross-over. I have one Amazon review to finish, then I'm off and reading the ARC Relics by Maer Wilson. I cannot wait to find out what the relic is. I do not know what I would do in a world without books. Now there's a story to tell.  My Amazon review: Odd is back! I've read the entire series and loved every book. Odd is a little different. He's a fry cook by trade, but hasn't had the chance to cook for quite a while. He comes from Pico Mundo, a fictional desert town in California. The place where he lost the love of his life--Stormy Llewellyn. His name, Odd, is a mistake. His mother thought she put Todd on his birth certificate, but someone made a mistake and Todd became Odd.He's okay with his name. It fits him well. Odd sees ghosts. They don't talk to him so he communicates by hand gestures somewhat like the game Charades. He also has psychic-magnetism. When he needs something or someone, he concentrates on it and his feet lead him to his quarry. Odd is once again paired off with Annamaria, the Lady of the Bell. Odd met her in the last book and she comes packaged with an aura of supernatural dignity. She's pregnant--seven months--and she claims she'll be pregnant for quite some time. Odd is aware that his future is tied to hers, but she baffles him as he can never quite understand her. Annamaria has a way with people. She can get them to do what she wants. Not out of fear, but out of respect, curiosity, and in some strange way, she touches their hearts. They give her clothes, food, money, and places to stay. All free of charge. At this juncture, Annamaria and Odd are visiting the Roseland estate, invited by the hedge fund manager, Noah Wolflaw. Roseland is a beautiful mansion (think Hearst Castle), fortified with iron bars on the windows, strange copper wire threaded through the house, the guest quarters, the stable, and even the sturdy rock wall that surrounds Roseland. Odd and Annamaria are warned to only come out during the day. At night they must bolt-lock the doors and never venture outside. The second day of their visit, Odd witnesses an apparition of a female riding a black horse. The woman is dressed in her nightgown, blood trickling down the front, shotgun wounds to her chest. As they communicate by hand, Odd discovers that the woman is worried about her son, and this boy is the one Odd must save. From Nikola Tesla, to newspaper moguls, freaks, and twisted servant girls, Dean Koontz is at it again. He weaves a tale of an Odd man out, wise before his time, grief hovering like shadows threatening to destroy him. Odd faces a world that is not what it seems. Time no longer acts as it should, people don't age, and a small boy is locked in his room for decades. I hesitate to say more for fear of spoilers. If you like Dean Koontz and the Odd books, you'll love this one. Disclaimer: Advanced Readers Copy  Click here for the Amazon link to all three books. The third and final book is due this June or July.
My Amazon review: The Key is a better read than Sanctus--and I loved that book. Now Simon Toyne has done it again, thrilling us with a fantastic story only an imaginative mind could create. The Key begins just days after Sanctus ends. Liv Adamson awakes in a hospital bed with vague memories of her time in the Citadel. A whisper drifts through her consciousness, bringing with it an entity Liv will eventually grow to understand. In some mysterious way Liv is now the key--and that key must release the the well of life that remains locked within the earth. The Sacrament, a female spirit from the beginning of time, has escaped the Citadel and the Sancti are dead with the exception of one. A strange disease, a blight, has taken hold, creating boils that cover the one remaining Sancti. Soon after, the disease spreads to the Citadel as well as to their beloved garden. Trees that have withstood the centuries now grow withered. Without the Sacrament the Citadel lies fallow, the people that serve it, confused. One member sees the future and assists in the restoration of the Sacrament--another sees darkness and is determined to bring the ancient spirit back to the Citadel. Somehow, the Sacrament must join with the biblical land of Eden and an ancient map shows the way. The Catholic Church who has ties to the Citadel has this information and will do anything to protect it. A complex plot, Toyne is an expert at navigating us through the twists and turns. The characters are believable--the action unstoppable. The writing is excellent. I simply could not put this book down. The only downside is that I must wait for the third book to be released. Cudos to Toyne--he's done an excellent job. Disclaimer: Advanced Readers Copy What continues to amaze me is how reviews differ. I can get into a book, have it take over my mind, hate to have it end, then discover someone else hates it by reading their review. How weird is that? As I've said before, Gone Girl, comes to mind. There's a book you'll either love or hate. I loved it. Happy reading! (((hugs))) Louann Comments are closed.
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