Title:
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The
Girl Who Loved Ghosts
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Author:
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K.C.
Tansley
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Publisher:
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Beckett Publishing
Group
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Series:
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The Unbelievables
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Genre:
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Young
Adult, Time Travel, Supernatural
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Publish Date:
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September
16, 2019
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Sold by:
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Amazon
Digital Services LLC
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Pages:
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300
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Ages:
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Teen
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Rating: ✭✭✭✭
First I want to thank K.C. Tansley for giving me an advanced reader copy for reviewing purposes. I really appreciate the opportunity to continue reading the series.
Don't
let the title fool you into thinking this is the book where Kat finds her love
or that it is all hearts and roses. No, this book isn't about that at all. This
book is about much more than Kat loving a ghost or anyone for that matter. This book has so much sadness and loneliness in it.
At the
start of this book Kat has feelings for Evan but isn't fully aware of how deep
they run. Evan is completely oblivious and in denial. Seth is dropping hints to
Evan non-stop about it all. Seth's cousin is in town and seems to really like
Evan a lot. Evan is slowly pulling away but that only gets worse once they find
his ancestral home. Then they have to train separately too. Kat has also been
keeping all her training and secrets about the past book activities hidden from
her best friend, Morgan because she is afraid of Morgan getting hurt. But in
hiding all that she almost loses her best friend because she is betrayed.
Toria, Kat's ancestor, and the beloved ghost tells Kat that she will be gone for a
while and unreachable. And that is how the book starts out. Kat is losing Evan
it seems to some new girl, Morgan is almost done with her, and her favorite
ghost and ancestor, Toria who has been helping her tells her goodbye. She feels
alone and scared but tries to continue.
Kat and
even go back in time two more times this book. They're trying to get the
Mallory family amulet. It is the last one that they need to restore the four
family's power. They still don't know how the families have connected. How it
all started, why the Radcliffe's are their "ruler", why the Kingsley's are always the warrior protector, etc. They do eventually get the Mallory
bracelet, but this time it had a cost. This time the cost of a spell Kat had to
use almost shattered her mind. Add that on top of all the earlier Kat emotions
and we have a girl who really has gone through a lot this book.
The
Mallory heir is kind of a shocking reveal. At least to me. Maybe I didn't think
on through enough. I don't really know. I think I read these books so fast that
it's like I'm along for the ride that the story is offering.
I will
say this book ended on a weird cliff hanger. That I didn't like. It just puts a
personal interact on the end and it feels out of place. I feel like it should
be before the ending big reveal then it would flow better to me. As the book is
in its current ARC form, it doesn't feel right. I don't think there is enough
emphasis that the book is ending. It feels like it just stops. This in
itself could tank the whole feeling of the book if you let it. I chose not to
because I feel like this book series has done a lot and come a long way and has
plenty more to offer.
Overall,
this book brings a lot more to the world and is leading to something special it
feels like. They're fighting goblins and other creatures in a forest. There is
possibly another family curse that the Mallory heir tells Kat about. There is a
lot of side plot reveal with the knowledge of unknown enemies out to destroy
the four families. The emotional journey everyone has gone through and is
trying to deal with will affect the next book greatly. I think the next book is
going to have a lot going on. I hope, and think, the next book in the series
will be key. I am looking forward to it for sure. And according to an interview with the author, she envisions there to be five or more books. I'm happy with that.
I enjoyed reading the third book in the Unbelievables series.
The Girl Who Loved Ghosts is worth a read and will be
