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A review by corrie
The Other Side of Forestlands Lake by Carolyn Elizabeth
5.0
With The Other Side of Forestlands Lake author Carolyn Elizabeth takes us away from the putrefied corpses and the morgue and gives us a solid paranormal mystery/romance.
I like the genre in all its forms but it’s a real treat when the author throws in some ghosties.
Carolyn Elizabeth certainly did not disappoint. What I liked about her main characters was that they kept a healthy dose of skepticism, even when the real weirdness set in. Willa Dunn and Lee Chandler are very likeable protagonists and as a reader you really are invested in them to get a second chance. The author makes us care because we start off with a solid piece of back story on what happened 26 years ago, as teenage Willa and Lee spend their summer at Forestlands Lake in Upstate New York and the tragedy that rips them apart.
The story is well paced and plotted, you will not find it easy to put the book down. We are introduced to a big cast of interesting secondary characters with a bigger (and important) role for Willa’s surly half-sister Nicole and Lee’s daughter Maggie. We get a sweet romance between two adult women in their 40s and some nice young adult chemistry as well. Don’t miss this book because you really want to find out what happened at the lake all those years ago and if Willa, Nicole and Maggie are able to put some of those ghosts to rest.
f/f
Themes: Camp Prism, Forrestland Lake, the disappearance of young Sasha Mathers, fooling around with the Ouija board, ghostly footsteps in the water, a family tragedy.
4.5 Stars
I like the genre in all its forms but it’s a real treat when the author throws in some ghosties.
Carolyn Elizabeth certainly did not disappoint. What I liked about her main characters was that they kept a healthy dose of skepticism, even when the real weirdness set in. Willa Dunn and Lee Chandler are very likeable protagonists and as a reader you really are invested in them to get a second chance. The author makes us care because we start off with a solid piece of back story on what happened 26 years ago, as teenage Willa and Lee spend their summer at Forestlands Lake in Upstate New York and the tragedy that rips them apart.
The story is well paced and plotted, you will not find it easy to put the book down. We are introduced to a big cast of interesting secondary characters with a bigger (and important) role for Willa’s surly half-sister Nicole and Lee’s daughter Maggie. We get a sweet romance between two adult women in their 40s and some nice young adult chemistry as well. Don’t miss this book because you really want to find out what happened at the lake all those years ago and if Willa, Nicole and Maggie are able to put some of those ghosts to rest.
f/f
Themes: Camp Prism, Forrestland Lake, the disappearance of young Sasha Mathers, fooling around with the Ouija board, ghostly footsteps in the water, a family tragedy.
4.5 Stars