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A review by spookshow
The Ghost Files 2 by Apryl Baker
4.0
You can find my review of book one over on my blog www.readbookrepeat.wordpress.com
I really enjoyed where the story started to head in this one. While Mattie did take off to meet up with the Doc after having her heart ripped out by Officer Dan, it opened up a new avenue for this series. She meets the Malones, a family of ghost hunters who work with the Doc on hauntings.
Ending up in New Orleans, Mattie finds herself at a haunted plantation house that she begins to think she really should have stayed away from. As the haunting gets more serious than she was prepared for she begins to learn more about her abilities.
Throw in a bit of a love triangle between Officer Dan and the new guy, Eli Malone; some strange dreams that Mattie feels are prophetic, and a ghost who has slowly been building a power base to rival all others, and you've pretty much got this book in a nut shell.
This is the book that made me realise that this wasn't just going to be another run of the mill, young adult, horror. The story gets deeper in this instalment and the characters get more development which is great. I'm not a fan of the whole love triangle thing, and I honestly couldn't tell you who I was backing in the race, but everything happens for a reason.
So if you're into horror, paranormal, haunting type stories and can deal with a protagonist who is a teenage girl confused about her feelings and with the inability to trust others due to her life thus far, give this series a go. I really enjoyed it.
I really enjoyed where the story started to head in this one. While Mattie did take off to meet up with the Doc after having her heart ripped out by Officer Dan, it opened up a new avenue for this series. She meets the Malones, a family of ghost hunters who work with the Doc on hauntings.
Ending up in New Orleans, Mattie finds herself at a haunted plantation house that she begins to think she really should have stayed away from. As the haunting gets more serious than she was prepared for she begins to learn more about her abilities.
Throw in a bit of a love triangle between Officer Dan and the new guy, Eli Malone; some strange dreams that Mattie feels are prophetic, and a ghost who has slowly been building a power base to rival all others, and you've pretty much got this book in a nut shell.
This is the book that made me realise that this wasn't just going to be another run of the mill, young adult, horror. The story gets deeper in this instalment and the characters get more development which is great. I'm not a fan of the whole love triangle thing, and I honestly couldn't tell you who I was backing in the race, but everything happens for a reason.
So if you're into horror, paranormal, haunting type stories and can deal with a protagonist who is a teenage girl confused about her feelings and with the inability to trust others due to her life thus far, give this series a go. I really enjoyed it.