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adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What a unique story. I’ve read lots of twists and adaptations of Jane Austen books and I don’t think I’ve ever read one based on Northanger Abbey. And thats not surprising, despite my love of Austen Northanger Abbey is definitely my least favorite.
I got Ghosted from NetGalley awhile back and wanted to read it now because I was considering purchasing the author’s upcoming book Dashed. I already own two books by this author and hadn’t read either yet! It was definitely past time. And when I started this book, my first thought was, oh shoot. I hope I’ll be a fair judge of this book since I don’t enjoy creepy things and Northanger Abby is low on my list of Austen books. But good news! My only regret was letting this book linger on my tbr stack.
There’s nothing creepy about this book. It’s quite emotional actually!
Hattie goes to Northanger Abbey which is a school that’s famous for being haunted.
Hattie’s mother is the no-nonsense dean of the school. And she treats Hattie just like a student rather than a daughter.
One day Hattie’s mom sets her up on a school project with the new boy in school Kit. He is actually in school on a kind of ghost hunting scholarship. And he gets paired to do a project on ghosts with Hattie who is very anti-ghost.
Hattie’s reasons are very personal. Her dad believed very strongly in ghosts and him and Hattie shared that love and interest. But Hattie’s dad died three years ago and Hattie lost her love of ghost hunting because of it. There’s a big, very fair reason why she felt she needed to let it go.
She tried to reinvent herself as her mom’s perfect little overachiever. She has a few friends that seem like transactional friendships (one way more than the other. I’ll never believe Izzy was a true friend.)
But she stays closed off from everyone until she gets to know Kit. She feels like he’s the only one who sees her as she is.
She’s definitely got some sad family dynamics. I think her relationships improved overall by the end of this story.
There was something I wanted to happen in this story that didn’t happen. Maybe it was never realistic but I was kind of rooting for it anyway.
I’m between 3-4 stars on this book so I rounded up.
I look forward to reading more books by this author.
I got Ghosted from NetGalley awhile back and wanted to read it now because I was considering purchasing the author’s upcoming book Dashed. I already own two books by this author and hadn’t read either yet! It was definitely past time. And when I started this book, my first thought was, oh shoot. I hope I’ll be a fair judge of this book since I don’t enjoy creepy things and Northanger Abby is low on my list of Austen books. But good news! My only regret was letting this book linger on my tbr stack.
There’s nothing creepy about this book. It’s quite emotional actually!
Hattie goes to Northanger Abbey which is a school that’s famous for being haunted.
Hattie’s mother is the no-nonsense dean of the school. And she treats Hattie just like a student rather than a daughter.
One day Hattie’s mom sets her up on a school project with the new boy in school Kit. He is actually in school on a kind of ghost hunting scholarship. And he gets paired to do a project on ghosts with Hattie who is very anti-ghost.
Hattie’s reasons are very personal. Her dad believed very strongly in ghosts and him and Hattie shared that love and interest. But Hattie’s dad died three years ago and Hattie lost her love of ghost hunting because of it. There’s a big, very fair reason why she felt she needed to let it go.
She tried to reinvent herself as her mom’s perfect little overachiever. She has a few friends that seem like transactional friendships (one way more than the other. I’ll never believe Izzy was a true friend.)
But she stays closed off from everyone until she gets to know Kit. She feels like he’s the only one who sees her as she is.
She’s definitely got some sad family dynamics. I think her relationships improved overall by the end of this story.
There was something I wanted to happen in this story that didn’t happen. Maybe it was never realistic but I was kind of rooting for it anyway.
I’m between 3-4 stars on this book so I rounded up.
I look forward to reading more books by this author.