I have been following Amanda's work since her first book, It Walked
Among Us, and was excited to get my hands on Ella's Paradise. I
purchased the hard back copy first but then grabbed the kindle version
when she put it up for free just so I could have the extra copy to
listen to while I worked.
Ella's Paradise, a treat for lovers of
mystery/ghost stories, will have you wondering what will happen next
with each page you turn. I'm a sucker for old houses and the history
that follows them so this book had me interested from the beginning. The
fact that it's around Halloween and the ghosts was an added bonus. Do
not be discouraged by the number of pages listed. The paperback has
close to 200 pages but the kindle only lists 152.
Leigh is a down
on her luck woman who inherited her Uncles house (Ella's Paradise)
after he mysteriously dies. Strange things start to happen pretty much
as soon as Leigh moves in, from fresh flowers being left in the
ballroom, to the sound of a giggling little girl echoing through the
house in the middle of the night. With each new character brought into
the book, Marin being my favorite, my mind was skipping ahead to see how
this would change the story and what part they would each play in the
end. Marin is Leigh's best friend and she had me cracking up. For
example, "I prefer life among the living, thank you very much. That was
beyond a close encounter, okay?" The book is a little slow at first as
each new character is introduced but I promise the action picks up fast
and you will not want to put it down until the end. The ending had a
twist that I did not see coming and had me thinking how in the world did
I miss this while reading. I found myself rereading the beginning that
I thought was slow only to discover the hidden clues that were there
for me to find.
This book gets five stars from me and I can't
wait to read her next one. Amanda is going to be one of those writers I
will be glad I've followed from the beginning.
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