Review: A compelling supernatural mystery!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
Ghosts of the North Shore  by James Kipling links a 40-year old murder of a teenage girl to the mysterious slaughtering of a whole flock of sheep in the sleepy town of Hal’s Cove in the present time. This is what greeted Jennie Rowlands in the morning of her 17th birthday. It’s not quite the news she’d expected on her special day, but it was sinister enough to make her pay attention, thanks to her best friend Dex, who had become obsessed with the dead sheep. The sheep slaughtering triggers a chain of inexplicable incidents such as ghostly happenings, sudden violent outbursts, and alien sightings.The author combines the thrill of fantasy and science fiction with the intrigue of supernatural mystery mixed with elements of occult, alien and interstellar travel, which makes the book a compelling read. The element of teen romance is a nice touch to make for an incredibly well-balanced story.The characters are well-developed and very likeable (or unpleasant when they need to be, depending on which side of the force they represent). What makes this book topnotch is the interwoven elements that engage the reader to the very end.