Review: Short but exciting!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2013
Amy and Julia Klein have a very  complicated life. Julia is a widow, raising her  daughter Amy as a single Mom after a car crash killed her husband, and severely traumatized Amy.  Amy is six, and has not said one word since the accident. She's been tested and retested, and there is still no diagnosis.  Amy attends a local school, but unknown to teachers and her Mom is constantly bullied, till one day she cracks.At the time of the accident, Julia was halfway through a nursing degree, but alone and broke she needed a job and went to work as a nurses aid in a local hospital.  She thought her dreams of a beautiful life were  shattered. Three  months ago Julia started  dating Garrett Ochoa. She knew as soon as he got a close up look at her life, he would be gone, but he  stayed.  He has  taken a job in  Atlanta so she assumes this is his way to distance himself from her and Amy. Julia decides a weekend away from Boston to a fun hotel and Halloween activities would be good for them.  Just the two of them, and distance away from all their difficulties at home.I'm not a fan of haunted houses and ghost stories, but this novella captured me from the first page.  It is also a beautiful love story and a tale of good and evil.  The characters are strong and the story intriguing.  As much as Julia  believes that Garrett is trying to distance himself,  he is out to prove he's in for what ever comes for their way. This is a perfect time of year for this enjoyable story of  hauntings and ghosts.  It is short, but packs a lot of  tension in it's small number of pages.  I highly recommend it.  I had to remind myself to breathe in some places!I received this novella from Entangled Publishing for an honest review.