Review: AMAZING!  BEST GHOST STORY EVER!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2012
I LOVED this book!My overwhelming response to Be Still, My Love is going to require much capitalization and exclamation marks as I GUSH out all the AWESOMENESS of this novel!Okay, I'm fairly new to this Indie thing...I recieved a Kindle for Christmas and have been really stubborn about choosing an Indie author.  I'm picky and I get brutal about it when I waste my time on a crappy book.  What kind of book would I get for free - you get what you pay for, isn't that what they always say?  But all the FREEEEEE books were CALLING me...the curiousity was killing me.  I just had to try one.  Or two.Be Still, My Love is my second self-published read.  The first one I read was DARN good.  THIS ONE....TO THE MOON!  This novel is as good, if not better than some of the published-by-the-big-guys books I've read & I've read ALOT of books.Here's the thing about this book in particular.  I LOVE Ghost Stories.  Rarely do I find a ghost story I'm very impressed with.  Many authors fall back on the premise that ghost activity is unexplainable & do not attempt any (or little) explanation regarding the how do I say it, "workings" behind ghostly activity.  Of course, this is a lazy way to do things but it is certainly easier.  Thus, their stories are just that.  Stories.  Entertainment.  Which is good, don't get me wrong, why do we read fiction anyway?  But THIS author knows her stuff.  She views her reader as an intellectual being, not a sheep as to which she might bend our idiot minds into believing whatever stupid crap sounds good.  From the very first pages, there is a sort of philosophical feel.  She backs up her story with an explanation - a plausible explanation.  Throughout.  As a reader, I appreciate that.  Plus, I think I learned quite alot about how spiritual beings might exist.  I was able to open my mind to stuff I would normally regard as kooky.  In fact, I found that Deborah Hughes has a blog with many articles on the paranormal ghostly stuff & I'm going back to revisit and learn some more.Back to the story though...I LOVED the characters, they were real to me.  This was SO much more than a creepy ghost story.  We have sweet romance, a beautiful & well described setting, suspense, thriller, crime drama, a wonderfully creepy yet romantic haunting, and life lessons regarding coming to terms with emotion in relation to death.  The story starts off great, then I found a slight lull for 10-20 pages but after that, there was NEVER a boring instant again.  This is an action packed thriller that will keep you guessing until the final moment!  And what a final moment it is!  The end is nail-bitingly good!  So many new developments...love that...but the very last one (can't say what it is so as not to ruin it for ya) was SO COOL!  I never saw that coming!  It's one of those things you don't even think of, but when you look back at what happened you can totally see how true it was!Folks, this book is CRAZY GOOD (more appropriately in Maine language - WICKED GOOD!)!  For the current price of .99 - you will get FAR MORE than your $'s worth!  I'm awaiting the opportunity to read another ghostly novel by Deborah Hughes.  I really liked the Tess character and hope that she will make some further appearances as well.I don't pass out five star ratings easily - but this I would give 6 out of 5 if I could.  Really fun & entertaining, thought provoking and suspenseful...5 STARS ALL THE WAY!!