Review: Simple, Ghost Whisperer type story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2012
Spirits Rising is an easy read that mixes up some fun and entertainment for the reader with a woman and her town facing an unusual situation: dead vikings are showing up all over.While the story was a unique one and somewhat like the Ghost Whisperer television show, I felt that I found myself wondering if this was an introduction to a series, an introduction to a book or the rough draft of something that pushed itself into a story that got published. No real technical flaws or anything of that nature, but the main character constantly reminds herself to "focus" throughout the story and I found that maybe the book needed to heed those words as well at some times. A little more elaboration would have made the special qualities of this book stand out even more.In particular, keep an eye out for the elderly neighbor, Mrs. Saunders, who is an absolute hoot and worth reading the story for.Note: Though this book was a free gift from the author, the content of my review was in no way influenced by the gifting. The book speaks for itself and my review would have been worded just this way even if I'd gone out and bought it. I also give bonus points for Text To Speech enabling on Kindle format.... but that also wasn't a factor in the above review.