Review: Another quality read by Ryn Shell
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
I bought this book before I was a quarter of the way through the third book in this series –Escape.I ended up “reading backwards” starting with the third book then the second book and then this book. The books are well written and one does not become lost by reading out of sequence as they are ideal stand-alone books- but I think once you read one, like me, you’ll keep reading through the series.The author has created a series that wows me as a reader.  Set in the Australian Outback in the 1940s forward, the stories are beautifully written. It is easy to quickly become immersed and find yourself in 1945 Australia.In this book we start in 1958 and meet Emily as a teenager. Emily is our main character in the series and her character is well crafted.  We come across the ghost (Charlotte) mentioned in the title and then we nicely backtrack a few years to 1945.We then travel back even further to the late 1800s and get an understanding of Charlotte.  I have become quite used to Emily as she’s been with me in the other two reads.  The author does a beautiful job weaving in the story of Charlotte, her past, her death and the stories surrounding her ghostly interactions in the present day of the story.  She doesn’t steal the show from Emily but brings a nice element to the read.I don’t know if many authors could pull this interaction off as nicely as the author did. The story flowed evenly throughout.  There were moments of suspense and “ahaa” moments but never once did the story lag.The story is wonderful and we also gain solid and realistic knowledge regarding the culture and history of the time period.Highly recommend this book as well as the others in the series.