Review: Bad Lady In White Tale....
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2013
I have a fondness for traditional urban legends.  In "Jessica", we get a version of "The Lady in White".  As with most "Lady in White" urban legends, Jessica was wronged and as a ghost now takes her revenge on the hapless males who cross her path.Stockman College of New Jersey is having a Halloween Party, Wilbur is as usual going to a school event by himself.  During the function he meets a pretty woman in white.  Yada Yada Yada.When done well, even if you know where a story is going, a good author can create tension and anticipation.  Unfortunately in this story I felt neither.Wilber, is presented as a pompous sad sack, a hard combination to like.  During the story his personality changes for the worse without any foundation.  Most importantly, given his description in the early chapters I was surprised that he was not suspicious of a beautiful girl coming on to him in the middle of a dance.When we come to Jessica there are other issues, (beyond the fact that the cover picture in no way represents a girl in Victorian dress).  During the story her language style is strange and inconsistent with a woman of the 1890s.  Terms such as sexual harrassment, do the twist, cut the rug, veil between the worlds and Samhain were used. I can stretch my belief that a ghost would be aware of the changes in the world, (usually Ladies in White refer to their surroundings as they were in their time), but her manner of speaking just did not ring true.  Basically, Jessica thinks and speaks like a modern woman, not a well brought up girl of the 1890s.Finally, I was left with a predictable wordy boring tale.I do not recommend this.