Review: Fun, Fascinating Ghost Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2013
J. Rudolph's "Hadley's Haunting" is a great read.  It's a young-aduld ghost story - the tale of Hadley, a teenaged girl who finds herself dead (no spoiler here - it's how the book opens!).  We're right with Hadley as she experiences her own death...but she's still here, on Earth.  She quickly realizes that she's a ghost and she decides that in order to move on (not that she knows exactly what that'll mean) she must figure out who killed her.We follow her as she "learns the ropes" of the afterlife and meets a girl who's the only living person able to see her.  With the help of her new friend Cailynn, will Hadley be able to unravel the mystery of her murder and identify her killer?This is a quick read (only 140 pages) and it's very compelling and difficult to put down.  The story is told in the first person, from Hadley's perspective, and the author shows us glimpses of Hadley's past life while she tries to figure out who ended it, and why.Hadley's voice is (forgive the pun) lively and engaging, and the writing is clean and clear.  The mystery takes a couple of twists and turns and the author does a good job of throwing some surprises at the reader.This is a very solid YA novel, and I'd definitely recommend it, as well as looking out for other work by the author.