Review: Fun Collection of Paranormal Stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2014
This was a nice collection of three different paranormal stories by different authors but about the same two main characters, Ellen and Monty.  The idea behind that was really rather brilliant.  It was a good part of wanting to read this boxed set; to see where each author would take the characters and to see if the authors could stay true to the characters throughout.The first story was really good.  I was glued to my Kindle like nobodies business. Walking around with the Kindle in my face, running into walls, tripping up and down the steps, you know the drill.  It was fun getting to know the characters and finding out about the ghosties and things of that sort. I liked most of the investigation stuff, found some of it really very out there, but hey, why not!  It was great fun.  I enjoyed reading it.When the second story rolled around, it was mostly good.  There was a super smooth character move picking back up on the characters was easy and the flow kept on going.  It got a bit weird for me though (I won't give a thing away here so if you read it, you'll know what I mean and if you don't you'll just never get it fully) when certain things became known and I lost quite a bit of interest in the ending bit but still was so drawn to the story due to how good the rest of it was, I had to keep going.  I liked the very end after the solution to the paranormal bit, but... well, it's hard to say without saying so I'll leave it there!Then there was the third story.  I don't really like to say bad things about what I read so I'm not going to say too much but this story seemed more focused on the fact that Monty wanted to have sex with Ellen constantly every time he looked at her (and it was probably mentioned at least once per page or more) than storyline or paranormal activity.  Parts of the story seemed like they were going in a good direction, but would fizzle rather quickly with a jealous or (excuse the choice or words here) horny Monty. The characters seemed off and the story sort of suffered.  However, that being said, the author is an excellent writer and I'd like to read something other than an Ellen and Monty story written by her because this one was difficult since by the third story there was too much expectation as to how the reader was likely expecting the two to act and behave.All in all, this was a good collection of paranormal stories and it was great fun getting to know Ellen and Monty.