Yes, you guessed it, I am once again on tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club. You may recognise this book as it was on The Whispering Bookworm at the end of last year. Well, today, I am going to share my thoughts about it. But before I do that, let's remind ourselves about the book with a quick look at the blurb.
A blazing fire killed her family and devoured her home. A vengeful demon haunted her. Ghosts of the Revolutionary War needed help that only she could provide. A young woman languished, desperate to survive, and teetered on the edge of sanity.
Mehitable grew up in a freshly tamed town, carved from the primeval forest. Family, friends, and working at the mercantile filled her days and warmed her heart. For Mehitable, life was simple and safe, until tragedy struck. When her family perished in their burning home, she retreated into a world of her own making.
As a young girl, she had seen glimmers, glimpses, and flickers of the spirit world. She closed her eyes. She turned her back. She ignored the apparitions that she never spoke of, desperately hoping they would leave her in peace. She was mistaken.
Grief-stricken, Mehitable withdrew from the human world. Ghosts were everywhere. They became bolder. She could no longer turn her back on the spirit world. Her friends feared for her survival. Nobody understood her. She would have to find her own way.
Fans of TV’s Ghost Whisperer and Long Island Medium will especially love She Sees Ghosts. This historical novel features memorable characters and delivers bone-tingling, spine chilling goosebumps. It stands on its own and it is the next installment in the Adirondack Spirit Series by the award-winning author of Wanders Far―An Unlikely Hero’s Journey. David Fitz-Gerald delivers a historical novel with a bittersweet ending that you won’t see coming.
Would she save the spirits’ souls, or would they save her? Only time would tell.
My Review
The blurb of this book may have intrigued me, but it was the first chapter that ensured I was well and truly hooked. From the turning of a new century, alongside a birthday party that would end in tragedy, She Sees Ghosts was compelling from start to finish. The losses and horrors depicted are done so with such attention to the detail that I almost felt Mehitable’s suffering. I was more than sympathetic towards her as I read about how her life was turned upside-down by some spilt whiskey and a falling match.
The characters were penned wonderfully, and the battles were described by the ghosts of the men who died there. I thought this was an incredibly creative way of telling the audience about the history of the places without spending too long focusing on it.
Though there are many losses, there is also happiness in this book, and it was a joy to read about the creation of a new town from nothing. While it is not the type of book I would typically read, I found no reason not to love this book, and I would recommend it to people with no reservations.
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David Fitz-Gerald
David Fitz-Gerald writes fiction that is grounded in history and soars with the spirits. Dave enjoys getting lost in the settings he imagines and spending time with the characters he creates. Writing historical fiction is like making paintings of the past. He loves to weave fact and fiction together, stirring in action, adventure, romance, and a heavy dose of the supernatural with the hope of transporting the reader to another time and place. He is an Adirondack 46-er, which means that he has hiked all of the highest peaks in New York State, so it should not be surprising when Dave attempts to glorify hikers as swashbuckling superheroes in his writing. She Sees Ghosts―A Story of a Woman Who Rescues Lost Souls is the next instalment in the Adirondack Spirit Series.
Thank you so much to the Whispering Bookworm for this wonderful review. I am so glad that Mehitable made such an impression. Have an awesome day.
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David Fitz-Gerald