I only wish this had of been longer as I would have loved more of the investigation into the missing girl's disappearance. The adults in this aren't infuriating or in the way like a lot of adults are in middle grade novels - the characters were done so well, I seemed to like them all (well, maybe except the terrifying ghost. A character I also absolutely loved was the quirky Mr Lieberman who owns the local bookshop. She is balanced out by her Aunt Lilian and new friend Harold, who try to add some rationality to the strange hauntings. The character of Aveline is very approachable and her affinity for ghost stories adds to her charm. For a ghost story mystery, this one is a fantastic one. It's one of those books where you could cosy down with a hot chocolate on a dark night close to Halloween and read cover-to-cover. The atmosphere was pitch-perfect in this, from the gloomy stormy weather, to the small-town feel, it was very nicely written. With spooky happenings, Aveline's life is then put into mortal danger when it appears a vengeful ghost may want her for her own. While there, Aveline comes across a book of ghost stories that used to belong to a girl who went missing over thirty years before. This is as close to perfect to a middle grade ghost story mystery as we're gonna get!Īveline is forced to stay with her Aunt in the lead-up to Halloween in a small coastal village.
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