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Summary: This book will keep you up at night....
Review: *Yawn* What a night! I found this book yesterday while rummaging through a used book store looking for something good to read. The blurb on the back really caught me. I was not certain if I were buying a scary book or a supernatural romance or both - this is my first book from Ms. Erskine. I started reading a little after 9 last night. I usually read most books very quickly, but with this one, I found I was forcing myself to slow down to enjoy the style, despite wanting to know what happens next. I read through until 6 this morning and finished as dawn was breaking. There was no way I could put this book down halfway through. I had to know what happened. To be honest, I was kind of afraid to turn out the lights. I kept glancing up at the doorway to my bedroom to make sure no one was standing there...I can't tell you the last time a book captured me like this. It combined history, lore, human emotion along with a good dose of goosebumps between the covers. I came to Amazon today to look for more of Ms. Erskine's work. She has me forever as a fan. -- Dolores
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Summary: Excellent, a must read!
Review: I took this book on a camping trip and all I could think of when I heard strange sounds outside the tent at night time was "the curse", the grave and the strange apperances in the cottage. That was a spooky story that really scared me. I hope that Barbara Erskine will write more books like this one. Buy it if you like scary stories!!
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Summary: didn't really 'grab' me
Review: This is the 4th novel of Barbara Erskine's that I have read. And this is the one that I like the least. Unlike House of Echoes, this did not scare me, and unlike Lady of Hay and Child of the Phoenix, this book did not transport me to another time and place. I can't place my finger on what it was, but the story just seemed a little flat. Maybe there were too many characters and they were fairly bland and cliched. I didn't understand which of the two male leads I was meant to like, and decided on Greg who was fleshed out better than Jon. It was still an interesting story and it won't disuade me from reading more from this author.
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