Essentially we follow the Rook family, a quintet of Ghost Hunters, father, mother, daughter, son and his husband. They each have their own sort of power / ghost hunting skill that bring the to a tiny coastal town in the East Midlands, for what they think is a fairly standard haunting in a church but of course, that turns out not to be the case. Continue reading
I should probably be a bit more careful when picking books, as I didn’t realise this was Young Adult when I bought it. Continue reading
The central arc of the story is about the millennium and the fears / expectation of the second coming of Christ, even though official doctrine (from Augustine) said that it couldn’t be predicated. Continue reading
Anyway, I didn’t hate it, but at the same time, I don’t want to read something like it anytime soon. Continue reading
The novel has a pretty fun concept, basically the French Revolution but with magic. And that rights include the rights of commoners to wield their magic (parallel with voting rights see?) And we see the action from three points: Robespierre in France, Pitt and Wilberforce in London, and Toussaint (again through the eyes of Fina, who is a slave who escapes Jamaica). Continue reading
Anyway, the story is about Noemí, a socialite who is interrupted in her life of socialising, to go visit her cousin. Catalina sent a strange letter to Noemí’s father, and he makes a deal with Noemí to allow her to pursue a master’s degree if he goes and finds out what is wrong. Continue reading
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