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“AMAZING! Too bad it ended with a major cliffhanger... I can't wait to read the next book!
~Galardiel~ The only limit is the one you set to yourself. wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I was hooked from the very beginning. This book has everything I like: castles, ghosts, Scotland and romance. It was a quick read but I wish it lasted longer. Riley is a strong female character that falls in love with someone she can't (literally) be with but still she tries her best to help him.
I got this ebook for free in amazon and also the novella "The MacKinnon Curse". Go get them! ”
“Riley Williams can suddenly see ghosts after being in a car crash that took her mother. Riley blames herself for her mother's death and is having a difficult time dealing, she cuts herself to find release from her guilt and sadness.
Genea wrote this review Tuesday, April 9, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Riley's father moved her and her brother halfway around the world at the suggestion of her therapist that a new scenery might help with her depression and delusions that she can see ghosts. Riley is not a willing medium, she doesn't want to be bothered by annoying spirits. Who would? But when she and her family moved into a very old Scottish Inn, she see's Ian MacKinnon, she's tries to avert her eyes not wanting him to see that she's aware of his presence. Ian saw Riley cutting herself and with concern in his eyes and voice, and his drop dead gorgeous look, pun intended, Riley's resolve to avoid him falters. Riley is inexplicable drawn to Ian, she cannot get enough of his piercing blue eyes, old world charm, and dashing good looks.
Soon Riley finds out that Ian's spirit was cursed to roam the earth for eternity. And even though she would lose him she has to help him move on. Although that means she would have to go up against a scorned powerful spirit who practices dark magic and would be a danger to Riley and her family.
This was a good story, I think the author tackled a very serious topic. She did a very good job with the heroines depression and her cutting. She took it seriously and didn't just brush over it. The teenagers came across as real too, with their drinking, pot use and their language, seems right on par. Don't know anything about the Scottish teen brogue but I guess everything else sounds typical. There wasn't a whole lot of build up to Riley's ultimate showdown with Laria, the dark spirit that cursed Ian. Even their showdown was over pretty quickly. I gathered from the ending that this was just a preview of what's to come for Riley, we're just seeing the beginning of her power and her calling to help spirits cross over.”
“26% into it”
Lettee wrote this review Monday, March 25, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Bought the nook version. ”
Destany Hughes wrote this review Friday, March 15, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“i really liked the idea of the ghost and girl love story. the ending was a surprise.”
Nina wrote this review Wednesday, March 6, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“After a devestating car crash, and surviving this young girl endures life in a new perspictive. She lives but her mother dies. The father, brother, and herself move to start a new life, after her councler said that Riley needed a change. Little did they know she was not crazy as they thought.”
LaReina wrote this review Friday, January 11, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Really liked this story -- new twist on the paranormal genre. I want to know what the deal is with Kade. Hmmmm.....”
TracySchoenberg wrote this review Sunday, November 11, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It's an okay story I guess, but more YA. Learning, growing, and getting over experiences. I found Riley too willing to be abused by others without saying anything. And her "love" for Ian and her behavior often too "old" for 16, sorry.
droonfang wrote this review Saturday, December 29, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The ending was just weird and leaves you hanging, an obvious ploy to lure the reader into a sequel? Which always bothers me.
There were lots of errors and some missing commas. Many of the errors are, as I see too often, the use of non-standard (not a word!) alright for the correct all right. Just because everyone wants to use it doesn't make it correct. Many errors were also incorrect word(s)/usage: shouldn't of for shouldn't have, explicitly for implicitly, binds (verb) for bonds (noun...several times), hadn't of for hadn't have (hadn't've), hurdling for hurtling, intimated for intimidated, and eluded for alluded.
There were also "redundancies" like blessed holy water, completely altogether different, and come close to nearly passing out...whew! Also some inexplicable poor word choices: lots of places to hide behind, my stomach coiled? (more than once) , huff (?) it against the wall.
For the author, a list of errors is available.”
“Ridley Williams moved to Scotland,after the tragic car accident that took her mother's life. She is gifted: she sees spirits. She struggles to find a way to let her frustration out. Till now,she tried to lay a low profile but this changed when she met Ian Mackinnon. She is torn between love,desire and justice. Ian became her only confidante and the person to whom she opened up since the death of her mother.”
Miss C wrote this review Friday, October 26, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A teen feeling the guilt of her mother's death, resorts to 'cutting' and is now able to see ghosts. Her family has moved to Scotland where she falls for a cursed ghost who had died 200 years ago.
Dianne wrote this review Wednesday, October 24, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The internal dialogue that Riley had was wonderful, full of life, realistic. Her relationships with those around her showed how she had distanced herself because of her guilt of believing she was the cause of her mother's death. I was disappointed that the 'cutting' issue was glossed over.
The romance was warm, the ending, satisfying and perfectly uplifting.”