Kindred Spirits: a ghost story by Eva Barker
My ranking: 4 of 5 stars
Kindred Spirits is a up to date ghost story set within the Lake District.
Grace has left her long-term boyfriend after confirming her suspicions that he was being untrue. Taking recommendation from a pal she rents a cottage for the summer season, hoping to spend time checking out her emotions and her future.
Residing within the cottage subsequent to Grace is widower Danny. Throw into the combination the truth that Grace can talk with ghosts, and a sophisticated story unravels.
I appreciated the ghostly component of this story and there have been some nice secondary characters. The story bounced forwards and backwards between Grace, earlier than and after her transfer, and Danny’s viewpoint.
At first I assumed that this might be a easy story with Grace serving to Danny come to phrases together with his loss, however the story headed into a posh twist involving pals and relationships. There have been loads of surprises to maintain the story attention-grabbing and by the top I used to be notably invested within the end result.
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Grace Tapp can see ghosts. (Though she doesn’t notably need to discuss it.)
When her relationship ends on the worst potential phrases, Grace flees her boyfriend and arrives within the Lake District decided to have an uneventful summer season. Her new house is calm and picturesque, simply what she wished, however seems could be deceiving…
Subsequent door, single guardian Danny is reeling from his beloved spouse’s demise, struggling to come back to phrases with the secrets and techniques she took to the grave. He is aware of one thing actually terrible should have occurred if she felt she couldn’t open up to him – however he can’t think about what on earth it could possibly be.
As Grace will get to know Danny, it turns into clear there are darkish secrets and techniques hidden on this seemingly idyllic village. And, whether or not she likes it or not, her expertise for speaking with the lifeless places her in a novel place to uncover the reality.
Grace turns into obsessive about piecing collectively what actually occurred – and he or she should work shortly, as a result of when her previous threatens to meet up with her, she’ll must know whom amongst her new pals she will be able to belief, and whom she most definitely can’t.
