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Texas Gothic (Goodnight Family #1)

by Rosemary Clement-Moore (Goodreads Author)

3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 · rating details · 2,374 ratings · 465 reviews

A spooky, electrifying love story.

Amy Goodnight's family are far from normal. She comes from a long line of witches, and grew up surrounded by benevolent spirits and kitchen spells. All fairly harmless, but Amy can't wait to get to college and escape the "family business".

But things take a darker turn when she and her sister Phin spend the summer looking after Aunt Hyacint...more

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Published July 7th 2011 by Corgi Children's

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Jun 17, 2012 Emily May rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, ya-na, 2011

I gave this book 100 pages to get interesting but, for me, it just wasn't. I kept waiting and waiting for the story to kick off but unfortunately all I got out of those first 100 pages was some flirtations with a cowboy and a ghostly occurence that was just boring.

There is a chance that this story becomes absolutely fabulous later on in the novel but I'm afraid I don't have the patience to wait for it.

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May 07, 2012 HellyBelly marked it as to-read-or-not-to-is-the-question · review of another edition

Shelves: greatly-anticipated, love-the-cover, badly-written-and-or-edited, annoying-fact-faults

Information to the author of this book: I know that people in the US sometimes confuse Sweden with Switzerland. After all, they are two countries in Europe, who both begin with SW... Bit like Missouri and Michigan, you could say.. same-same really, or not?

I'd just like to let you know that Alfred Nobel was a Swede and every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international...more

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Mar 15, 2013 TheBookSmugglers rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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First Impressions:

Thea: There are a number of things that Texas Gothic has going for it. First, there's the cool Nancy Drew homage/vibe (right down to the red-headed gumshoe sleuth heroine). Then, there's the awesome setting of the novel on dusty ranches during a Texas summer. Add an old fashioned haunting and ghost mystery to the mix, and you've got the makings of a fantastic young adult novel. And you kn...more

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Feb 05, 2012 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-ya-ya

Well for one, the cover is rather gorgeous. I love the vibrant red of the girl's lips and the scarlet of her hair and the pale pink color tones and the wisps of white that wreathe the title and the splash of green for her eyes. I think it's a beautiful color palette.

And then there is the story, which promises to be beautiful as well. I loved Clement-Moore's The Splendor Falls and I hope that in these pages I'll find more of the same magic and suspense and wonderful characters and delectably droo...more

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Feb 19, 2012 Tex Thompson rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-ya

Five Reasons To Read "Texas Gothic"

1.) A good heroine! Amy is 17 or so, and she acts it. She has plenty of appealing traits (grounded, sensible, caring, brave in a pinch, smart in the mouth) and her negatives - shooting off said mouth, occasionally doing stupid things for stupid or emotional reasons - are framed by a good deal of self-awareness. It's so refreshing to spend 400 pages with a likable person who recognizes her own flaws without drowning in them. Amy is one of the best.

2.) Excellent...more Five Reasons To Read "Texas Gothic"

1.) A good heroine! Amy is 17 or so, and she acts it. She has plenty of appealing traits (grounded, sensible, caring, brave in a pinch, smart in the mouth) and her negatives - shooting off said mouth, occasionally doing stupid things for stupid or emotional reasons - are framed by a good deal of self-awareness. It's so refreshing to spend 400 pages with a likable person who recognizes her own flaws without drowning in them. Amy is one of the best.

2.) Excellent supporting cast. They are well-drawn, unique without being hamfistedly "quirky", and introduced efficiently (easy to remember and tell them apart, and without sucking up pages in description or back-story.) I'm not one for romance, but it's easy to see what there is to like in the cowboy next door.

3.) It is powerfully short on stereotypes. Usually "small-town Texas" is shorthand for "good old-fashioned god-fearing yokels" (who are inevitably torn asunder by Tremors worms or Chain-Saw Massacres or what-have-you) or else "intolerant Bible-beating hillbillies." But while Barnett is fictional, it reads real: people speak in sensible ordinary English and behave in relatable, realistic ways... they just happen to love their Dr. Pepper too.

4.) Truly sophisticated writing. By that I don't mean it's a hard read - not at all. But it's sprinkled with arcane references: you don't need to have ever heard of the Mysteries of Udolpho or the Luftwaffe to enjoy the story (they are passing mentions only), but I am so glad to see a book that drops them in so craftily and to such good effect that it might actually inspire someone to go and look these things up, and deepen their enjoyment of the story just that much more. Secondly, Ms. Clement is clearly a fan of deliberate under-writing. It would be cleverness enough to name the women of the Goodnight family as she has: Amaryllis, Delphinium, Hyacinth, and so on. But never once does she mention that they are all named after flowers. It's a rare author that is confident enough in her skill that she doesn't feel the need to draw attention to it - so if you don't notice, you lose nothing, but if you do, you are that much more profoundly impressed.

5.) A very well-crafted mystery! Jaded and cynical as I am, it is so nice to get through a whole book without rolling my eyes and thinking "gee, I wonder where THIS is going." And to be fair, there is a little of that - you know as soon as Young Mr. Cowboy turns up that he and Amy surely will have considerably more screen-time together. But I was just so pleased to see how the author broke the mystery up into a hundred little pieces, and doled out one or two to every scene. She has a real knack for weaving important things into completely natural and ordinary conversation, and it makes each page pay off so well.

(Bonus Reason: It made the 2012 ALA List of Best Fiction for Young Adults.)

And at the end of it, there is really no better praise to give this book than that: it is 405 pages, and every one of them is put to exceptionally good purpose.(less)

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Sep 13, 2011 Glass rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, favorites, ghosts, girl-power, love-the-cover

Last time when I read a ghost story, I was a child, and I'll be honest with you, ghosts were only fantastic creatures I was afraid of. I used to have awful nightmares and I was scared to go to any place which looked abandoned and haunted. Even later, when I figured out that ghosts don't exist, I had my share of scared-to-the-death moments. So you can easily imagine how I felt when I realized that Texas Gothic is a ghost story. It wasn't that pleasant to read it at night after everyone went to sl...more

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Jul 04, 2011 Beth Flynn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: sunshy-read, random-house

Early review! Release date: 7th July 2011 (Book received from publisher)

When sisters Amy (short for Amaryllis) and Phin (short for Delphinium) Goodnight show up to ranch-sit for their Aunt Hyacinth, they don't realise quite how much the experience will change their lives. Phin is so wrapped up in her scientific studies (with a paranormal twist) that she rarely notices anything that doesn't fall directly into her sphere of interest, and Amy? Well, Amy wants nothing to do with the para side of nor...more Early review! Release date: 7th July 2011 (Book received from publisher)

When sisters Amy (short for Amaryllis) and Phin (short for Delphinium) Goodnight show up to ranch-sit for their Aunt Hyacinth, they don't realise quite how much the experience will change their lives. Phin is so wrapped up in her scientific studies (with a paranormal twist) that she rarely notices anything that doesn't fall directly into her sphere of interest, and Amy? Well, Amy wants nothing to do with the para side of normal - in fact, she has made it her life's work to act as a buffer between her family, who are ... eccentric at best, and the rest of civilisation.

Texas Gothic uses an ingenious recipe of part archaelogical dig, part Scooby-Doo-esque mystery, and part love story with the added spices of romance, magic, and cowboys. Well, actually, it's mainly subtle hints of cowboys, but there is a hunky Texan guy who first appears on horseback - so I'm definitely counting him in the cowboy column.

I'm always almost unhealthily glad when bones appear in books (don't judge me, I'm about to start a degree in Medieval History and I've always had a fascination with the Black Death), so their appearance teamed with the added aspects of magical heritage and teenage soul-searching really kept the pages turning for me. The first line of the book is "The goat was in the tree again." - which gives you some idea of the intriguing information that you may learn in amongst the plot (do goats climb trees? Please don't disillusion me unless you know for sure!), as well as the tone of the novel. I loved Amy's voice, she's definitely going down as one of my favourite unlikely heroines!

Recommendation: If you like your normal with added para, your natural with more than a hint of super, then take a walk with Amy and see if anything will make her agree with you. Did I mention there was magic and a (sort of) cowboy? Come on!

Fair warning: I'm all for appropriate swearing in the YA genre, and so are the characters in Texas Gothic.
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Apr 20, 2013 Maythavee rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

Texas Gothic was a fantastic read! I really enjoyed it. I love the cover! It’s really beautiful and eye-catching.

The characters were brilliant. I loved Amy and her sister, Phin. Their banters were really funny. Even though they were the completely different from each other but they made a really good team. Amy’s gatekeeper role of the family was admirable. I can totally understand her decisions about separating the supernatural world and the normal world. She wanted to be normal and that's under...more Texas Gothic was a fantastic read! I really enjoyed it. I love the cover! It’s really beautiful and eye-catching.

The characters were brilliant. I loved Amy and her sister, Phin. Their banters were really funny. Even though they were the completely different from each other but they made a really good team. Amy’s gatekeeper role of the family was admirable. I can totally understand her decisions about separating the supernatural world and the normal world. She wanted to be normal and that's understandable. I empathized with her reactions when strangers bad-mouthed her family. I also loved the moment when she knew that she couldn't live in both worlds anymore, she fully embraced her 'inner Goodnight'. Phin was absolutely hilarious with her lack of people skills. I loved how Amy and Phin were very protective of each other even though they annoyed each other most of the time.

As for the supporting characters, they were great! I really liked Ben McCulloch. I’d always had a soft spot for cowboys. He may be a kind of a jerk at first but as you read on, you'll understand his reasons and empathized with him. The dig team: Mark, Jennie, Caitlin, Emery, Dwayne and Lucas were also fantastic characters. They contributed to the plot and their conversations were really enjoyable. They’re like the squints from Bones: geeky but very cool. I especially enjoyed Mark's interactions with Phin. Although her role was a small one, Amy and Phin’s cousin, Daisy, was adorable.

As for the plot, it wasn’t what I expected at all which is a good thing. It was like Bones and CSI with a supernatural twist. I loved all the stuff about the Goodnight’s magic, the ghost mystery as well as the normal mystery (which is not paranormal). The romance between Ben and Amy was really cute, I really liked them together. The references to TV shows such as CSI and Bones made me smile.

Overall, Texas Gothic was a really great read! I enjoyed it more than I expected. I look forward to reading more of Rosemary Clement-Moore’s work! (less)

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Sep 15, 2011 Lawral rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, 2011

There are two things that Clement-Moore does fantabulously: community and swoony guys. The ranch town in which Amy and Phin are spending their summer is great. It's not the setting, really, that's great; it's the people in it. They make this small town believable. There's the crazy grandad, the close-minded town folk, the local pothead, the nerdy college students, the local "royal" family, and the brooding son of those royals. We don't get to know all of these characters well; this is not a crow...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Harmony Beaufort rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Texas Gothic had everything you could want in an awesome book: practical magic, ghosts, mystery, family, romance, and most importantly, an awesome heroine!

Texas Gothic is about a girl named Amy Goodnight and her sister Phin who are taking care of their aunt's herb garden for the summer while she travels. Which wouldn't be such a big deal if not for the crazy rumors about ghosts around town, the amount of people who think her aunt is a crazy old witch (at least one of those is true) and therefore...more Texas Gothic had everything you could want in an awesome book: practical magic, ghosts, mystery, family, romance, and most importantly, an awesome heroine!

Texas Gothic is about a girl named Amy Goodnight and her sister Phin who are taking care of their aunt's herb garden for the summer while she travels. Which wouldn't be such a big deal if not for the crazy rumors about ghosts around town, the amount of people who think her aunt is a crazy old witch (at least one of those is true) and therefore, her niece's must be crazy as well. Add to that a crime scene a few blocks away and a neighboring farm, specifically a hot neighbor boy, who thinks the Goodnight family is trying to ruin them with all this ghost talk!

Amy is my favorite type of heroine. Spunky, funny but also set on trying to stay out of the family's heritage of magic and spells. She calls herself the person who makes sure everyone in the outside world thinks their normal and she had been doing a pretty good job until they got to Goodnight farm. I liked how she got pulled into these situations with magic that she just didn't want to deal with, but in the end, after much resisting, knew what she had to do to just make it all stop. And along the way learned a lot about her family and about how sometimes it's not so bad.

Secondary characters were awesome! I loved all of the excavation team for the crime scene, especially since Moore made them pretty important characters throughout the novel. Mark and Phin were adorable together, and I liked how Phin, the supposed genius, didn't know a thing about interacting with normal people. The mystery in the book is enough to set you on edge, between the murders, dead bodies, and ghosts popping up all over the place!

And then you have Ben. Ben had my heart since the beginning, and I liked how he slowly, but surely, worked his way up to trusting Amy enough to get himself caught up in all this ghost-hunting stuff. It was a rocky path for them but I loved reading every minute of it! Overall, an amazing book and Rosemary Clement Moore is definitely someone you guys should check out!
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Feb 19, 2013 Mizuki Genshou rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-books, supernatural-stuff

It's a story about witches, ghosts and paranormal activities in a small rural town in Texas, the novel was fine in planning and it also has some good writing and solid characters to back the story up.

The main character, Amy Goodnight was 'the normal one' in a family of witches, who very much wanted to have a magic-free life. Her family members deal with ghosts, magic, spell and potions like they were nothing while Amy, retained to use or even acknowledge her power, tried hard to cover her famil...more

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Nov 01, 2012 Ruth rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Amaryllis – Amy – Goodnight is caught in the middle of a Texas mystery involving goats, ghosts and cowboys. House-sitting for her aunt, Amy and her sister Phin are part of the illustrious Goodnight family, known more for their magic than sense, something that causes practical Amy no end of grief – especially with sometimes cowboy, always attractive guy next door. Amy is a charming and reluctant ghost whisperer in Clement-Moore’s latest YA mystery where the reality of small-town feuds and mystici...more

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Sep 29, 2012 Gladys rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A very charming story about a teenager who is at conflict with her powers. She is the peace maker in her family she tries to hide the eccentricities her family is famous for, and tries to give others the image that she is sane. Ben is her aunt's neighbor and they meet when her aunt leaves on vacations and leaves Amy and her sister Phin house sitting. The first time they meet, Ben blames Amy's family of being crazy, putting her immediately in a defensive state. The banter this two characters have...more

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Sep 17, 2012 Tracey rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I so wanted to like this story more than I did. It sounded like a good, creepy ghost story, complete with a family of (nice) witches. Amy, the first-person narrator, seems amiable and interesting, even though she's anxious about toning down her family's magical, ghost-friendly reputation in her own life. Fresh from high school, Amy spends her summer housesitting her aunt's homestead with her college-age sister, Phin. The gist of the story is simple: Amy discovers that a hostile ghostly presence...more

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Jul 15, 2012 Bookcookiez rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: rosemary-clement-moore, romance, amazing-plot, fangirl-scream-in-process, favorites

Amazing!
Rating: 10/10 cookiez

This book was amazing! I admire the main character, Amy Goodnight. She has a very interesting last name, too. I had strong feelings towards the characters in this book. I felt every single feeling that the main character felt. I wanted to choke people who Amy did not like to death. Yes, I think that I am a serial killer in making, too. Anyways, I enjoyed the plot of the story. I was really hooked to the book more than you think. I was so hooked that it is probably no...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Samantha rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-supernatural, library-reads, summer2012

Rosemary Clement-Moore is one of those authors that writes the same thing over and over again, but with different names and mysteries. And this isn't a bad thing, at least not for me. If you've read Splendor Falls then you know what to expect with this book; a romance that starts off with the guy and gal hating each other, magic that the main character doesn't want to have anything to do with, a mystery involving ghosts and betrayals,a southern setting, and a title that makes no sense.

The Splend...more

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Apr 18, 2012 Reading Teen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was told to read Texas Gothic for several reasons...

I was born & raised in the great state of Texas
My name is Amy (like the main character)
I'm also stubborn & witty like Amy
I love to read about magic & witches
I've never read any book where the love interest is a good 'ol fashioned Cowboy with a nice Stetson!

Now I am glad I listened to my friends, reading Texas Gothic was fun and interesting to say the least. I wouldn't say it was Ahhhmazzzzing, but it was good enough that I read th...more

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Feb 28, 2012 Sassyandizzy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I had a constant thought while reading this book....this sort of, kind of reminds me of Scooby Doo and the Monster in Mexico. lol That might sound mean, but I say it in the best way. In Texas Gothic, we are presented with an ecclectic group of people that band to group together to solve the mystery (the teacher even refers to them as the gang at one point, I mean come on!). Only in Texas Gothic, you get the actual bad guy dressed up in the mask making people think he is a ghost AND yo...more

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Oct 30, 2011 Suzy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is awesome! It has a little bit of romance, ghosts, and magic.
I read TEXAS GOTHIC by Rosemary Clement-Moore and it definitely fits the magical realism genre. It has a combination of magical realism, ghosts, and a little bit of fantasy. I think this book could be classified as more of a blended genre. When I first started reading it I forgot what section it was under and it didn't make any sense to me how it could be steampunk, then I look at the reading list again and realized it wasn...more

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Oct 06, 2011 Karen's Books Beside My Bed rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, paranormal

Ghost stories are one of my favorite genres and Texas Gothic does not disappoint! I read this one while resting up in Italy. There was an evening where my feet hurt so much that I spent a few hours in bed reading! I do have to say that a book has to be pretty good to keep your attention when you are in another country and Texas Gothic did a very great job!
Rosemary did a great job of setting the book in Texas but not going with the stereotypes that plague other books but she does describe the bo...more

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Oct 05, 2011 Phoebe rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ghost, ya, romance

Amy and her sister Phin are housesitting at their Aunt Hyacinth's ranch while she is traveling, and they run into trouble, seemingly paranormal, surrounding a nearby archaeological dig. Amy also finds herself in repeated run-ins with cute Ben McCullough, alienated neighbor who dislikes anything to do with Hyacinth Goodnight.

This book starts out so promisingly, with a magical realism flavor that is really appealing to those of us who love authors like Sarah Addison Allen, but it bogs down in the...more

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Sep 26, 2011 Kendra rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really loved this book! Is it great literature? No. Is it fun to read, containing two of my favorite elements in a book, those being a mystery and a romance? YES!

First, I almost didn't finish this book. I have read other novels by this author, and the last one I read, Splendor Falls, I thought was good but WAY longer than necessary, so that kind of annoyed me. I was afraid this book would be the same way, and when the beginning seemed a little cliched and forced to me, I thought to myself, "We...more

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Sep 23, 2011 Kale rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Texas Gothic is filled with charming quirkiness, and great writing. What's there not to like with a cute cranky cowboy, tree climbing Houdini goats, Go Go Gadget Gidget girl, rump scratching cows, and a love story like a prize fight.

Amy Goodnight is an island of normal in a sea of crazy. As the self appointed Gatekeeper, Amy straddles the line between magic and mundane constantly providing damage control for her above average family. The Goodnight's are witches, each with a different affinity,...more Texas Gothic is filled with charming quirkiness, and great writing. What's there not to like with a cute cranky cowboy, tree climbing Houdini goats, Go Go Gadget Gidget girl, rump scratching cows, and a love story like a prize fight.

Amy Goodnight is an island of normal in a sea of crazy. As the self appointed Gatekeeper, Amy straddles the line between magic and mundane constantly providing damage control for her above average family. The Goodnight's are witches, each with a different affinity, and to the dismay of Amy, none of them are shy about their abilities.

Amy's PR talents are about to be tested. She and her sister Phin are looking after their Aunt Hy's farm for the summer. Everyone in the small Texas town has an opinion about the crazy Goodnights and it doesn't help that the sleepy town has seemingly awaken with paranormal activity since the girls arrival. There's quite a lot of chatter about a rogue ghost on the loose knocking people out, skeletal remains are popping up at the perpetually cranky yet hunky neighbor's ranch, and a spirit is personally haunting Amy.

Amy is going to have to except who and what she is, find some balance between her two worlds, and along with her friends, they are going to have figure out what's really going on with the pestering poltergeist to save her Goodnight name and possibly her life.

Clement-Moore doesn't write hardcore paranormal, she writes normal with a certain slant of the unusual. Rosemary's strength is her witty writing style, and wonderfully rich characters, which hits a definite high in Texas Gothic. In most books the main character is the author's focus in development and spotlight. Here the supporting cast doesn't get left behind but blossomed. I loved all the players in this book. They were interesting and distinctive like her work. Fans of Hex Hall and Paranormalcy will like the snarky quirky prose.

There's nothing negative I can say. Lots of laughs. Great characters, good story line, a romantic love story, and perfect prose that pulls you in. If you need a literary vacation then pick up a copy of Texas Gothic and get completely entrench by the writing.
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Aug 16, 2011 K rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library

Within the first fifteen pages Amy mentions the Luftwaffe, Galadriel, William Wallace in Braveheart, and Monty Python. Just before she gets into a shouting match with a cow. I rightfully figured I’d like hanging out with her for the next few hundred pages.

Amy and her sister Phin are spending the summer taking care of Goodnight Ranch while their aunt is out of town, so they’ve got front row seats when skeletal remains are found on the neighboring McCulloch ranch. Ben McCulloch would rather they...more

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Aug 10, 2011 Natalie (Natflix&Books) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm drawn to a pretty cover like a frat boy to a keg. With this rash of supernatural YA lit, the covers are almost always delicious, while the text is, more often than not, dull, trite and borderline unreadable. Not so with Texas Gothic, the story of two witchy sisters ranch-sitting for a month in Texas for their Aunt. The story follows Amy Goodnight, the straight arrow (by choice) in a family of Lutheran kitchen witches and her connection to a ghost, the Mad Monk, that terrorizes the land surro...more

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Aug 05, 2011 Sara rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement More follows Amy Goodnight a girl who was raised in a family of witches. Amy and her sister Phin are taking care of their aunts farm when a skeleton is found on the neighbors farm. With it comes a mystery and a ghost. Additionally all this happens on the farm of a very very hot cowboy.

This was a great paranormal ghost story. The paranormal was subtle enough that it was almost believable. The characters of the town and the history behind the mystery of the ghost w...more

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Jul 16, 2011 Kate rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

Everybody has that normal one in the family. You know the one. She sort of holds everything together when your crazy aunt is off making potions and magic organic household products, shampoos, soaps, and hand sanitizers, and your genius sister is popping fuses every time she tries to test her latest invention.

She's the responsible one. The one who answers the phone every time; the one with the normal future that doesn't involve getting swept up in mystery; the one who does it because she loves y...more

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May 28, 2011 Reader rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-read-may-2011

The Goodnight family is known across Texas for their eccentricities - the connection with ghosts, the magic potions, the psychic abilities. When her aunt goes on vacation and leaves Amy and Phin in charge of the family farm, itmseems simply enough to take care of the goats and make sure the organic beauty products get made. But when a construction project on a neighbor's land starts turning up ancient skeletons, the girls find themselves involved in an investigation that brings their paranormal...more

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Sep 07, 2011 Mary Gray rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was such a fun mix of genres--part paranormal, part mystery, part Western (yeah, that scared me, too)--but with an ornery wit that I would almost call this comedy. I so didn't expect this. The cover kind of freaked me out. And with the title and font I wasn't so sure I had the stomach for such a scary book. But this wasn't scary at all. Suspenseful, perfect for the story. Yes, a ghost story, but more predominantly Western, and so surprisingly well written that I got to relive the glory days...more

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Aug 08, 2012 Deanna rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: younger fans of Nora Roberts

Shelves: hocus-pocus, read-2012, bought-2012, spirited-away, reviewed

I actually really enjoyed this. It kind of reminded me of a Nora Roberts book (and I mean that as a compliment!)

There was romance and magic and ghosts and I had a lot of fun reading it. The plot revolves around one Amaryllis (Amy) Goodnight, who comes from a family of kitchen witches and psychics. She and her sister Phin (who's real name is something long and complicated that for the life of me I can't remember) are staying at their Aunt's farm while she's away to take care of plants and pets, i...more

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“[W]hen Ben was kissing me, the whole world retreated. I felt things I'd never felt before, in places I never knew were connected.

But I was pretty sure that whatever was buzzing against my thigh was not normal. For one thing, it was ringing.

Ben dragged his mouth away from mine and mumbled a curse that was a little shocking and kind of hot.

"Ignore it," he said.

That was easy for him to say when his cell phone was rounding third base. If anyone got a home run tonight, I didn't want it to be Verizon Wireless.” — 14 people liked it

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Texas Gothic (Goodnight Family #1)

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