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Ghost House

(The Ghost House Saga #1)

Alexandra Adornetto

3.67 · Rating details · 1,731 ratings · 324 reviews

From the New York Times bestselling author of Halo comes the start of a beautiful and powerful new series.

After the loss of her mother, Chloe Kennedy starts seeing the ghosts that haunted her as a young girl again. Spending time at her grandmother's country estate in the south of England is her chance to get away from her grief and the spirits that haunt her. Until she mee ...more

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Jun 16, 2014 Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies rated it did not like it

Shelves: why-do-i-hate-myself

So this was what passion felt like! This was what prompted lovers to take wild risks. I understood now how invincible Romeo and Juliet had felt.

Maybe she's born with it...Maybe it's Twilight...only worse.

Grab a bottle of vodka, settle in. This is going to be a long fucking review, guys.

A beautiful young woman, attractive to everyone but herself, is torn from her mother. She is sent off to a wild, rural town to live with a relative she barely knows. Her father is distant, cold, not quite sure of how to take care of a young woman.

In this distant, cold, rural region, so far away from the warm landscape she has always known, this young woman finds an unsual young man. This young man is...not alive.

“You’re not real, are you?...Alive,” I clarified, impatient for the answer.

“No.” He sighed. “But you already knew that.”

He needs an invitation to enter.

“Do you see it as an invasion?” he asked with a wry smile. “You invited me in.”

He haunts her room.

I took him in from head to foot, only then realizing that he’d appeared in my room without coming through the door.

He is over 100 years old.

“I certainly don’t feel young,” he replied. “Perhaps because I’ve had a century and a half to dwell on my mistakes.”

And he doesn't want her to suffer his cursed existence.

“Chloe, you have a whole life to live. Mine is a half-life, lurking in shadows, trapped by the past. I have nothing but an illusion to offer. I won’t ruin the life of someone I love.”

Not exactly. You see, Alex has golden hair.

He was tall and broad shouldered, with dark gold hair tousled by the wind and a slender body.

SEVEN REASONS WHY TWILIGHT IS SUPERIOR TO GHOST HOUSE

1. The main character, Chloe is a bigger Mary Sue than Bella

It was years before I realized I was alone in my abilities. I would sometimes wonder why me?

She is almost an orphan. At the beginning of the book, her mom died. Her dad doesn't care, and she is sent off to live with her grandmother, where she is pretty much unsupervised throughout the entire fucking book. Do whatever! Sneak out! Who cares! It's a vacation! She doesn't even have to go to school! People?! Who are people? She's alone all the fucking time to chill with ghost boy Alex.

She is special. So fucking special. Not only Alex falls into insta-love with her (more on that later), but local boy Joe falls in love with her, both within, like, 50 fucking pages of the book (more on that later, you better fucking believe there will be more on that later). But she's soooooooooooooo special. She has special abilities! There's nobody else like her! At least Bella doesn't develop anything super special until later on. This is book 1, people. BOOK 1.

May’s eyes shone. “You can do a great deal. More than all of us combined.”

But then again, Bella never fell in love with a man with golden hair.

I could just make out the bold sweep of golden hair that accentuated his fine-featured profile.

2. The main character talks and thinks like a 13 year old

Maybe all this has been a figment of my imagination. Maybe I’m really a patient in a psych ward and this is just a fantasy I’ve created in my head. Maybe I never left America. Maybe my name isn’t even Chloe. Okay…this train of thought isn’t helping.

Call me unforgiving, but when a character is almost 18, claims to be absurdly intelligent, and blessed with special special abilities, it is pretty reasonable of me to expect her to talk, like, you know...an intelligent 18 year old?

- “Are you trying to scare me?” I demanded. “Because that’s a dick move.”

- “Fine, be a jerk!” I shouted, kicking at the dirt. “But I just want you to know, this is very uncool. Friends don’t bail on friends when things get tough.

- “Not cool,” I told them.

Not cool. Cool. Dick move. Wiki it. Don't bail on me, duuuuuuuuuuude. What am I watching? MTV? Or maybe I should just get out my walker and cane now, being the ripe old age of 30 as I am. Maybe this is how all the yong, hip cats talk these days. Bella would never!

But then again, Bella never had the sense to fall in love with someone with golden hair.

Alex stops, his blue eyes startling in the sunlight, strands pushed away from his noble forehead like a mane of gold.

3. Alex is an 18th century Ken Doll, with neither a penis or a brain

“We’re not ready, Chloe,” he answered. “We should wait. I wouldn’t want you doing anything you might regret…even in a dream.”

OH MY GOD, IT'S HALO ALL OVER AGAIN. The main love interest doesn't have a dick. He is so fucking pure, he might have worn one of those purity rings if they had existed back then. To be fair, everyone sorta wore purity rings internally when he was alive, because virginity was the shit in the 19th century, but this is Alex, this is a guy who cheated on his own brother with his brother's wife. BUT NOOOOOO. IT'S PURITY CHASTITY ALL THE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO CHLOE.

He thinks all other girls dress like sluts...including Chloe's friends.

“Good God,” his eyes widened. “Why do you carry images of harlots on your person?”

And the sad thing is that Chloe doesn't even disagree that they're harlots. Alex is such a fucking prude (coming from the 19th century), yet he thinks nothing of coming into Chloe's room and being alone, *gasp* UNCHAPERONED with her at night. So fucking contradictory.

Alex is as sexless as Ken. As much as Edward. But then again, Ken never had...oh, wait. He does have golden hair. Just like Alex.

His wheat gold hair was tousled and took on a pale sheen in the moonlight.

4. There is overwhelming insta-love and the MC

It might be imprudent and it might be irrational, but something was happening here, even if I couldn’t find a label for it. Time and space dissolved around me, and I felt like I’d been waiting all my life for Alexander Reade to show up.

You'll take my word that there's insta-love, right? I mean, I could include all the quotes I have marked down for the luuuuurve, but then again, I can't be quoting half the book. Let me just reassure you that it exists, and there's lots of it. The main characters are like OMG WE ARE MEANT TO BE DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU ONCE LOVED SOMEONE MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF AND SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE HAUNTING THE HOUSE IN WHICH SHE LIVED IN FOR 150 YEARS BECAUSE YOU'RE TIED TO HER!111ONE!!1

Seriously, I swear to god there's insta-attraction when they meet, and in several days, she feels like their connection reaches down deep into the sooooooooooooul, maaaaaan! Groooooooovy, dude! And he's all I CARE FOR YOU AND YOU ARE SPESHUL EVEN IF I'VE ONLY KNOWN YOU ALL OF 3 DAYS. And she, who protested so much against leaving California, comes to feel like HE IS HER WHOLE LIFE.

It was as if my whole life was now contained in this house and its grounds. I wasn’t even sure I would remember how to place an order at Coffee Bean or navigate traffic on the 405.

THE HORROR THAT IS GHOST HOUSE.

But then again, insta-love may be acceptable, I mean, Alex had golden hair.

He was wearing the long fawn coat I’d seen once before and his golden hair was swept boldly away from his face.

5. There is a completely unnecessary love triangle...at least Twilight waited til book 2

“But the thing is, Chloe…” He bit his lip. “I think I might be falling for you. I wouldn’t take a chandelier for just anyone.”

P.S. A chanderlier literally fell on him, impaling him, and almost killing him. But it's all good because Joe did it for the love of Chloe.

Joe = the half-assed version of Jacob, without, well...this.

In the middle of fucking England, you have a cowboy-boot wearing private-school attending horseman. Who's very handsome. Who just happens to instantly fall for Chloe because she admires his music. He thinks she's special after she utters all of 5 words to him, words that are like the equivalent of "Uh, hyuk hyk hyuk, u cool man." Lol Chloe so adorkable. Fuck you.

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Doesn't really matter if the school next to his is filled with girls, one of whom is lovely, sweet, and desperately wants to love him.

Cause Joe-y's only got eyes for Chloe. I meant that to rhyme. Chloe's fucking perfect. Even after she nearly causes him to die, his parent's all, like...

“Joe never stops talking about you.” Joe’s mother smiled through her tears. “You must be very special.”

She likes Joe! She loves Alex! What's a girl to do?!?!??!!!1

But maybe there wouldn't even have been a love triangle if one of the love interests in Twilight had golden hair.

I knew it was Alex, by the way he held himself, stiff and upright with the straight fall of gold across his face.

6. There were at least relevant female characters in Twilight. Ghost House is about CHLOE CHLOE CHLOE

Her best friends in California are shallow bitches who are never seen again, and only brought up occasionally for slut shaming. When we meet them for the first (and last time), they're portrayed to be stupid fucking California hos without a brain cell in their boobs. They use their looks to get ahead.

Sam’s voice on the other line was shrill and demanding. I could just picture her wearing the puppy-dog pout she always wore when she wasn’t happy about something. It was a face her dad had trouble resisting. Recently it had scored her both a new car and a pair of Louboutins.

She is so much better than her friends, and she only hangs out with them because...well, because there's no other option. But the implication is there. Chloe is superior to every girl or woman in the book.

I wasn’t sure how the conversation had turned into me consoling them. Sometimes I had to wonder how they’d come to be my closest friends.

Her grandmother is a bossy, icy British bitch, the equivalent of Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet) from Keeping Up Appearances. The old housekeeper, well...
God, she was creepy, with her crumpled body and shadowy eyes. I knew I was being unkind; she was probably just old and tired. What did I know about her life and its hardships?
That might have been cute if she had truly believed she was being unkind, but the entire book emphasizes how old and thin and creepy Miss Grimes looks. It feels less observant. More malicious. Spiteful.

But it's all good, because the only female character that matters falls in love with someone with golden hair.

Alex is wearing a ruffled shirt, and his burnished gold hair is pulled back in its usual ponytail.

7. In comparison, Stephanie Meyer can actually write

Examples from Ghost House

- I let out a soft gasp as his body pressed against mine. It was cool in a comforting way, like when you scalded your hand and ran it under water. His touch always brought me relief, like he was soothing my body, which felt like it was on fire right now.

- ...a huge chunk of my family had been ripped away, like when a tornado sucks out the guts of a house, leaving an empty shell.

- His words, although intended to offer comfort, were like opening a wound that had just started to close over. I felt like I was wading into uncharted waters without a life raft.

- Isobel. It was the name of someone you wouldn’t want to mess with. It even sounded ominous, like the tolling of a bell.

- Rory’s teeth were clattering so loudly it sounded like coins falling onto a wooden floor.

But then again, she never gave Edward a golden head of hair. Shame.

Through the glass panel of the door I caught a flash of a figure striding by in a dark coat, his tangle of golden hair falling over his eyes.

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Jun 20, 2014 Anne rated it it was ok

Shelves: paranormal, read-in-2014, arc, netgalley, ghost-story, young-adult

Also reviewed for Addicted2Heroines

It's readable, I finished it, and it might be a keeper if you're part of the under 18 crowd.
There. I was nice.

I didn't research the author or the book before I requested it from NetGalley, so I went into this with no preconceived notions.
As I was reading this, I assumed two things:
1) This was probably the author's first book.
2) This was probably a self-published novel.
So. Imagine my shock when I finished the book, and found out that neither of those things ...more

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Jun 02, 2014 Paige (Illegal in 3 Countries) rated it did not like it

Shelves: worst-of-the-worst, series-unfinished, mean-girl-bullshit, arc, bea-2014

See more of my reviews on The YA Kitten! My copy was an ARC I got from BEA 2014.

I am no stranger to Alexandra Adornetto's work; against my better judgment, I read her entire Halo trilogy and hated almost every page of it for its anti-feminist themes, internalized misogyny, poor plotting/pacing/writing, and general poor quality. Ghost House was never something on my radar, but it ended up in my possession at BEA and I didn't want to just abandon it. According to some behind-the-scenes gossip I he ...more

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Jun 15, 2014 Rose rated it it was ok

Shelves: arc-or-galley, false-advertising, paranormal, psychological, romance, fantasy, horror, netgalley, tough-subjects, young-adult

Pre-read: Oh wow, I think...this may be my very first read from the author here.

I'm going in, guys. Seriously, I'm taking the plunge. Let's hope it turns out well. *crosses fingers*

Post-read: Upon finishing "Ghost House", I feel a myriad of frustrations along several levels, but the one comment I've made that my mind keeps coming back is this: "If this book had been put in the hands of a more capable writer, this could've actually been a good story, despite how formulaic it was. Unfortunately, t ...more

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Jun 26, 2014 Melanie rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, arc, f-a-i-l, romance, fantasy, aussie, paranormal, young-adult, take-your-instant-love-and-get-lost

See more reviews at YA Midnight Reads

*In no way am I trying to criticize the author. I am simply giving my honest opinion on a novel and I just happened to no enjoy it.*

I moved schools at the start of this year. When I moved schools, I found out the most exciting news: Alexandra Adornetto was a past student from my current school. In fact, she had the same English teacher as me. I CANNOT STRESS THIS AWESOMENESS. So, despite the fact that her Halo series was not all that promising, I decided ...more

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Jan 07, 2014 Nasty Lady MJ rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Really 1.5 stars. To see full review click here

MJ: I think this is the year to fuck up with Meg Cabot series. First the Princess Diaries series got fucked over by Royally Lost and now Alexandra Adornetto is bastardizing The Mediator series.

Why? Alexandra Adornetto of all people?

What was Harlequin Teen thinking? Maybe they recommend the series to Adornetto so that she could get a feeling of what a strong female character but…

You know what, I’ve done enough talking. I think it’s time to take this ...more

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Aug 10, 2014 Sarah rated it did not like it

Shelves: 2014-release, ya, arc, paranormal, dropped-series, pn-ghost, pn, pn-romance, horrible-romance, freaking-insta-love

Ghost House reminded me of The Mediator series by Meg Cabot, in the way the paranormal aspect was incorporated, and I was actually excited for a while until a crushing thought came over me: Ghost House and I are not a good fit. It's like trying to mix gasoline and water together. In hindsight, I should've seen it coming. Still, this was a risk I took, so I have no one to blame but myself and my apparent naivety.

The writing was all over the place. Metaphors and adjectives were used poorly and ext ...more

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Nov 19, 2013 Alec rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Wow, some of you people are very harsh on this new book. I, for one, am really excited to read this book.

As a fan to the Halo books, her style has really been enlightening. Other authors who write about angels seem to take it very seriously. By having Beth, the angels seem to appeal more as humans.

Why are there people going against this book? All we have is a summary people. We don't have the full blown novel to discuss over. Why shoot down the dove before it takes flight?

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Jul 29, 2014 Crowinator rated it did not like it

Shelves: vicarious-smoochies, 2014-reads, booklist-review, arcs, ya, ghosts-and-hauntings

Here is a representative sample of the writing in this book. Let me set the scene: Chloe's mother has just died, and she is at the grave site with her father and brother. She says of her dad, "His face was an open book, proclaiming his loss. But who could blame him? My parents had always believed their relationship was strong enough to weather any storm, except death, I guessed." [p. 11]

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May 22, 2014 Debbie Narh marked it as might-finish-later · review of another edition

I read one chapter.

One fucking chapter and I know this novel will be shit. I am pissed off.

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Mar 20, 2017 Montzalee Wittmann rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Ghost House (The Ghost House Saga #1) by Alexandra Adornetto is such a great book, it just ripped my heart out so many times! Oh, I can't tell you how awesome this ghost story is. Scary, wonderful, romantic, haunting beautiful and sad. A fantasy I am so glad I picked up from the library. This is sooooo good, I would read it again and I never re-read books! Yes, that good. LOVED it. ...more

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Sep 09, 2014 Bookaholic (reads every mortal thing) rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2014-read, take-your-insta-love-and-leave, paranormal, crappy-excuses-for-books, plain-boring, dnf

What did you first think when you first saw the cover?

A) Looks dark and spooky. Ooh! That title! Gives me the chills! Yep, onto the TBR list.
B) Meh. I've seen spookier. But I will admit, I am intrigued...
C) Sounds like every other generic YA PNR. I'll pass.

Unfortunately, I fall in the B category. Unfortunately, I believe in author redemption. Having read an excerpt of Halo, I had almost written off Alexandra Adornetto from my TBR list. But then I heard of the premise of Ghost House, and immedi ...more

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Jan 19, 2021 MaryannC. Book Freak rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction, books-about-ghosts, contemporary, drama, romance, england, relationships, mystery

A very enjoyable read.

Chloe, a spirited young woman on the verge of turning 18 has just lost her mother. Grieving and sad, her grandmother from England suggests she and her younger brother return with her for a change of scenery. Not happy to leave the sunny California shores Chloe finds herself smack dab in the English countryside at her grandmother's estate where gloom and boredom are the norm there. Wandering the estate one day Chloe comes across a handsome young man who looks like he just st ...more

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Feb 03, 2014 Charlotte rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Gave this book a one-star rating and it's not even out yet. I'm judging it unfairly! you whine. Well, I already know this book is going to be shit, and here's why.

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Listen. ALLY ADORNETTO WRITES SHIT. It's an unequivocal fact. Her books are misogynistic, sexist, vaguely racist and MORE than vaguely anything-that-isn't-blatantly-white-rich-and-Christian phobic. (Here's to you, Halo. You couldn't suck more if you tried.) I haven't read her Strangest Adventures series, which she apparently bega ...more

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Aug 27, 2014 Bern added it · review of another edition

You know something's wrong when a book titled Ghost House is described as "beautiful and powerful".

Is it too much to ask that suckish YA authors stop trying to twist good clichés into bad fanfiction for tweens? ...more

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Oct 16, 2014 Micheala George rated it really liked it

HOW COULD IT END LIKE THAT?
I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS NOW.

MY REVIEW
Ghost House is the first book that I have read by Alexandra Adornetto; but I have to say, I really do not understand why so many people give her books bad reviews. I saw many negative reviews for Ghost House before the book was even out; but I did not let that stop me from getting my hands on this romantic ghost story, and I am glad I didn’t. I really enjoyed this book.

I think that Alexander was a great character, along with Joe HOW COULD IT END LIKE THAT?
I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS NOW.

MY REVIEW
Ghost House is the first book that I have read by Alexandra Adornetto; but I have to say, I really do not understand why so many people give her books bad reviews. I saw many negative reviews for Ghost House before the book was even out; but I did not let that stop me from getting my hands on this romantic ghost story, and I am glad I didn’t. I really enjoyed this book.

I think that Alexander was a great character, along with Joe. However, I found Isobel to be incrediblly awful throughout the entire book (which I know she was intended to be), but I honestly had a hard time feeling any sympathy for her. Chloe also frustrated me a lot. I feel like she let things go too easily and was a slight push-over at times.

[Spoiler Section: It was very irritating when Chloe and Alexander just met yet clearly had feelings for one another, then (to placate Isobel) Alexander pretended to be in love with her, and left Chloe freshly injured without so much as a glance back. Then when he shows back up Chloe just seems to be completely okay with that, and continues to act like a love-sick puppy. There were also a couple of other similar situations that she just remained completely calm about when it was not fitting to remain calm.]

I found the plot of the book to be very interesting though, and the story seemed to flow along nicely. The ending (which some may have found slightly predictable) definitely left me with quite a few new questions and a longing to read the next book.

Also, after reading this book, I can now say that I will definitely consider reading Alexandra Adornetto’s Halo novels… if I can ever find the time. (Let’s face it, none of us are ever going to beat our TBR list.)

So to wrap things up, I will just say that I found this book to be good, but not great. In the next book, I hope to see improvements in Chloe’s character, and have some “heat” between her and Alexendar (if you know what I mean *wink, wink*). Ghost House gets 3 & 1/2 out of 5 stars from me, and was my favorite out of all the books I read in October.

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May 12, 2014 Sarah Elizabeth rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, young-adult, death, mystery, paranormal, read-2014, netgalley-edelweiss, r2r-read, love-triangle, romance

(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to Harlequin TEEN and NetGalley.)
17-year-old Chloe is devastated when her mother dies unexpectedly, and then angry when her Grandmother wants her to go and live with her in England for a while whilst she grieves.
Once Chloe arrives at her Grandmother’s stately home, which doubles as a bed-and-breakfast, she is surprised to find that her ability to see ghosts may come in handy with the number of ghosts float (Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to Harlequin TEEN and NetGalley.)
17-year-old Chloe is devastated when her mother dies unexpectedly, and then angry when her Grandmother wants her to go and live with her in England for a while whilst she grieves.
Once Chloe arrives at her Grandmother’s stately home, which doubles as a bed-and-breakfast, she is surprised to find that her ability to see ghosts may come in handy with the number of ghosts floating around the property, and even finds herself attracted to the boy called Alex.
What painful past caused the ghosts to be so unsettled? And can Chloe really help?

This was an interesting ghost story, and even though it did have a rough patch, I ended up really enjoying it.

I really liked Chloe, and I liked how she changed throughout the book. I really couldn’t stand her at the beginning, she behaved like such a brat, she was selfish, and mean, and mocked British people! I was so glad that during the story she changed, growing up, realising what was important and what wasn’t, and having the strength to do what needed to be done, even if she didn’t want to.

The storyline was quite good, although it did have a rough patch. At 47% I didn’t think I was going to like this book, especially because of one of the ghosts who seemed to be telling Chloe that he was in love with her! I was really not impressed by that!
Thankfully the story picked up after this though, and even expanded, turning this story from a story about a girl and a ghost, to a story about a girl with the strength to save people she loved, and to put tortured ghosts to rest.

There was some romance, and funnily enough, I was kind-of glad when this turned into a love triangle. I really was not loving the whole ‘a ghost is in love with me’ thing, and so the arrival of a real live human boy to the mix was a bit of a relief!

The ending was good, and I liked the way things were resolved. The very last chapter left us with a bit of a cliff-hanger though, and I really want to read the next book in the series now to find out what is going on!
Overall; good ghost story,
7.5 out of 10
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Jul 07, 2014 Nina Life of a Bookworm rated it liked it

Shelves: kindle, paranormal

Posted on my blog Life of a bookworm

How I imagine Isobel wandering hallways

I really wanted to like this book and I do, but something is missing. I’m big fan of Alexandra’s writing. I loved her Halo trilogy about good angels and constant fight between good and evil. I was so excited when I saw that she was writing Ghost House ‘cause I would not expect that kind of book from her.

Chloe Kennedy can see ghosts as far as she remembers. Her mother taught her how to block them as a child and she succes ...more

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Aug 29, 2014 Natalie Monroe marked it as never-ever-ever-reading-this

Shelves: way-to-shoot-yourself-in-the-foot

EDIT 2/10/2014: A lot of reviewers are comparing its premise to The Mediator series by Meg Cabot. I now see why Cabot has brought Suze out of retirement: it's to undo the god-awful mess Adornetto has cooked up and bring honor back to the falling-in-love-with-a-ghost plot.

I may just read it for the lolz at this point. Then again, why settle for a pale imitator when you can read the original?

Pre-review: I see the series name is called The Ghost House Saga.

Now, is this a real saga, which is defi ...more

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Dec 27, 2014 Lauren rated it did not like it

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal, reviewed, series, ghost

I didn't want to do this. I reeeeally did not want to do this. I've been trying to avoid it for months, reading a book, thinking bad thoughts about it but keeping myself under control and rating it a lowly couple of stars and just walking away.

But I cant do that anymore. Ghost House has broken me.

In short? This book is bad. Really bad. Frustratingly bad. I knew that by the end of chapter one. And yes, I continued to read. For anyone out there under similar impressions to me, thinking 'mayb ...more

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Jun 12, 2014 Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) rated it it was ok

Shelves: arc-book-read, kindle-books

Never let it be said that I don't love a good ghost story. It doesn't matter the time of year, season, or whether it is night or day, I love them, sometimes crave them and seek them out every chance I get.

This has all the aspects of a good ghost story, without being so gruesome or frightening it is hard to stomach or will keep you up at night.

It will give you the chills and make you guess, maybe even creep you out at times but it isn't overly done or dramatic. With a setting ripe for the taking ...more

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Oct 28, 2018 K. rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018, audience-young-adult, paranormal, australian, difficult-topics, library, setting-uk

Trigger warnings: death of a parent (It opens with her mother's funeral, if anyone tells me this is a spoiler and I've ruined the book for them I will scream), romantic relationship between a 17 year old and a 23 year old (who's been dead for 157 years), (view spoiler)

This book was a trashfire. I mean, it was a very READABLE trashfire and I didn't have any of the problems with it that I did with, say, Twilight. But still a trashfire. ...more

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Jul 04, 2014 What Makes Patri rated it really liked it

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May 26, 2015 Jen rated it did not like it

Shelves: netgalley

My thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin TEEN for an eARC copy of this book to read and review.

First, the good, what there was of it. It moved quickly because there was so much useless description, I could skim it easily. The ghost really was pretty terrifying, more so because she was unable to be reasoned with. So actual props on making a scary ghost.

Now the bad.

TSTL character. Love interest who was 1) dead, 2) an adulterer in his former life with his own brother's wife, 3) older than the MC fema ...more

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Dec 26, 2014 Rachel rated it did not like it

Why did I do this to myself? I read the Halo series with my buds last year because the only way to choke it down is to lambast it aloud, and I guess I wanted to see what new mierda Adornetto is shoving down the throats of young girls.
The one reasonable thing I will say about this is that either the technicality of her writing is vaguely improved or she has a new editor. Other than that, it was literally nothing but a watery ripoff of Meg Cabot's Mediator series, with Adornetto's characteristic ...more

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Jul 21, 2014 ♡Julalicious Book Paradise♡ rated it liked it

Shelves: owned

rating: 2.75/5

I really wanted to love this book because I love the author, but I couldn't wrap myself around the story.

I can't express what really bug me about this story... Perhaps, the characters didn't call to me or the idea didn't appeal as much as the story unfolded. I wouldn't be able to pinpoint where I realized... This wasn't for me.

The cliffhanger is just enough to make me want to read the next one, but since it doesn't have a release date, perhaps, I might never read it.

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Apr 01, 2014 Kara marked it as no-no-no-no · review of another edition

I tried, you guys. But after sampling this writing style, I know this book would drive me batty. First person, way too much telling. You are writing a ghost story in a historic hall. It NEEDS to be atmospheric. This is just...not.

Which means I don't even know if she handles the relationships or religion in this book the way she has in the past. And I am not masochistic enough to find out. ...more

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Sep 09, 2013 Nancy The book junkie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-to-review, ebooks-i-own

Rating: 2.5/5

Review coming soon!

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May 02, 2017 Trisha rated it did not like it

I had really tough time with this one. It felt like it drug, I didn't understand the draw of obsession with the love interests. And the story just didn't hold me. I had to push myself to read a chapter or 2 and then finally, just to sit down and finish it. ...more

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Jun 27, 2017 Andy rated it liked it

Shelves: 2017-read

Why did she have to fall for a ghost!? >:(

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Alexandra Emily Adornetto was born on the 18th of April 1992 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is the only child of an English Teacher and a Drama Teacher and attended, in her own words, "many" schools including MacRobertson Girls' High School, Ruyton Girls' School and Eltham College. She has loved stories for as long as she can remember. In 2006, she won the State Legacy Public Speaking comp ...more