Hi Book Lovers and Welcome to my Review of I Was A Teenage Ghost Hunter!
(WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS)
Title:
I Was A Teenage Ghost Hunter
Author:
Brian K Henry
Publisher:
Smashwords
Date Published:
18th March 2014
Genre:
Young Adult Paranormal
Pages:
271
Chapters:
30
Synopsis:
Moody sixteen-year-old barista Devin Mulwray is doing his best to ignore bizarre manifestations at his job in the chilly Northern California town of Arcata. Already teased about his recurrent ‘phase-outs’, the last thing he needs is to get pegged as a guy who sees ghosts. It doesn't help his state of mind that his boss is a sarcastic slacker, his single dad is always on the road with clients and local occult fan girl Nayra is spreading ‘ghost boy’ rumours about him online.
But when violent paranormal activity badly spooks teens at an abandoned estate, Devin’s pushed into investigating by his eccentric friends Clive, a budding composer, and Rex, a tech head excited by ghost hunting gadgetry. At first reluctant to get involved, Devin’s encouraged when Emily, one of the more empathetic girls at Grey Bluff High, is impressed with his daring.
Together the friends explore the creepy Rousten manor. But as the only person able to perceive the manifestations, Devin soon finds himself going one-on-one against a powerful spirit who attacks the locals and infiltrates Devin’s own dreams.
Devin must face his fear of confronting the spirit world and get to the bottom of the hauntings before the specter unleashes more havoc on him and his friends.
Source:
A Review E-Copy from the Author on Smashwords.
Date Read:
25th May - 28th May 2014
Review:
***** 5 out of 5 stars
I Was A Teenage Ghost Hunter, is a standalone novel. It is about sixteen year old Devin Mulwray, who see things that no-one else sees. Devin and his friends are invited to a party, while there two of the other guests come from a nearby empty house screaming, saying that there were eerie bangs coming from upstairs. Devin's friend Clive decides that he needs to go to the abandoned house and record these bangs for the piece music he is creating. While there Clive rings Devin panicking, so Devin goes to find his friend and has has first encounter with the resident ghost. Devin an his two best friends then go on nightly vigils at the manor, where Devin encounters Rousten's ghost, and is also attacked by books and other objects. After having a couple of encounters with an apparition of a white lady at the hotel where he works, Devin finally finds a lead to finding out why Rousten is so angry and attacking the town with haunted clothes. He goes to the Rousten manor alone, with the intent to find the letter that the white lady mentioned. After finding a bundle of letters, Devin hears shouting coming from a room down the hall, he realises almost at once that it is not Rousten's voice. He goes to investigate, and finds another man being attacked by Rousten's ghost, Linus (the other man) informs Devin that he is the rightful Rousten heir and is searching the manor for the evidence to prove it. Linus discovers that Devin has the bundle of letters, he reads them sure that they contain something to prove he is Rousten's grandson, but instead the letters content prove he is not related to Rousten. Devin realises this before Linus does, and tries to negotiate with Rousten who has destroyed part of the manor trying to kill them, and is now seconds away from actually killing Linus. Devin manges to make a deal with Rousten that if the manor is left alone he will be reside there peacefully and stop terrorising the town.
I though this book was exceptional. I really liked the description of the manor, it was so realistic, that I could picture it perfectly. I like that each one of the characters, even the small insignificant ones have their own personality and it is depicted beautifully. I also liked that this book is different to anything I have read before, because most ghost hunting books concentrate on the scare factor whereas this concentrates on the investigation and solving the mystery.
My favourite part of this book is when Devin negotiates with Rousten's ghost. I like this part because Devin finally realises that his gift can be useful and be used as a benefit to the whole town. My favourite Character is Devin Mulwray because he really wants to be normal and doesn't want to admit to the fact that he has a gift, but eventually comes to terms with it.
Overall, I thought that this book was excellent. I will certainly be checking out other books by this author. I would definitely recommend this book to other people.
