Mary’s family has moved into a huge Victorian mansion. She loves her gigantic new house, especially her room. But then she begins to meet the house’s other residents.
Mrs. Murray was murdered in Mary’s new house. At first she tries to scare the new residents away, but there seems to be a force connecting the ghost to Mary.
Even the stranded Brownies, the little people who live between the walls, feel that connection. When Mary becomes deathly ill, the Brownies and the ghost team up to try to rescue her, only to encounter a witch and her evil minions. Time is running out. They must rescue Mary from a fever-induced dream world before she is trapped there forever.
I loved this book. The writing was fun and engaging, the genre was for MG but can be enjoyed by all. I'm definitely double the MG grade reading level and I loved it. It was a quick read, easy to follow, full of fun characters and creatures, and even with a ghost was not so scary as I first thought it might be. It was a fantastic little adventure and I loved the family's approach to accepting a ghost in the house, it was unique and amusing.
I also enjoyed how the author set up this book for the adventure to continue, and with so many fun characters to follow I am absolutely eager to get my hands on the next book and see what other adventures Mary may find. This book does not exactly end on a cliffhanger - it can be read as a complete story - but is set up for many more things to come. I highly recommend it and I will be following along as more of Mary's adventures come out.
Emily-Jane Hills Orford is an award-winning author of several books, including Gerlinda (CFA 2016) which received an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards, To Be a Duke (CFA 2014) which was named Finalist and Silver Medalist in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and received an Honorable Mention in the 2015 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards. She writes about the extra-ordinary in life and her books, short stories, and articles are receiving considerable attention. For more information on the author, check out her website at: http://emilyjanebooks.ca
Thank you for hosting me on my blog tour and for your kind words in the review. It's always reassuring and gratifying to discover that what you've written is appreciated by others.
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