Haunted: The Arnaud Legacy, by Lynn Carthage, had me backed into a corner. I sat reading this book in the corner of my living room, sitting up straight with my body pressed as close to both walls as possible, pushed there by the desire to cut off all possible routes of an attack by some force unknown. I pored through the book in a single day, and during the times I was forced to leave my corner, I did so with quick and jerky movements: checking behind the shower curtain in the bathroom, certain that whatever plagued the Arnaud Manor in Haunted was going to find me in my home. If you’re looking for a book that combines the trials of adolescence with a serious creep factor – Haunted is the book for you.
I’m grateful to bloggers and reviewers who help get the word out about Haunted. There are so many books out there in the marketplace that word of mouth helps enormously to get readers to know about a particular book. Thanks to all who have mentioned my book to others or posted a review!
I wanted to share a few recent fun ones. The first is, fittingly, a first for me–a review written by someone in character! Another novelist Ian Wilson runs a hoot of a website where he posts as Madame Griselda. Luckily for me, Madame enjoyed Haunted and gave it a very nice review.
Check out this funny excerpt:
If I sound like I’m gushing, I probably am. Trevor says I get that way over ghost stories. Entre nous, though I love my husband dearly, he’s a bit of a wet sock. Still, when he read it, he enjoyed the colorful descriptions of the old manor house. Since he’s an antiques restorer, I suppose that’s only natural. However, he got so absorbed in the book that he forgot to cook dinner on Saturday night, so we had to order out. Not only does he seem to be coming round, but I got a Hawaiian pizza out of it, too!
The whole review can be found here.
Another review I heartily enjoyed was at Sweatpants & Coffee, a fabulous blog about…well, relaxin’! The reviewer seemed to have been a little frightened by Haunted, which I approve of!
Here’s an excerpt:
The whole review can be found here. Funny thing: to locate it for the link, I googled “Haunted sweatpants.” Now that is a book I gotta write!
Hope your summer’s going well. Anyone want to share any great books they’ve read recently? Comment below; I’d love to hear.
Lynn Carthage is the pseudonym of an acclaimed fiction writer who has been a Yaddo fellow and teaches novel writing. Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.
