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The Girl on Legare Street, by Karen White. New American Library 2009
I’m conflicted about this book. On the one hand, it’s a ghost story with a pretty decent plot-an evil ghost trying to get back what she feels is hers, a good ghost protecting people, a mother and daughter trying to establish a relationship after the mother abandoned the daughter 30 years before, a reporter who isn’t just what she says she is. On the other hand, there are some very slow moving parts, and the main character, 39 year old Melanie, is bent on denying her attraction to Jack, the man who helps her solve the mystery- typical romance novel stuff that drives me insane.
Not only is it a ghost story and a romance, it’s a mystery. Who is the female ghost that has haunted the house Melanie grew up in- sold years ago and now back in her estranged mother’s hands? Why does she hate Melanie and her mother? And is she connected to the skeleton found on a boat raised from the ocean after over 100 years underwater- a boat that belonged to Melanie’s ancestors? And who is the male ghost who protects the women of the family? The story slowly gets solved through hidden rooms, genealogical research, old newspapers and talks with ghosts.
My final opinion? It’s a good story if you like- or can manage to ignore- the typical romance novel I-hate-you-but-I-really-love-you stuff.
I’m conflicted about this book. On the one hand, it’s a ghost story with a pretty decent plot-an evil ghost trying to get back what she feels is hers, a good ghost protecting people, a mother and daughter trying to establish a relationship after the mother abandoned the daughter 30 years before, a reporter who isn’t just what she says she is. On the other hand, there are some very slow moving parts, and the main character, 39 year old Melanie, is bent on denying her attraction to Jack, the man who helps her solve the mystery- typical romance novel stuff that drives me insane.
Not only is it a ghost story and a romance, it’s a mystery. Who is the female ghost that has haunted the house Melanie grew up in- sold years ago and now back in her estranged mother’s hands? Why does she hate Melanie and her mother? And is she connected to the skeleton found on a boat raised from the ocean after over 100 years underwater- a boat that belonged to Melanie’s ancestors? And who is the male ghost who protects the women of the family? The story slowly gets solved through hidden rooms, genealogical research, old newspapers and talks with ghosts.
My final opinion? It’s a good story if you like- or can manage to ignore- the typical romance novel I-hate-you-but-I-really-love-you stuff.