Rating: 3 Stars
Description: Medium M.J. Holliday and the rest of the crew of the show Ghoul Getters find themselves at an extremely haunted castle in Wales. When M.J. and Heath have a near death experience at the hands of the castle's Grim Widow and other castle guest start showing up dead in the moat is it possible to get rid of the nasty spirit, get the footage they need to keep their show going, and leave the castle alive?
Genre: Mystery
My Impression: I've always found Laurie's books to be really fun though not necessarily the best written. However, in both of her series the slightly annoying side character has become a REALLY annoying side character. By about halfway through this one I absolutely could not understand why M.J. had not packed Gilley up and sent him back to the U.S. or given him to the widow. There was absolutely nothing redeemable about him whatsoever. Laurie also has a tendency to make her lead characters know everything about everything and it definitely got to be a little much in this book. Find a strange button on the ground? Don't worry M.J. is a button expert, need advice on running a castle turned hotel in Wales? Don't worry M.J. knows all about that. Need to solve a non-ghost related murder? M.J. once again to the rescue. It got a little old to say the least. The second half of the book improved a bit and even though the conclusion was a little hurried I thought it was an interesting way to explain everything both on a ghost and non-ghost level.
Would I Read More of this Series/Author?: I probably shouldn't since the last few have annoyed me so much but I probably will end up at least trying them.
Would I Recommend this Book?: No, not really unless you really LOVE hauntings.
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