Tag Archive: ghosts

The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

This is part two of the Darkest Powers series (Book One being The Summoning). So this story picks up pretty much where the first left off. Minus the zombies.
Chloe again finds herself in captivity and has to devise and escape. Who she brings along with her on the escapade is surprising. Good guys become bad, [...]

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Touch the Dark by Karen Chance

This is the story about a clairvoyant named Cassandra. She has the ability to see, hear, and speak to ghosts. She also gets unpredictable glimpses at the future and the past. She owns and wears a jewelled necklace that is haunted by a ghost named Billy Joe. She was raised by the vampire mafia.
Because vampires [...]

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The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

This is the story of Chloe Saunders, a young teen who hits puberty and begins seeing ghosts. The trouble is that she can’t tell the difference between living and non-living, and she isn’t fully aware that she has this new ability. After an unfortunate incident at high school, she ends up in a group home [...]

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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

This is a story about four people who stay at a place called Hill House. The house itself was designed and built by a crazy, abstract thinker. Everything is angled and crooked but only slightly, not enough to be visible. The house is said to be corrupt and never inhabited for more than three days at [...]

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The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

This is a classic novel, supposedly thrilling in the sense of the word. From what I gather it’s about a woman who babysits two very odd children.
The two kids (brother and sister) have been expelled from school for reasons unknown and have no one to care for them. Not really sure how the woman gets [...]

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