Author: Wendy Webb
ISBN: 0805091408
Pages: 326
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Genre: Fiction
Source: Publicist
Rating: 3 out of 5 Bookworms
From Goodreads.com:
When a mysterious letter lands in Hallie James’s mailbox, her life is upended. Hallie was raised by her loving father, having been told her mother died in a fire decades earlier. But it turns out that her mother, Madlyn, was alive until very recently. Why would Hallie’s father have taken her away from Madlyn? What really happened to her family thirty years ago?
In search of answers, Hallie travels to the place where her mother lived, a remote island in the middle of the Great Lakes. The stiff islanders fix her first with icy stares and then unabashed amazement as they recognize why she looks so familiar, and Hallie quickly realizes her family’s dark secrets are enmeshed in the history of this strange place. But not everyone greets her with such a chilly reception—a coffee-shop owner and the family’s lawyer both warm to Hallie, and the possibility of romance blooms. And then there’s the grand Victorian house bequeathed to her—maybe it’s the eerie atmosphere or maybe it’s the prim, elderly maid who used to work for her mother, but Hallie just can’t shake the feeling that strange things are starting to happen . . .
In The Tale of Halcyon Crane, Wendy Webb has created a haunting story full of delicious thrills, vibrant characters, and family secrets.
I was excited to receive this book from a book publicist because it seemed like an interesting read. Sure enough, when I finally settled down to read it, the story took me in almost immediately.
Hallie, a recently divorced young woman caring for her ailing father, gets a mysterious letter in the mail one day from a woman claiming to be her mother. Soon thereafter, Hallie decides to travel to the remote island on which her mother lived to uncover the truth about her family's past and where she really came from. When she arrives on the strange island, curious things begin to happen and Hallie begins to wonder if she made a good decision by coming. But as she delves deeper and deeper into her family's past, she soon realizes she might not be able to leave...
I liked The Tale of Halcyon Crane for several reasons. It was an easy read and the story was relatively fast-paced so it kept my interest peaked. Also, who doesn't love a good ghost story every now and then? Although the plot line was a bit predictable and there were some parts of the story that were a little cheesy for me, overall, I enjoyed reading the book and think it was an entertaining read.
I would recommend this book and I give it three Bookworms!
0 comments:
Post a Comment