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Haunting Grace (2011)

by Elizabeth Marshall(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1466375051 (ISBN13: 9781466375055)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Createspace

series

Beyond Time

review 1: Short, sweet and to the point. Overall this was a decent story with an interesting premise. However (and this may just be me) I found the writing a little tiresome. I just couldn't get invested in any of the characters as I really know nothing about them. I'm not even sure what Grace looks like (may have missed something there) and the overuse of the characters names during conversation got really irritating. To be honest I found it a bit amateurish but again this is just my opinion. I started reading the second book but I just can't get into it, so I think this is a short story-series that I will have to pass on.
review 2: Haunted by Haunting====================Elizabeth Marshall might be tempted to consider herself somewhat outside her normal genre when writi... moreng ghost stories. Readers may wonder what to expect with Haunting Grace. But I'll tell you: She had me by the second paragraph.Of the prologue.Haunting Grace carries the same warm, human element of other Elizabeth Marshall works. We get to know main character Grace by her recent tribulations; we commisserate with her as she begins a new life, vascillating between true-ringing alternations of courage and doubt. And we wonder at a strangeness that creeps immediately into her life--so immediate that one wonders deep in the soul at the possibility of Destiny's hand.It's difficult to say too much without spoiling this warm yet spooky human drama, so I'll be a little brief. Marshall crafts the language like she always does--deftly, softly. With heart. Her main character and support cast are all realistic, as is their dialog. Feels very real, very street-corner or office or public house. And all the while, a reader gets this odd creepy feeling.I have to say I thought, and still think, there may be more to this tale than a short story allowed. It almost feels like the opening of a much larger, much more provocative work. All the same, it holds its own nicely, an island of questions and haunting suspense, and yes ultimate revelation, in what might be a bigger picture.Maybe the thought of that bigger picture is what makes it seem as realistic as it does. No one's life is a twenty-minute read, after all. Grace seems real; I'm still thinking about her.I have to say I love Marshall's style and grace, and I was caught up in this tale in a way her fans will lap up like milk. Haunting Grace is the stuff of which Marshall's magic is made. less

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