This was a quick and short read that was satisfying, but at the same time, not satisfying at all. Simone St. James put a lot of thought and development into this only to make it a novella (or a short story?). I think that it obviously had a lot of potential, and the world-building is what made it so satisfying in the first place, but everything felt so rushed that it simultaneously becomes good and bad. 

This novella definitely could have been made into a full length novel. The insanity that Ginette felt could have brought readers into an intense panic (as Simone St. James is so good at doing with her other ghost novels), but because you only see little snippets of it, it doesn’t have that big of an impact. 

The minuscule amount of romance that you do get (if you can even call it flirting to be honest), was mediocre at best. I liked Andrew far more than Ginette’s romantic counterpart. 

With the ending, I thought it was great and terrifying and all the things that it needed to be. I just wish it was… more. I wanted more detail, more explanations, and more than the characters offered after they found out and basically brushed it off. 

If you are a Simone St. James fan, you will like this story. But, if this is your first time with this author, I definitely recommend checking out some of her other novels: The Broken Girls (my personal favorite), The Sun Down Motel, The Book of Cold Cases, the list goes on….

Overall, while this story has great world-building and all of the foundation for an amazing novel, Simone St. James decided to make this a novella (or short story? I still can’t decide…). You will definitely appreciate the effort she put into this, but it will leave you wanting more than it’s willing to give.

Source: Audiobook from Audible