REVIEW: The Ghost Files 3.5 by Apryl Baker

3/5 Stars

Blurb: 

Tick tock…

Mary Cross has been forced to accept the world of the supernatural because of an experience that left her with the ability to hear—but not see—the supernatural. She survived three weeks of being kidnapped and tortured, and it has left her emotionally and physically scarred.

Across the street from her house, strange things are happening…

Mysterious noises haunt the residents, faucets turn on by themselves, and footsteps can be heard running up and down the stairs. It all centers around Noah, a two year old child. Babysitters have run screaming from the house.

Caleb Malone has been dumped into a teeming hornet’s nest…

He’s always been the good son, done everything asked of him, and even gave up graduate school to join the family business of hunting supernatural villains. He’s convinced himself he’s happy, that his duty to his gift should come before anything else.

Until he meets Mary Cross.

She gives him hope that things can be different, that he can be different.

Together, the two of them must solve the mystery of the two shadows stalking the child and save him from whatever has attached itself to him. Time is running out and to save Noah, forcing Mary to face her own demons.

But in doing so…has she put a target on her back? 

Review:

I'm a big fan of the ghost files books, so when I saw there was another one, of course I had to pick it up. I didn't realise it was going to be a spin off, and I was skeptical whether I really wanted to see one. Mary Cross is the main character for 3.5, the foster sister of Mattie Hathaway, our usual heroine. Don't get me wrong, Mary is a sweetheart but I didn't know if she'd be interesting enough for a whole book.

The book itself is a short one, but overall I enjoyed it. I did feel it was repeated in places because it followed what was happening with Mattie too, (what we've already seen in the previous book) just from a different perspective. However, when the creepy action got going, it was great. Apryl Baker writes her creepy scenes really well, and I'm of course rooting for someone like her who started out on Wattpad.

FYI: If you haven't yet read any of the Ghost Files books, I'd recommend them. She's even got a movie deal out of them now.

BOOK REVIEW: The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker

Apryl Baker was an author I found via Wattpad originally. Her book 'The Ghost Files' was intriguing to me because I love a good creepy book centered around ghosts, and I wasn't disappointed. The book didn't hang around, throwing you straight into Mattie Hathaway's gift of seeing the dead, though at first, she ignores the people who seek her help. She just wants to be like any other teenager out there, but then her foster sister goes missing, and she sees her ghost.

Mattie is a tough, guarded foster kid who projects anger like nobody's business. She doesn't trust easily, but when a young police officer by the name of Dan comes into her life, she lets him into her secret. It's the only chance she has of saving her foster sister.

Mattie eventually finds herself kidnapped by the same person who took her foster sister. Tortured and on the brink of death, she may need to trust her spiritual gift if she has any chance of surviving.

The Ghost Files already has 3 books, and a 4th is in the plan. The first book has even been accepted by a film company, so we could be seeing the characters come to life on the big screen before long. It's a must read, and you can even download the first one for free on kindle.