The Haunting of Springett Hall by E. B. Wheeler (Blog Tour Review & Giveaway)

Haunting of Springett Hall blog tour

The Haunting of Springett Hall
The Haunting of Springett Hall
by E. B. Wheeler
Historical Paranormal Romance
Paperback & ebook, 256 Pages
July 14th 2015 by Cedar Fort Publishing & Media

Summary

Eighteen-year-old Lucy doesn’t know how she became a ghost, but the more she remembers of her life in Victorian England, the more she wants to forget. Her only hope of changing the mistakes of her past is to enlist the help of a servant named Philip—the one living person who can see her. This impossible romance story is filled with delightful period detail and plenty of mystery.

  

My Review

I haven't read very many ghost stories, but I was curious about The Haunting of Springett Hall after reading the synopsis and knowing it was set in historical England. It definitely had some spooky parts and was overall mysterious as Lucy and Phillip try to figure out what happened to them and what they had to do to fix it. The romance was sweet, swoon-worthy in parts, and grew gradually as the story progressed, which is just how I like it.

There were some believability issues as well as some things that just didn't work for me. Some people were overly oblivious to what was going on and Lucy and Phillip had a lot of free reign when that didn't feel realistic. The historical setting also felt like it needed more depth, although I definitely enjoyed it being set during this time period. If you can take the story as is without worrying about the ifs and hows, then it is definitely enjoyable. 

Overall a mysteriously, spooky tale with ghosts, danger, and some good romance. If you enjoy romantic ghost stories that are lightly spooky then you might want to give this one a try.

Content: Except for some mild violence and mildly horrifying ghosts, this was clean.

Source: I would like to thank Cedar Fort for my complimentary copy, which did not affect my review in any way.

About the Author

E.B. Wheeler

E.B. Wheeler grew up in Georgia and California, where she became fascinated by stories of the places around her. She studied English and history at Brigham Young University and earned an MA and MLA from Utah State University. After several years teaching and writing about history, she decided to pursue her other dream of writing fiction. “The Haunting of Springett Hall” is her first novel. She currently lives in northern Utah with her husband, daughters, various pets, and a garden full of antique roses.


Giveaway

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Ends July 30th

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11 comments

  1. As lame as it may sound, the Harry Potter series even though the ghosts at Hogwart's played a minor role. I can't think of any other ones I've read.

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  2. Favorite ghost movie is Ghost. :) This sounds like a fun read.

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  3. You stumped me! Can't think right now must be the heat lol. The Haunting of springett hall sounds good, would love to read it. Thank you

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  4. Kim Hansen- Amundsen7/21/15, 7:54 AM

    I don't have a favorite book that involves a ghost.

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  5. Harry Potter is never lame. ;) That works.

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  6. I haven't watched that in ages. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. I haven't read that many, thus the asking. I'll wish you good luck!

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  8. That's kind of me too. I haven't read that many. I have one that I liked, but it was a nice ghost. Lol!

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  9. Stephanie Hildreth7/21/15, 6:13 PM

    My favorite ghost story that I read recently is Miramont's Ghost, it's very different for a ghost story and has a good historic setting.

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  10. I'll have to look it up. Thanks for sharing, Stephanie!

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  11. The fact that there were some unbelievable scenarios in the book made me like it even more. I know sounds silly, but it was just so fun to read.

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