The Supernaturals review

Evil doesn’t always look scary. Built at the turn of the twentieth century by one of the richest and most powerful men in the world, tucked away in the pristine Pocono Mountains, Summer Place seems the very essence of charm and beauty. But behind the yellow and white trimmed exterior lurks an evil, waiting to devour the unwary. Seven years ago, Professor Gabriel Kennedy’s investigation into paranormal activity at Summer Place ended in tragedy and destroyed his career. Now, Kelly Delaphoy, the ambitious producer of a top-rated ghost-hunting television series, is determined to make Summer Place the centerpiece of an epic live broadcast on Halloween night. To ensure success, she needs help from the one man who has come face to face with the evil that dwells in Summer Place-a man still haunted by the ghosts of his own failure. Kennedy wants nothing to do with the event. But Summer Place has other plans. As Summer Place grows stronger, Kennedy along with the paranormal ghost hunting team, The Supernaturals, sets out to confront…and if possible, destroy…the evil presence dwelling there.  But sometimes in a paranormal investigation, the ghosts hunt you…

I finished this book in two days which is saying a lot considering the number of pages.  Golemon delivers on the ghost story with the flair of The Shining and Rose Red.  Summer Place (not a great name but whatever) appeared so perfect on the outside but yet held a powerful ghost who hated the living with a passion.

Golemon doesn’t include a terrible amount of mumble jumble that only a scientist would understand, or care about even for that matter.  Each page turns quickly as we first get to love/hate the characters then worry about their fate at the hands of the evil inside.  Though I do believe the 1362 pages could have been cut by at least 400 pages, the story still flows well without becoming too cumbersome to the reader.  We get a taste of the violence pieces at a time to hold our interest and keep us primed for the climax.

Yes, the identity of the ghost did not take too much of a stretch in imagination to come up with so the climax seemed a bit tempered but was still enjoyable.  I liked how Golemon didn’t summarize the reasons for the haunting at the end of the story.  So many writers want every questioned answered or every thought examined but it is all pure conjecture what the ghosts were thinking or had felt in their past life.  I don’t need a story tidied up if the ending makes sense – there doesn’t have to be a happy ending.

My biggest complaint about the book is not enough people died.  Very few of the characters I found irritating ended up dying but it caused only a mild disappointment.  A person would be in heaven living in an unhaunted version of the house – though I don’t mind ghosts as long as they are happy ghosts who are willing to amicably share the house.

The book has already invaded my dreams - I imagine today will be no different.  It was a creepy but wonderful book that I easily give an A.

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