Reviews

Amazing Grace by John G. Hartness

altruest's review

3.0

A pretty good murder mystery, VERY southern, that voice came through extremely clear. Just a tad preachy at times, and there were some passages that seemed to be added just to make sure you're 100% clear that Lila Grace knows everything and anything that goes on in the town, just like a Southern Old Woman should, but in general it came across very authentic, from an author who is clearly familiar with that locale.

The romance is a bit meh, I liked the ghosts and Lila Grace's relationship to them the most.

3.5 stars rounded down

the_books_music_life's review against another edition

5.0

I picked this book up on a whim, mainly cause i love ghost stories. This was one of my favorite reads this year. It was fast paced, exciting, attention to detail was perfect it felt like i was in Lockhart, South Carolina. I really liked how he got the 'Southern' tone of his writing from the words and phrases us country folk use. The mystery of who the killer was kept me guessing till the last few chapters. I also really liked the character development we got from Reverend Turner; i really wish we would have gotten some more development from Mrs. Miller and Jenny Miller. I wasn't expecting this to be a romance but the relationship between Willis and Lila Grace caught me off guard which i really liked. It was nice that the romance didn't over power the main plot of the story. All in all Amazing Grace was a well written aside from a few noticeable typos the story was amazing