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A review by ctorretta
Mary Hades by Sarah Dalton
4.0
YAY! A ghost story! When I was younger I used to read so many ghost stories. There were so many good ones and what's sad is that it is hard to find stories that have that kind of scary appeal. This one, although I would not technically put it into the really scary category, definitely had some creep appeal! From page one too!
First of all, I really liked Mary. For some reason I could feel a connection with her from the first page. Even though this is paranormal there is just something about her that is just downright ordinary. She's different but her entire demeanor is engaging! The fact that she can see and even hangs out with ghosts just added to that appeal. The only thing that got to me was her attitude towards Lucy. Sometimes she's a bit of a pain to her and that took away some of that appeal.
I also really enjoyed that I didn't quite figure out what was going to happen in this, especially with Seth. I kept debating on whether I liked him or not, and I did like him but I didn't know if she could trust him!
The one slightly negative but not really negative thing was that I didn't know there was a .5 to this. I thought this was book one and I fully understood what was going on without reading that previous book but there is a lot in here that would have been helpful to understand. Sarah Dalton does explain it by glazing over certain events but I just kept thinking to myself that I wanted to know THAT full story first. Didn't detract exactly just made me a little sad because I did enjoy this one so much.
Ends not exactly on a cliff hanger... the ties are all tied and all but it does leave it open for more. Which I'm really excited about!
On completely separate notes: THAT COVER! OMG!! AND this is set in England so the slang is totally British, which I also loved!
First of all, I really liked Mary. For some reason I could feel a connection with her from the first page. Even though this is paranormal there is just something about her that is just downright ordinary. She's different but her entire demeanor is engaging! The fact that she can see and even hangs out with ghosts just added to that appeal. The only thing that got to me was her attitude towards Lucy. Sometimes she's a bit of a pain to her and that took away some of that appeal.
I also really enjoyed that I didn't quite figure out what was going to happen in this, especially with Seth. I kept debating on whether I liked him or not, and I did like him but I didn't know if she could trust him!
The one slightly negative but not really negative thing was that I didn't know there was a .5 to this. I thought this was book one and I fully understood what was going on without reading that previous book but there is a lot in here that would have been helpful to understand. Sarah Dalton does explain it by glazing over certain events but I just kept thinking to myself that I wanted to know THAT full story first. Didn't detract exactly just made me a little sad because I did enjoy this one so much.
Ends not exactly on a cliff hanger... the ties are all tied and all but it does leave it open for more. Which I'm really excited about!
On completely separate notes: THAT COVER! OMG!! AND this is set in England so the slang is totally British, which I also loved!