The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts (The Unbelievables #1) by K.C. Tansley
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Paranormal
Release Date: August 1, 2015
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Book Description:
She tried to ignore them. But some things won’t be ignored.
Kat Preston doesn’t believe in ghosts. Not because she’s never seen one, but because she saw one too many. Refusing to believe is the only way to protect herself from the ghost that tried to steal her life. Kat’s disbelief keeps her safe until her junior year at McTernan Academy, when a research project for an eccentric teacher takes her to a tiny, private island off the coast of Connecticut.
The site of a grisly mystery, the Isle of Acacia is no place for a girl who ignores ghosts, but the ghosts leave Kat little choice. Accompanied by her research partner, Evan Kingsley, she investigates the disappearance of Cassie Mallory and Sebastian Radcliffe on their wedding night in 1886. Evan’s scientific approach to everything leaves Kat on her own to confront a host of unbelievables: ancestral curses, powerful spells, and her strange connection to the ghosts that haunt Castle Creighton.
But that’s all before Kat’s yanked through a magic portal and Evan follows her. When the two of them awaken 129 years in the past with their souls trapped inside the bodies of two wedding guests, everything changes. Together, Kat and Evan race to stop the wedding-night murders and find a way back to their own time—and their own bodies—before their souls slip away forever.
It’s been a while since I had some uninterrupted time to
read and after taking a bit of a break I’m more than happy with the fact that The Girl Who Ignore Ghosts by K.C.
Tansley was my first book back. This book follows Kat Preston as she does her
best to unravel mystery from the past that she never saw coming. I’ve read a
lot of books that involve magic and things, but I have to say I really like the
approach that Tansley took with this book.
Kat doesn’t just one day start seeing ghosts, this is
something that’s sort of been with her since she was young and the fact that
she has to “not believe” in ghosts to keep herself safe is an interesting way
to look at things. But all of that changes when the past and present collide.
Now, I don’t want to give away a ton of spoilers or
anything, but I really like how there was so much focus on the past and what
happened in that time and all the different relationships that were kind of coexisting
at once. I’ve also got to say I really enjoyed Kat as a character. I thought
she was very well written and relatable and I like that about her.
Time travel is always tough. Some people don’t devote enough
time to it and others give it too much, but I think Tansley had a really nice
balance between the two. I think one of my favorite parts actually comes
towards the end of the book with the ritual. I’m not going to say more than
that about it, but yeah. Overall this was a really good read and I can’t wait
until the next part in the series comes out so we can see things develop a
little more with Kat and with her relationship with Evan.
If you like your supernatural stories with a side of mystery
this is definitely an awesome read!
Author Bio:
K.C Tansley lives with her warrior lapdog, Emerson, and three quirky golden retrievers on a hill somewhere in Connecticut. She tends to believe in the unbelievables—spells, ghosts, time travel—and writes about them.
Never one to say no to a road trip, she’s climbed the Great Wall twice, hopped on the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg, and danced the night away in the dunes of Cape Hatteras. She loves the ocean and hates the sun, which makes for interesting beach days. The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts is her debut YA time-travel murder mystery novel.
As Kourtney Heintz, she also writes award winning cross-genre fiction for adults.
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