Abby Kimball has just moved to New England with her boyfriend and is trying to settle in, but the experience is proving to be quite unsettling, to say the least. While on a tour of local historic homes, Abby witnesses a family scene that leaves her gasping for breath-because the family has been dead for nearly a century. Another haunting episode follows, and another, until it seems to Abby that everything she touches is drawing her in, calling to her from the past. Abby would doubt her sanity if it weren’t for Ned Newhall, the kind and knowledgeable guide on that disturbing house tour. Rather than telling her she’s hallucinating, Ned takes an interest in Abby’s strange encounters and encourages her to figure out what’s going on, starting with investigating the story of the family she saw . . . and exploring her own past. But as Abby begins to piece together a history that’s as moving as it is shocking and unravels a long-ago mystery that nearly tore her family apart, she also begins to suspect that Ned’s got secrets of his own, and that his interest may be driven as much by a taste for romance as a love for history.
Love/Hate I loved the idea behind this book- finding your ancestors through visions that occur when you are in a place they had lived- or died. Maybe because I know almost nothing of my family, I don’t know. The theory of ancestral genetic memory or something similar is just extremely interesting.Â
It’s Okay, but not Great This book is a little tedious. Not so interesting you can’t put it down, and sort of so boring you don’t want to pick it back up. I did read through the whole book. It did not leave me wanting more. Read this only if you have no interesting cereal boxes around to read.
It just feels wrong… I enjoy Connolly’s Museum Mysteries and I liked the premise for this book so I decided to give it a try. The concept is good and I had high hopes for the book but it never quite lived up to them. There is a lot of history in this book which I loved but the character development just wasn’t there. The relationship between Abby and Brad was obvious and predictable while the chemistry with Ned was negligible. I kept waiting for a bigger picture to emerge or more of a climax to the book and it just…