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Restless Spectres Kindle Edition
She had been thinking of leaving Dan for a while and the ideal opportunity presented itself by way of an inheritance from an aunt that she had no previous knowledge of.
Leaving her job, Dan, and her old life behind, Clara heads for her new home and her new life but she soon finds out that she's forced to share her home with an unseen, evil presence that clearly doesn't want her there.
Needing to confront the vicious malevolent spirit or leave her precious new home, Clara tries to carve out a new life, while attempting to rid her castle of the evil presence that threatens to destroy her planned livelihood or her life.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateAugust 21, 2017
- File size1.4 MB
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Product details
- ASIN : B0751J3MJQ
- Publisher : A.Woodley (August 21, 2017)
- Publication date : August 21, 2017
- Language : English
- File size : 1.4 MB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 276 pages
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About the author
![A. Woodley](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/amzn-author-media-prod/3g54jtt7m4lnp05tggf7pn00uq._SY600_.jpg)
For a full list of my books, please see my Facebook page
Books by A. Woodley https://www.facebook.com/Books-by-A-Woodley-1842697729323365/
or my Amazon page https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B06XFQ51VQ
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Born in London (South East) many moons ago.
Now living in the land of the concrete cows and roundabouts (we're famous for both), in Bucks, UK.
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Multi-genre author of many books, with more to come.
I seem to be making mostly children's books for now, but that could change.
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Each ebook title also comes in paperback.
Sentiments, a perpetual calendar, is paperback only.
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The Six Mini Monsters books, are not numbered as a series, to enable people to buy out of sequence, or to buy just 1 or 2, without looking as though they're missing some.
There will (possibly) be more titles added to this series in the future.
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The Friendly Cold Winds
This book was made purely as a joke for my brother.
He suggested the premise after a few strong beers, but he didn't think I'd do it.
It's a tad stupid. 😊
Allergy advice...
May contain a little silliness and toilet humour.
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All of my ebooks are currently in KU (Kindle Unlimited).
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- Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2023It’s a light fresh start romance with plenty of planning, rationalization, explanation & sometimes ghosts. Overthinking alone may occupy a third of the novella’s real estate: Get gas before a car trip, save that receipt from the jewelry store & procrastinate when uncertain enough, now, but remind whomever to make a better decision later. At times it’s funny but never scary. An oft-confounding theme from life’s independently acting agents plays a role in how Restless Spectres resolves: Given ghosts exist, we learn straightforward rules (ghosts are invisible) but there are exceptions (Clara can see ghosts) & additional exceptions (certain other folks can see the ghosts too), and then some flukes defy those exceptions (neither Clara nor the ghost hunters can see the evil ghost), so we’re back to square one. Among several incidentals, braver readers might utilize a planchette & Ouija board to discover her old boyfriend’s “work” trip’s true purpose & where the several spooky vanishing apparitions who never talked fit in. The very ending suited me just fine.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2019Clara , who can see ghosts , inherits property from an aunt she didn't know existed , and moves there only to find an evil presence ..
So I'll just say it upfront, I just didn't like the writing in this one. Everything is told in this annoying way where you're always being told whats happening , but never shown. It's like in other books where they ask a character for a story and they relate what happened, but for two hundred and seventy six pages. It was frustrating.
With both dialogue and what was going on , it was done in these long rambling run on sentences that make my own look short and to the point. I would often get confused whether it was a character talking or not because it was all written the same way.
Clara's power to see ghosts is really just sorta there, and just gives her more characters to talk to really. She never encounters other violent ghosts before moving to the castle and even helps some of them move on to their 'lights'. A person who can see ghosts , but never finding one before who was harmful , who was also invisible to her , was a good premise but it wasn't done well in my opinion here. The author also tips their hand far too early blurting out what was going on and I'm not sure if that was done on purpose or not.
There is also so much time devoted to fixing up the property, which Clara constantly calls her castle. It really become tiresome hearing her go on and on about which rooms and blah blah , there's an evil force here lady , who cares!? Get on with it! Even after shes attacked for the first time she just shuts the door and goes back to rambling on about her CASTLE and only finally brings in a team of "ghost huntery people" to do something about it at the very end of the far too long book.
There's a lot of dialogue between Clara and her friend Julie , and her eventually romantic partner Rodan. This also takes forever to develop into anything and it takes away from the ghost stuff. I'm sure someone would find it cute, but it did nothing for me. Clara isn't a terrible character, she'd be even likable if perhaps this were written differently. She has a few good moments with a ghost child early on , but otherwise she seems silly ignoring the room Suite 6 and going on and on and on about the work needing done on the place. I love character work, I didn't love it here.
With so little descriptive words going into the story , you're left with just she did this, he did that , and this happened and I'm going to tell you exactly why and leave nothing to the imagination. What little describing the scenery was done on the clutter in the castle, of course. It does FINALLY get pretty violent and crazy towards the end , but it was a lot of work to get there, and I was so tired of it I didn't really care anymore. Adding in that annoying ending which I'm not sure the point of was , I only finished this because I force myself to complete every book I start.
I don't take any pleasure in leaving bad reviews for lesser known authors with little to no other reviews on their works, but I'm an honest person and I found this to be not very good, and cannot recommend it.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2019Charming paranormal tale told simply in a straightforward literary style. Our heroine, Clara, has been able to see spirits all of her life and enjoys helping them to pass on from their earthly bonds whenever she can. When she unexpectedly inherits her very own castle with all of its resident ghosts, she faces a new challenge in the shape of a malevolent entity in one of the castle rooms. I appreciated Clara's sweet and open personality and her innocent joy in her newfound life. Most of the spirits are simply lost souls, but the final confrontation with the evil presence at the castle is truly unnerving. Overall, a quick, fun read for those who like to ponder the possibilities of an afterlife and how the world of the dead might intersect with the world of the living.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2020Clara communicates with ghosts and when she inherits her Aunt Lucy's hotel which she calls a castle she encounters a truly evil spirit. The thought of it terrified me and every time I would read more of this character I was on the verge of being so scared my heart would race and then Woodley would retreat back safely. I think this could have been a truly terrifying novel if the author had let go. I also agree with a previous reviewer that the writing style was difficult to hold attention. It's kind of like reading The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, which is another potentially great ghost story. If you loved Woman in Black this should be a hit with you.
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- SophieReviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2023
4.0 out of 5 stars Another great read!
This was another well written and enjoyable read! It was a really great way to begin my May reading month.
- karrie vReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyed this book 👍
After reading the description of the book I thought it was one I would enjoy (so much so I also purchased another as a christmas gift for a close ftiend) and it didnt dissapoint. I read the book in 4 nights as I found it hard to put down, I got into the story after 8-10 pages which is good for me, sometimes it can take 2 or 3 chapters to get really stuck in to a book. It was as believable as any ghost film I have watched, thoroughly enjoyed this book and felt it was well written. I look forward to reading more from this author