Name: A Grave Inheritance
Series: The Society of Free Spirits #1
Author: Felicity Epps
Publisher: Hatchette
Format: Paperback & Kindle (available through KU)
Genres: Young Adult, Mystery, Historical Fiction
š¶ļø: No Spice
š: No tears
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Synopsis: Goodreads
After her father and older sister both die suddenly, Dolores is left with the family’s inheritance, and a large house she’s sure is haunted. Teaming up with her occult-obsessed neighbour, Ada, and the mysterious spiritual medium, Violet, the three girls plan to dispel the bad spirits from Dolores’ home.
But when Dolores uncovers a clue that suggests her sister Edith’s death wasn’t due to natural causes, what starts as an investigation into ghostly apparitions develops into the unravelling of something far more sinister. . .
Ghosts. Murder. The patriarchy. One should never underestimate what a trio of free-spirited young women can handle.
Review:
I’m not a cosy reader, I love to be cosy but I don’t love cosy reads, they don’t keep my interest often. This one did! It’s a cosy mystery with an ‘is it, isn’t it paranormal’ aspect that I loved. We’re following Dolores primarily as our FMC who believes she’s on her deathbed when we start the novel. Then she starts seeing things and comes to the realisation that the big house she inherited when her family died, might just be haunted! Dolores teams up with her neighbour Ada and a spiritual medium Violet to try and dispel the spirits!
Dolores is hilarious, the way she is adament that she is dying because what else could possibly be wrong with her, despite the Doctor insisting that she isn’t dying, was such a fun way to start the book. Ada’ is the one obsessed with spirits and so she doesn’t ‘s enthusiasm is contagious and I loved her character! The pair of them make a great team, and Violet is fun too though I didn’t warm up to her quite as quickly as the other two.
There was even a cute possible romance blossoming within the pages of Dolores’ story! I won’t say anymore on this matter, but I do hope that if we follow these characters into the second book that we get to explore this more! I don’t want it to become a focus, I just think it’s cute and I want to see these characters happy.
I wouldn’t describe this as groundbreaking, but it is a very fun read! The main focus of this story is definitely the friendship between these girls, but I loved the mystery that they were working to solve. I have no idea what will crop up in the sequel, but I purchased the sequel upon finishing A Grave Inheritance! Definitely a great read for spooky season, the vibes are perfect despite it being cosy.
“You donāt have to live in darkness any more.”
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