GHOST WOOD SONG By Erica Waters

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Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters
Published by HarperTeen on 7/14/20
Genres: Fantasy & Magic, LGBT, Paranormal, Young Adult
Pages: 368
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
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If I could have a fiddle made of Daddy’s bones, I’d play it. I’d learn all the secrets he kept.

Shady Grove inherited her father’s ability to call ghosts from the grave with his fiddle, but she also knows the fiddle’s tunes bring nothing but trouble and darkness.

But when her brother is accused of murder, she can’t let the dead keep their secrets.

In order to clear his name, she’s going to have to make those ghosts sing.

Short and Sweet

With her father’s fiddle Shady Grove has the ability to call ghost. After her brother is accused of murder Shady knows she has to use the fiddle and get some help from the other side to prove her brothers innocence.

Characters

Shady: Shady Grove is our main character. She plays the fiddle and has been around the presence of ghost for most of her life. Shady is described as a good girl and innocent and she doesn’t know many of the secrets her family has been hiding from her. I did like Shady she was determined to help her brother. She loves her family and friends but she did anything she could to help Jesse and keep her mom, aunt, and Honey safe.

Romance

Shady and Cedar: Cedar is a cowboy and a sweet one at that. Even before he really knew Shady he would help her out. I like how they both have a passion for playing music it brought them together in a way. I liked the romance between these two and how much Cedar cared for Shady’s wellbeing.

Shady and Sarah: Shady and Sarah are friends and potential lovebirds but it was not working out. Sarah was closed off and sometimes she would just ignore Shady which I didn’t like.

Quotes

~ “Shady Grove. Jesse ain’t never done anything but look out for you. It might be your turn to look after him. No matter what. That’s what brothers and sisters do.”

My Thoughts

~ Shady is one brave girl, she went out following the sounds of fiddle playing to find her father’s fiddle, and she facing the ghost that come when she plays the fiddle.

~ I was worried about Shady weird things happened when she played the fiddle other than just the ghost, there was a shadow man that would appear and wasps.

~ I loved that Shady felt that she had to be Jesse’s protector in this time, it’s usually the other way around with Jesse protecting Shady.

~ Shady and her friends; Cedar, Rose, Sarah, Orlando, and Kenneth form a band. They’re also around when the ghost appear when Shady plays the fiddle and although they don’t like what’s happening they stick around to help Shady when she needs it.

~ I felt bad for Shady’s mom she lost her first husband and then her second and she lost Jesse too when he was taken to jail.

~ I liked that there was a mystery to this book and that the fiddle was able to summon the ghost. It was great seeing Shady follow leads and play the fiddle and be reminded of her father.

~ Shady’s family also had a lot of secrets that she didn’t know about and seeing her uncover them and learn more about her family made me happy. Everything going on in her family’s past and what happened with Jesse was like two separate mysteries but everything tied in nicely.

~ The one thing I didn’t like was the love triangle I feel like it could have been great without it especially because I didn’t like the way Sarah treated Shady.

Overall

This was such a good book! It was creepy and kept me on the edge of my seat. I just wanted to know what would happen next with the mystery and the ghost and the fiddle! Shady was brave and I loved how determined she was and she wasn’t about to let anyone stop her from achieving her goal. If you’re in the mood for a mystery or something creepy this is the book for you!