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Haunted Echoes

Julie Ann Howell
Peppertree Press LLC (2010)
ISBN 9781936051694
Reviewed by Kam Aures for RebeccasReads (11/10)

“A cold chill ran up and down Sarah’s spine, as it felt as if someone had just entered the room.  Expecting to see this someone was certainly not on Sarah’s mind, as she had this incredible place all to herself.  Her body turned away from the ominous sky in one fell swoop as she took a rather quick inventory of the space behind her.  This eighteenth-century two-story inn had many rooms within its walls, from master chambers to servants’ quarters complete with a wraparound porch and a row of rustic rocking chairs.” (p.6)  The main character Sarah has come to the Victorian Inn in Maine, far away from Chicago to try to focus on writing her novel.  Although she is the only guest at the inn, she finds other interruptions in the eerie events taking place around her.   

As you can see from the above excerpt, Julie Ann Howell’s book has quite the old-time feel to it.  She describes the settings and the events taking place in a way that the reader can vividly picture them in his/her mind.  The story flows at a nice pace and her writing held my attention from start to finish.  I love a good old-fashioned ghost story and “Haunted Echoes” definitely delivered.  You don’t see a lot of this type of writing anymore and I found as I was reading this book that I really missed it.  I look forward to reading more from Howell in the future and I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good ghost story.   


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