This was a simple mystery with a romantic subplot. Nothing revolutionary, but it was still a pleasant read.

Georgina is smart and driven and it's always nice to have a main character that actively investigates and follows clues, rather than waiting for things to happen on their own. The romance between her and Lord Bertram was very sweet. He's a great love interest, always helping her, but also believing she's capable on her own!

While the characters were great, the mystery was the weaker part of this book. The setup was good and made me have some expectations that I don't think were entirely met. At first a lot was happening, but soon the pace slowed down and there was a lot of filler between each new development in Georgina's quest to find her father's will. Then it get resolved in a pretty anticlimactic way. I was hoping Georgina would play a bigger role in the end, since she was such a great investigator at the beginning!

Overall, I would recommend this book for fans of lighthearted mysteries, not for someone looking for something more thrilling.

I just found it to be disappointing overall. It was very repetitive, especially the conversations between the characters. They were having the same arguments over and over and I was getting increasingly frustrated reading it.

The premise sounds interesting, but the execution is very mild. The horror is pretty much in the background, while family drama is the forefront of the story. I feel like the author had a lot of meaningful things to say and not enough skill to properly put them on the page.

Kari as the main character was a little frustrating, because she was very judgy towards everyone in her life. She never considered someone might have reasons to have acted the way they did. The best example is that she blamed her mother for leaving her and not once considered that something bad might have happened to her? She was pushed by so many people (and ghosts) and only then did she try to uncover the truth.

There was also a weird shift in tone, where the story suddenly became a fanfic of The Shining by Stephen King. Kari visits the Stanley Hotel and goes on the shining ghost tour. Why.

The ending was okay, even though I did predict what was going to happen.