The Ghost Huntress Series - The Reason and The Counseling

THE GHOST HUNTRESS SERIES

By:  Marley Gibson

THE REASON – BOOK 3

FIRST SENTENCE

“It’s not every day that you have a premonition of your own freakin’ demise.”

SUMMARY
from goodreads

It’s not everyday you have a premonition of your own demise. But two months after Kendall had a vision of her own death, all is well in her world. Maybe some cosmic wires got crossed. Then Kendall gets a request by the mayor of Radisson to investigate the mayoral manor. Emily and Loreen warn her against it: This spirit is dangerous. But not even they can see just how dangerous.

But during the aftermath of her run-in with the spirit Kendall learns a life-shattering secret. Now Kendall has an even bigger problem. Somehow, she’s got to pull her life together if she wants to cleanse the mayor’s mansion and bring peace to the home—and herself.

 THE COUNSELING – BOOK 4

FIRST SENTENCE

“There’s a saying in the South that if you go to heaven or hell, you have to go through the freakin’ Atlanta airport first.”

SUMMARY
from goodreads

Kendall has just discovered who Emily really is, lost her boyfriend, and nearly died doing the thing she loves most--ghost hunting. It's time to take a break and try to reconcile all the changes she's going through. So Kendall heads to the Sierra Mountains, where there's a camp especially for young people with gifts such as hers. It's a time for reflection and self-discovery.

But when she gets to California, she once again finds restless spirits--and the boy in her last vision. It may be the end of one chapter of her life and the beginning of a new one.

REVIEW

What do you get when you mix a group of ghost hunting teens with a ghost out for revenge and a ghost who can’t find her body?  You get a thrilling mix of scary and fun with a side of romance.

The characters in The Reason are the ones who were introduced in the first two books.  There’s Kendall and her entire ghost-hunting team.  Kendall has become more in touch with her abilities and she puts them to good use to solve a ghostly mystery.  She also uncovers some secrets from her own past that are very surprising. 

In The Counseling, Kendall takes a break from the Southern town of Radisson and heads out to sunny California.  She meets an entirely new group of teens at a retreat for ghost hunters with special abilities.  There are all sorts of abilities like aura reading, seeing ghosts, and feeling the emotions of others. 

Patrick joins the story in The Counseling.  He is new to his abilities, and he starts out very annoying.  I couldn’t wait to see if he could win over Kendall’s heart.  Another favorite character was Kendall’s roommate, Jess.  She was an aura-reading surfer with a bubbly personality.

While I enjoyed the first two books in this series, I LOVED books three and four.  Maybe it was that Kendall was becoming more proficient with her powers, or maybe it was the new setting and characters.  No matter – I recommend this series to all those ghost hunting fans out there.

Watch for the story to continue in The Discovery, coming out in May, 2011.  You can also see my review of books one and two HERE.

RATING

4        Plot

5        Characters

5        Attention Grabbing

5        Girlie Meter

4        Ending

23      TOTAL

5        STARS