{"id":5043,"date":"2014-06-12T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/?p=5043"},"modified":"2014-06-21T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T19:49:03","slug":"book-review-kindred-spirits-family-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/book-review-kindred-spirits-family-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – Kindred Spirits: Family Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Title:<\/strong>  Kindred Spirits: Family Ties<\/p>\n

Author:<\/strong>  Julie Wilson<\/p>\n

Format:<\/strong>  Kindle<\/p>\n

Published:<\/strong>  2014<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong>  (from Amazon)  The first in the Kate Dean & Co genealogical mystery novella series – a tale of modern-day life, monosyllabic teenagers, lots of red wine and ghostly goings-on!  Having discovered she enjoys investigating family trees, Kate Dean decides to have a go at make a living out of it. T he Adlington case looks like all the rest – a straightforward tree to pass down the generations – but Kate isn’t expecting the extra ‘help’ she gets, or the things she finds out as a result … A light-hearted novella involving relationships, families and a not inconsiderate smattering of genealogical mystery, the first in the Kate Dean & Co Kindred Spirits series will, hopefully, leave you wanting more …<\/p>\n

My Rating:<\/strong>  <\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, it did leave me wanting more, but not in a good way.  The premise of the book excited me, a genealogical mystery mixed with the paranormal\u2014and that it\u2019s the first in a series, even better.  For the most part, I was enjoying the story, intrigued by the mystery, and poof\u2014it was all over!  It wasn\u2019t so much the length of the book, it was more like the sensation of falling off a cliff; the ending was abrupt and not developed like the rest of the book.  It was like the author had a word limit or a deadline and said, \u201coh, better wrap it up\u2026[type two-sentence conclusion] okay, done.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was such a disappointment, especially<\/em> with a price tag of $2.99 for a Kindle book that amounts to about 74 pages.  Even more frustrating, is the author is a pretty good writer and I don\u2019t recall any major errors with grammar or logic (it\u2019s been a few weeks since I finished the book).  Oddly, and probably because of the genealogy\/paranormal premise, I\u2019d like to check out the second book<\/a> and see if it\u2019s any better, but I think I\u2019ll wait and see if the price drops or if it\u2019s offered for free as a promotion.  Such a shame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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