5 stars for The Girl On Legare Street (Tradd Street book 2) by Karen White.
In this book 2 of the Tradd Street series, attention shifts from the house on 55 Tradd Street to the one on 33 Legare Street, a three-story Georgian double house where our protagonist, Melanie spends her early years in with her grandmother and mother before leaving to live with her father at the age of seven.
The change in focus by the author, from one house to another is done seamlessly as if uncovering mysteries and revisiting the antiquities of old houses is a natural thing to do. Correlating to this change is the corresponding switch in mantra from “It's a piece of history you can hold in your hands” in book 1 to “We are not as we seem” in book 2, which when reiterated during the course of narrating this unnerving story, send chills up my spine that cause the hair on the back of my neck to stand.
Faced with unfolding of bizarre events to which she has no control of, Melanie realises that she has no choice but to stand up to her past, confront head-on the malevolent forces at work, and put to rest once and for all, the manifestation of the inexplicable spectre from her line of ancestry.
Spooky and unsettling, The Girl on Legare Street is an exceptionally well written petrifying follow-up to The House on Tradd Street which is guaranteed to creep readers out. A must read for those who are already knee-deep in book 1.
Publisher: NAL; Original edition
Publication date: 3 Nov 2009
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There was a time when Melanie's dysfunctional family was out of sight and mind, and her only worries were her monthly sales figures, what shade of beige to paint her low-maintenance condo, and whether she was ready to make charming journalist Jack Trenholm a permanent fixture in her life. Those days are over.
After receiving a deadly premonition, Melanie's mother, who deserted her more than thirty years ago, suddenly returns to Charleston to protect her. But all Ginnette Prioleau Middleton does is remind Melanie of how little they have in common--except for their ability to communicate with ghosts...
And now Ginnette is moving into their ancestral home on Legare Street, and she needs Melanie's advice on restoring it and her sixth sense to talk to the dead that inhabit it. But Ginnette's return has awakened a dark spirit--whose strength has been growing for decades--and who is ready for revenge. With Jack's help, Melanie and her mother must find a way to work together to fight its malevolent presence and save what's left of their family...
*Blurb from author's website*
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