Book Review: The House on Tradd Street (Playaway Adult Fiction) (9781615459629): Karen White, Aimee Bruneau: Books
Book Review: The House on Tradd Street (Playaway Adult Fiction) (9781615459629): Karen White, Aimee Bruneau: Books
Excellent reading…,
By BookReviewsByDebra “Book Reviews By Debra” (Hawesville, KY USA) -
This review is from: The House on Tradd Street (Paperback)
Karen White
New American Library
ISBN: 9780451225092
5 stars
Excellent reading…
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com
Melanie Middleton inherits an old historic home on Tradd Street. Jack Trenholm is a writer. He suspects there is treasure hidden in the house. He volunteers to assist Melanie in the remodeling/restoring effort in hopes of doing a little treasure hunting. He soon falls in love with Melanie. The old house is haunted and one particular spirit is very unhappy with all the treasure hunting.
Karen White impressed me in her first book, The Memory of Water. She just keeps getting better! The House On Tradd Street is a great read. Readers will enjoy the romance between Melanie and Jack. The flirtation is high energy. The characters are multi-dimensional and eccentric. Even the ghosts have quirky personalities. This is not your typical ghost story; it is not horror or spooky. This story has great depth. Romance, mystery, paranormal, and a little humor all combine to make The House On Tradd Street a book that you do not want to miss.
1st in series,
By Amy Leemon (North Fond du Lac, WI) -
This review is from: The House on Tradd Street (Paperback)
This book has everything - an intriguing story line involving missing diamonds from the Civil War, ghosts (good AND bad), location (historic Charleston), a hero with a secret, a bad guy with his own secret, Melanie Middleton who has a long way to go for the peaceful well-ordered life she wants and the house on Tradd Street which brings them all together.
A great mystery, a love story and a ghost story make for an enjoyable read.
The 2nd book in this series will be out in November, 2009.
Charleston’s Latest Ghost Mystery,
By S. Agusto-Cox “Savvy Verse & Wit” (Germantown, MD USA) -
This review is from: The House on Tradd Street (Paperback)
Karen White’s The House on Tradd Street is part romance, part ghost story, part mystery. The narration of this novel grips the reader with its beautiful descriptions of South Carolina and the historic neighborhoods of Charleston. Melanie Middleton specializes in historic home sales, though she hates historic homes and believes those who buy historic homes are saps willing to waste thousands of dollars on renovations. Fate brings her into the home of Mr. Vanderhorst, who asks Melanie if she saw a woman in the garden. He suddenly dies and leaves her his home.
Melanie is given a historic home and the money to renovate and repair it from the Vanderhorst estate. There are a great cast of characters in this book from Mr. Vanderhorst to his mother’s ghost and Melanie, her father, and Jack Trenholm. Melanie is a barracuda in the real estate world, but her inability to relate to her family or male companions hampers her ability to widen her horizons. Meanwhile, Jack uses his good looks and fame to woo women to his side and charm them out of information so he can uncover historical mysteries and publish novels. His charm and good looks, on the other hand, are just a cover.
The restoration at Tradd Street begins, and Melanie is overwhelmed by her responsibilities and the two attractive men that have fallen into her life–Marc Longo and Jack Trenholm. In spite of the restoration, Melanie gets wrapped up in the mystery surrounding Mr. Vanderhorst’s mother’s disappearance and the ghosts that haunt her new home.
White easily draws the reader into the beauty of Charleston and her ghost mystery. The intricate relationships between these characters are complex, and in spite of the convenient connections between Melanie’s family, the Vanderhorsts, and the Trenholms in a big city like Charleston, I was enveloped in the storyline.
The mystery doesn’t get heavy with humor sprinkled in. The interactions between Melanie and Jack is contagious and will make readers smile.
I recommend this book to those who love a good mystery and a good ghost story.
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