This story is about two women really...One from a couple of generations ago and the other of this one. This builds well into an amazing climax.
Alice has to figure out what's wrong with her house before it kills her....Will she succeed or will she simply be one of many tenants who become former owners...Find out the mystery of an Ogre, the legend of the Red Man and much more in this tale that will keep you thinking about it way after you've finished reading it!! Pick this up!!!

I loved this book so much! I loved the characters and the world! I would and have recommended this book to all my friends!

I no longer have the ebook I downloaded so I am not able to read and review this title. After switching to a new laptop some of my data was lost. I am sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.

Kris

There are 2 narratives in Manchester, England. Alice Collier has moved to her new home that is a fixer-upper. It's a large home but she needs the space when she wants to roam at night. She is trying to rebuild her life after losing her daughter and the divorce. Alice's story is paired with Mary Carson who tells about her past in the spring of 1837. She is hired as a secretary to work for the wealthy mill owner named Arodias Thorne. She is naive and over her head with Mr. Thorne. Alice is taking medication for depression and thinks she is imagining the children she hears. The children attempt to kill her. They throw knives at her which causes her to call an old boyfriend who did paranormal research. He is reluctant to help at first but decides to after seeing the wounds on Alice's back. Meanwhile Mary is tying to figure out where she stands with Mr. Thorne. Mary sees the ghosts too but decides that they are hallucinations.

I don't want to spoil the story for you by telling anymore. This is more than a ghost story. It is also a confounding mystery. I loved this story. It kept my attention throughout the book. I was never bored!

Unable to read due to not knowing how to get onto my kindle.

This is a pretty freaky story. It was pretty much 3 stories going on at once. You have the main character Alice's backstory, you have the main story and then you has the story of Mary Carson.

Alice is recently divorced and grieving the death of her young daughter. She has bought a house and has just moved in when several weird things start to happen. First she hears whispers, then she encounters white eyed children, then she encounters the Red Man and a huge Ogre. She gets a Facebook friend request from her ex-boyfriend John. She cannot at first bring herself to accept or deny the request. Until the paranormal events ramp up to the point she is terrified for her life. Her ex-boyfriend just happens to be a Paranormal Researcher. Together they need to try and figure out what is going on, before the children and Ogre have their way and do kill Alice.

Alice's backstory to me pretty much was a bunch of wasted paper. Yes we needed some of her back story to get to know her but it was actually boring for the most part instead of chapters being devoted to the back story paragraphs would of been sufficient to me.

Then we have Mary Carson. She used to live in the house on the hill when it was Springcross Manor, and before it was torn down and the house Alice now lives in was built on top of. Her story gives a look into how the bad started in Alice's house, and clue's on how Alice and John can solve them. Mary's story is riveting the things she went through in the house.

This was a pretty long book and other then a lot of Alice's back story I really enjoyed the book.

I received this book from the Author or Publisher via Netgalley.com to read and review.

I was kind of torn on a how rate this novel. The writing sucks you right in, the protagonist has an interesting backstory and is weighed down by the past. The plot is intriguing and I liked both of the interwoven storylines (I actually liked Mary's account better initially, but preferred the modern day narrative in the later part of the novel). I also liked how "The Fest of All Souls" brought together myths and science because it allowed Alice to accept what was happening without compromising her beliefs.

What I didn't really like was the over-the-top turn the novel somehow took in the second half of the novel. Suddenly the villain just becomes cartoonishly evil and remains that way. I think the Story could have been even better if he had remained a more ambivalent characters. What I also didn't like was the "romance" subplot, because apart from Alice (and Mary) none of the characters get a lot of development or character so the relationship remains somewhat flat. The last thing I didn't like was the ending because it's rather abrupt and we don't really get any closure on Alice's inner journey.

In summary, "The Feast of All Souls" is a well-written story with an interesting plot, and a great Protagonist, but in some areas the novel still fell flat for me.

3.5 stars

I love haunted house books, LOVE them, so when I had the opportunity to read this I jumped at it. It's alright on the whole but I had some niggling issues with it.

Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it, because I did, the history of the house and it's occupants felt real and was well written. That's a big thmbs up for me.

This was a decent, old school horror novel, complete with supernatural scares and creepy kids. It was genuinely unsettling at times, and that's exactly what I look for in a horror novel. I loved the depth of background behind Alice's house and mystery of the town surrounding it. Not all of the supporting characters worked for me - sometimes the small town quirkiness felt forced - but they played their roles well.

Most importantly, the villain here was genuinely evil and suitably menacing. There weren't a lot of surprises surrounding him (horror fans will find the story predictable at times), but I will admit that the ending pulled a few twists that I didn't see coming. Complex and creepy, this is definitely worth a read.

The feast of all Souls By Simon Bestwick is a horror and general fiction (adult) read.
Alice's house stands at a gateway between worlds. Now something has awoken on the other side - and she's in its way...

378 Collarmill Road looks like an ordinary house. But sometimes, the world outside the windows isn't the one you expect to see. And sometimes you'll turn around and find you're not alone.
OMG. Do not read alone. An absolutely fantastic read with brilliant characters. I loved Alice. Couldn't put it down. Highly recommended. 5*. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book from netgalley.

This was a very different horror story to those I usually read.
Being a huge fan of weird/cosmic fiction, I'm used to quiet and subtle horror and this book certainly wasn't that! The story was exciting, fast paced and had a lot going on and whilst it's not very creepy, it is fun and engrossing. The characters were fascinating and really well fleshed out, I really felt for Alice and despised Arodias Thorne. The story takes you on hell of a journey with lots of twists and turns, I would definitely recommend this!

(Lengthened review to come shortly... Stay tuned...)

378 Collarmill Road looks like an ordinary house. But sometimes, the world outside the windows isn’t the one you expect to see. And sometimes you’ll turn around and find you’re not alone. The suburb of Crawbeck, on a hill outside the English city of Manchester, overlooks the woodlands of Browton Vale. Alice Collier was happy here, once, but following the end of her marriage and loss of her daughter, she’s come back to pick up the threads of her life.
An wished she had not!!! Thrills and horror and general spookiness.