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Ghost Town Girl

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This one was not for me.
Thank you NetGalley for providing a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

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I am not a huge fan of paranormal but the suspense in the book kept me going. Also, I had a hard time staying engaged and even liking the characters.

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I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. I good paranormal/mysteryish type book. This would actually be good read for Halloween Month 🎃.

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The premise for this book was good, but I got lost in the narrative, which was overly complicated and overexplained. Sadly, not for me.

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Author # Debra Cunningham has a enjoyable novel # Ghost Town Girl. It's a fast read. And will leave you wanting more!!

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That annoying voice, telling you to trust your instincts isn't always easy. Where do you draw the line between imagination and survival? Red Hawk Ghost Town is hard to find a way out.....

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#Netgalley, # Debra Cunningham, and # BooksGoSocial

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A thriller set in an abandoned town in the middle of the woods? Sign me up! Like ASAP! I can't wait to talk about this book for my podcast/youtube channel! This book gets a solid 3.5/5. I rated this to 3.5 because of the stereotype of our indigenous cousin. (Don't do that or maybe try not to do that). But overall, this novel was a pretty good nice mix of reality and paranormal with the really gritty parts being (**TW**) domestic violence. I really think there are others out there who will enjoy this book and hope to rectify the stereotype issue with upcoming books.

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There was an intriguing premise in here somewhere, but it frankly got lost in overwriting and wooden characterisation.

There were so many metaphors and similes packed into every passage,it was honestly confusing sometimes, and it really slowed everything down.

With all the characters, too, we're told who they are, rather than shown. Even in our introduction to Bria, we're told her every thought and she constantly compares herself to free animals - butterflies and rabbits - but none of that is really displayed through action.

Where we are given action - as with Bria's husband - it's often cartoonish and overdone. I really feel like with stripped back prose and a good editor, this could have been a strong book. As it was, I was underwhelmed and glad when it was over.

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really enjoyed reading this book, it had a great spooky atmosphere and worked as a thriller. The characters were great and I enjoyed reading this.

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The premise of the story sounded interesting. However, it was not well-executed! I found the disturbing to be very unnecessary for it did nothing to enchanted the novel.

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This was a good read but I had a little trouble with the story bouncing around to 3 different narratives. Set in the ghost town of Red Hawk, Arizona a group of 3 friends decide to explore a ghost town. Jenna is a psychic and she and her friends get separated and are being stalked. They see another woman in the distance who is looking for her dog. When Jenna makes it to a road and runs into Bria the stories all come together. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

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I am so happy to read a book with two strong female lead characters, which portrays such an important message.

Ghost Town Girl follows the lives of two women. Bria, who has recently escaped her abusive husband and Jenna, a young girl with psychic abilities that her friends don't fully understand or believe. Their lives come crashing together when traumatic events encircle their lives and bring them both to a Ghost Town.

My absolute favourite part of this novel was the characters that Debra Cunningham created. I fell in love with Bria and my heart absolutely ached for her. I also loved Jenna, and would absolutely love to follow more of her journeys as a psychic investigator. I have recently been craving books with a bit of a ghost story, so this really hit the spot. The book touches on a topic that is extremely close to my heart, and the last sentence was so profound, I had tears in my eyes.

The main downside for me was that I often felt my focus drifting off during the scenes where they were in the desert. This may be because of my culture- being born and raised in the UK, I often didn't understand a lot of the nature references and this made these sections stilted for me. That being said, I devoured all the scenes that were set outside of the desert, I was almost disappointed when they had to continue the search and head back to the desert again!

I am so grateful to Netgalley, the publishers and the author for allowing me the chance to read this book and give my personal thoughts. I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys paranormal thrillers. I will definitely be keeping an eye out for more from this author.

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Good story; made me angry with all the abusive humans in the universe. I feel like I missed a couple connections throughout the story though; I wasn't sure how it went from here to there.

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Damn! I really wanted to love this book. To be honest, the synopsis does not give a clear idea if the two stories are connected or not and I really didn’t have energy and patience to find on my own.
The first chapter is really interesting like it really made m wanna read it. And I loved the cover and title very very much but the story….. The story is not actually a good one and the writing style is not for me. The characters should have been given more life. They had very interesting pasts but it wasn’t executed properly, the characters were not given proper personalities.
And the worst of worst was the editing. The text size was smaller than ants. I could see dots at times and my eyes were watering like hell. I mean, reviewers deserve better than this. So I decided to DNF it because I wasn’t even enjoying the story.

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This book has a lot of potential, but unfortunately fell a bit short for me. The individual storylines were actually quite interesting and there were some moments with a nice build up of tension. But how they all came together didn't quite work. Not enough time was devoted to building each story before the characters collided. Also, the psychic/spiritual aspect was also a bit underdeveloped. With a little more depth and character development this could actually be quite a good story.

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I had a difficult time reading Ghost Town Girl with all the changing characters and storylines. I felt that it lacked an overall flow.

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Another favorite by a great author. The plot of the story was very well written. The author really draws the reader in as you read. Was not what I was expecting.

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This had three different mysteries. The story starts off with Bria wondering how she was going to make her escape, before her husband returns. When he shows up and insists that she drive her own vehicle, with him following behind. Bria takes an opportunity and veers to a side road losing her husband. Bria heads to a woman's shelter to hide, then gets worried about her friend, Cassie. The last time Bria left, Cassie's was the first place her husband checked.

Cassie and Bria, at one time had plans to write a book. They were intrigued by Red Hawk Ghost Town's origin, and gave up on the idea until a clipping piqued Cassie's interest. She packed provisions for herself and George, her dog, and set out.

Cameron and Jenna set out to scope out Red Hawk Ghost Town for Cameron's YouTube channel. Mace, made up the trio of friends, and was supposed to return later after borrowing his brother's Jeep. After being distracted, Cameron gets his vehicle stuck in the mud. No cell reception, or traffic to flag help, the two set off on foot.

Red Hawk Ghost Town is going to bring Bria, Cassie, Cameron and Jenna together in a haunting manner.

I loved how Jenna had a gift and received visions. I had dread when Cameron ran off to check something he saw, especially with the description of the wildlife in the area, and both were stranded. I liked the concept of checking out an old ghost town, where once upon a time, had stagecoaches make a stop.

There a part where Jenna loses her shoes, and for all intents and purposes she's walking after sundown in a place where one encounters rattlesnakes, rocky terrain, and sees what appears to be a cougar print, which made it difficult for me to believe that Jenna is wandering around in bare feet. I had a hard time grasping that situation. The sheriff was not a very likable man, coming off cold and uncaring.

The psychic element made the story interesting, along with some creepy parts that kept the story entertaining. I was surprised to learn about the number of days that had passed, for one individual, while I was thinking the timing for everyone was the same.

I requested and received an ARC from NetGalley via BooksGoSocial and I have voluntarily reviewed this book.

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I had a hard time reading this book. While the storylines are well thought out it jumps a bit too much for my taste. I would have liked the characters better developed, I couldn't really get a sense of any of them really. The plot was obvious from the near beginning. I really had to force myself to finish the book. I also did not like how the abusive relationship was such a big glaring part of the plot.

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Like so many reviews that I've seen I really wanted to like this book but the jumping around and abuse was hard for me to handle as a PTSD survivor I would not recommend respect to anybody who struggles with PTSD. But I did like the use of paranormal elements to this book it was the first take on it.

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This book is like reading two or three books at a time - three plotlines woven together into one.

This is a good 'scary' book that has a dash of horror, a ghost book that has romance and a friendship book that examines a relationship's growth and involvement.

A good read.

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