There is something evil
up Bergamot Holler, and it's been targeting the Hall family for generations.
Patty Hall is fifteen
years old. She loves stargazing, science fiction, and all things related to
space exploration. This leaves her perfectly prepared for the wrong problem.
Patty is afraid her
mother will send her to a care facility if she tells her what she's seen. If
she doesn't figure things out soon, she's going to join her father in the Hall
family cemetery plot.
Patty has to come to
grips with her own physical handicap, face the wilderness, and an ancient evil
all alone if she's going to survive.
Will O' the Wisp is
suitable for young adults. It involves elements of suspense, and is set in the
mid 1970s.
My Review
Will O' the Wisp is the
story of a teenage girl, Patty Hall, told in the first person POV. I haven’t
read any story with such a young main character and was curious about this one.
As I read other books by Craig Boyack I hoped it wouldn’t disappoint me. And it
didn’t.
The primary characters, Patty,
her mother, her step father and her friends Laura and Pete are not glamorous but
rather down to earth which lent a certain innocence and believability.
The characters are well-drawn, and
the period details are fascinating and well-researched.
Patty is tormented by
the leg braces her mother forces her to wear all the time, and by an odd light,
that threatens not only her physical existence
but seems to have a connection with tragedies that happened in her family along
the time. I won’t reveal more as I don’t want to spoil your pleasure in reading
an eerie story.
All I want to add is
that I enjoyed this character, Patty, a combination
of a young Miss Marple and a young Sherlock Holmes – smart, brave and
imaginative girl.
The author did a great
job in highlighting the generation gap, the description of mother-daughter
relationship – although Patty is clever enough to soften it and not antagonize
her mother, allowing her to do the research on the supernatural manifestations
that hunt her.
Craig Boyack's books always keep me turning
page after page, wanting more.
The
bottom line is, I think this is a good read and look forward to reading more
from this author.
What a wonderful surprise, Carmen. I'm so glad you enjoyed this one. I'll try to find a way to share it at my site.
ReplyDeleteI would have done it sooner but life just threw some obstacles my way.
DeleteGlad to hear you enjoyed the review.
This one has been on my TBR list for a while now. Probably time I bump it up, as I keep hearing such wonderful things about it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Staci.
DeleteHi Staci,
DeleteThank you for checking my post! Yes, read it. You'll enjoy Patty's way of handling the obstacles. I liked her stubborn behavior.
This is on my TBR list, because I like his work and will o' the wisps are among my favorite mysterious beings.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Hope you enjoy it.
DeleteThank you, Flossie, for checking my post!
DeleteCarmen, is this one going to post on Amazon? I haven't spotted it yet. Sometimes things outside the US take a few days.
ReplyDeleteIt goes without saying. Both on Amazon and Goodreads. Only now I turned on the PC. I am glad you liked it.
DeleteWonderful review of Craig's Will O' The Wisp, Carmen. I loved the spooky aspects of this one too, as well as the time period it was set in (1970s). That brought back a lot of memories for me :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mae. Those were my teenage years too.
DeleteYes, it was a spooky one, indeed. The 70s were my college years and many changes, at that time, good ones, occurred here. Not for a long time, however.
DeleteA captivating, no nonsense review. I'm intrigued. <3
ReplyDeleteThank you, Teresa, for dropping by and leaving a comment!
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