A GHOST AND HIS GOLD: A BOOK REVIEW
Posted: April 15, 2021 Filed under: Uncategorized 13 CommentsIf you follow “Writing to be Read”, you know Robbie Cheadle for one or more of her monthly blog series, (“Growing Bookworms”, “Treasuring Poetry”, or “Dark Origins”), but you seldom see the author side of her. Today, Annika Perry offers a review of Roberta Eaton Cheadle’s latest paranormal historical release and her first adult novel, “A Ghost and His Gold”. Drop over to her site and learn more about Robbie’s new book.
A Ghost and His Gold combines the paranormal with intense violent battle scenes from 1899-1902; it features three ghosts not only haunting a house and its occupants in present-day South Africa but who are themselves haunted by events in their past lives; it’s a story about seeking forgiveness and ultimately finding redemption.
Furthermore the book explores not only the horror of war, concentration camps, scorched earth policy but also date rape, rape, violence against women. Can any ever be forgiven? Can anyone carrying out these acts ever find peace within themselves and acceptance by loved ones again?
Initially, A Ghost and his Gold appears to be a normal paranormal ghost story as Michelle and Tom, both working in the finance sector although she is also a part-time writer, move into their new home. The new townhouse is situated on the site of an old Boer homestead. Michelle immediately senses and…
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Thank you for sharing this amazing review, Kaye.
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My pleasure, Robbie. Hopefully, it will create awareness about your book and draw more readers for your book blog tour next week.
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Kaye, many thanks for sharing my review of Robbie’s special and unique book! 😀
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My pleasure, Annika. You are so thorough in your assessment. To be sure, it is a wonderful book. I’ll be offering my review on Monday, for the opening day of Robbie’s book blog tour, but I’m afraid mine is not nearly as detailed. 🙂
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Kaye, I fear mine are too long! 😀 Each and every review is a terrific resource to readers and writers alike and I look forward to yours of Robbie’s book on Monday!
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Hi Annika, I also tend towards long reviews. I think it is up to an individual reviewer how much detail he/she wants to share about a book. For me, the genre of a book also makes a difference to the length of a review, for example, my reviews of poetry and children’s books are a bit shorter than my reviews of novels.
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Thank you, Kaye, I appreciate your review.
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Sharing, to help spread the word!
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Thank you, Liz. Sharing is always appreciated. 🙂
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You’re welcome, Kaye Lynne.
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Thank you, Liz.
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You’re welcome, Robbie.
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