Author - Jaime Jo Wright
Title - The Curse of Misty Wayfair
Format - ebook, paper
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About the book:
Left at an orphanage as a child, Thea Reed vowed to find her mother someday. Now grown, her search takes her to Pleasant Valley, Wisconsin, in 1908. When clues lead her to a mental asylum, Thea uses her experience as a post-mortem photographer to gain access and assist groundskeeper Simeon Coyle in photographing the patients and uncovering the secrets within. However, she never expected her personal quest would reawaken the legend of Misty Wayfair, a murdered woman who allegedly haunts the area and whose appearance portends death. A century later, Heidi Lane receives a troubling letter from her mother--who is battling dementia--compelling her to travel to Pleasant Valley for answers to her own questions of identity. When she catches sight of a ghostly woman who haunts the asylum ruins in the woods, the long-standing story of Misty Wayfair returns--and with it, Heidi's fear for her own life. As two women across time seek answers about their identities and heritage, can they overcome the threat of the mysterious curse that has them inextricably intertwined?
My thoughts:
I've read one other book by Jaime Jo Wright before, and I found this one to be much better. I was drawn into the story immediately. It did help I was home sick with nothing else to do but read. I've read several time shift novels (that's what books with multiple timelines are called currently) before, but usually there's not a mystery element in those books. This one, though, there is.
I really enjoyed not only the mystery element to the story, but seeing how the timelines related to each other. I also enjoyed the characters. I thought that they were really well developed.
Having enjoyed this book, I may just have to read some of the author's other books including a reread of the one that didn't really impress me.
I received this book from the publisher in order to share my thoughts and opinions. I was not required to like the book, only to give an honest opinion. My thoughts and opinions are my own.
Recommended to fans of mysteries, time split novels
Rating 4 stars
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