What's on the shelf? The Seance

The Seance - John Harwood

To tell you the truth, I really didn't enjoy this book. I thought the title was misleading and that it wasn't really that exciting. I borrowed it from the library and am really glad I didn't shell out the money to buy it. I got the recommendation for this one from one of the NextReads newsletters that I get from the library.

The story is told from multiple points of view and once you finally get down to the nuts and bolts of it, it is about a woman (Nell or Eleanor) who goes off to live with a friend where she meets Edward Ravencroft and they decide that they want to marry. Nell goes home to tell her mother about the betrothal, and the mother casts her out from the family because the match is unfavourable.

Edward is captivated by an old house with a shaky reputation, and ends up falling to his death when climbing up the side to get a better look at one of the features of the house. Are you bored yet? She ends up marrying the mysterious Magnus Wraxford. Now Magnus is dead and Nell has disappeared with her child and the people left over have to figure out what really happened.

Honestly, this is a snore, and wasn't worth this many pages.