Week 19 Review: I'll Be Waiting

From Goodreads:

From New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted-house, seances, lost loved ones, and a sinister spirit out for blood...

Nicola Laughton never expected to see adulthood, being diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis as a child. Then medical advances let her live into her thirties and she met Anton, who taught her to dream of a future… together. Months after they married, Anton died in a horrible car crash, but lived long enough to utter five words to her, "I'll be waiting for you."

That final private moment became public when someone from the crash scene took it to the press—the terminally ill woman holding her dying husband as he promised to wait for her on the other side. Worse, that person claimed it wasn't Anton who said the words but his ghost, hovering over his body.

Since their story went public, Nicola has been hounded by spiritualists promising closure. In the hopes of stopping her downward spiral, friends and family find a reputable medium—a professor of parapsychology. For the séance, they rent the Lake Erie beach house that Anton’s family once owned.

The medium barely has time to begin his work before things start happening. Locked doors mysteriously open. Clouds of insects engulf the house. Nicola hears footsteps and voices and the creak of an old dumbwaiter…in an empty shaft. Throughout it all she's haunted by nightmares of her past. Because, unbeknownst to the others, this isn't her first time contacting the dead. And Nicola isn't her real name.

That's when she finds the first body....

In this atmospheric, thrilling new ghost story, Kelley Armstrong's full talents are on display to thrill, chill and leave the reader guessing how Nicola escapes with her life--if she can.

My Review:
I loved reading this book! I love her books so much, and oh, this ghost story was so fantastic! And of course all of these characters are level-headed and have heaps of common sense, even when maybe something is going on that isn't so common, when there really might be some paranormal going/s on! 

This is a book about grief and loss, and trying to put the pieces back together without that person. I really felt for Nic, that she was the one that they were expecting to pass first, and then there was the accidence that killed him. That their private goodbye was made public and viral just put salt in the wound. 

The relationships that Nic has with her family, that one of her friends is her brother's ex-wife, and the other is said brother's husband, and all of them get along, that was really great! I'm really glad that she had that support system of people who cared for her! 

The ghosts and the spooky goings on, as well as whatever happened when she was a teen, I just wanted to know what was going on. It was just so tense and intriguing, and I absolutely loved watching it all come together! 

I did like her other horror book currently published just a tad more, but that's because there was a romance that could continue on, whereas here, Nic's husband is dead, which is the main part of the plot, why they're gathered to do this seance, and it's not like their romance can continue while she's still alive. Otherwise I loved it just as much! 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait to read more by Kelley Armstrong! 

Author: Kelley Armstrong 
Read: May 10th, 2024
Source: NetGalley  
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded great, and it's a SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Expected Publication: October 1st 2024

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