Ghosted

I just finished Ghosted by Amanda Quain and here are my thoughts.

Hattie Tilney thought she had all her plans set in stone. She was focused... Ready for the next step until Kit Morland is assigned to her to show around. A boy with his EMF detectors and passion for ghost hunting. That is why he wanted to come to Northanger Abbey. A place teeming with ghosts. Hattie doesn't believe a lick of it and when she and Kit have to do a project on ghosts together, she can't be dreading it more.

Her and Kit strike a deal for the supernatural project. He has to prove ghosts exist and she has to prove they don't. The more they investigate, the more Hattie feels like Kit might see her in a way no one has since her father passed away.

This is a clever retelling of Northanger Abbey, set in a school with teenagers, it gave it a real new flavor! I didn't see how this book would work but I stood so corrected! It was really well written.

Hattie's dad was a huge ghost lover too so I think having Kit come into her world was the kind of tonic her broken soul needed. A reminder of the things she loves and that they didn't give up on her just because she gave up on them. The whole story is mostly about Hattie trying to keep her mask on around people so they don't really see her. Not letting anyone get close but once Kit came... She couldn't keep him out.

I loved the ambience of the school. I want to go visit. I want to go ghost hunting. I love when books create such a realistic and fascinating world that you thirst to see it. It had a really cute romance undertone to it and I am such a romantic so I was fully invested in the whole book.

4.5 stars and such a great start to a promising series.

Thank you to @netgalley and @stmartinspress for my gifted copy