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The Girl Who Saved Ghosts

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I voluntarily reviewed an Reader Copy of this book which I received through Netgalley.
I really liked this sequel. It's again very well written and I enjoyed it so so much.

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I am sorry I didn't read this book some how I missed it amongst my others..

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This is second book, in this series. And in this book she is helping the ghost instead of ignoring them all the time. But can she help them and her self before it’s to late, because someone called the dark one wants to kill her.

This books a bit better then the first one,I think. Because it was more fast paced then I he first, and more things happened in it make it more interesting.

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Kat is looking forward to her senior year, but after a frightening event the previous summer, she finds herself surrounded by ghosts asking for her help, interfering with her studies and her sleep. Desperate to learn more about her absent father’s family, and her role in the universe, she and her friend Evan travel to Dumbarton by invitation of her great-aunts in hopes of solving the mystery.

I’m a huge time travel fan, and I was poised for the grand adventure, however…I feel as though I started out missing a great deal by not reading the first book in this series. IMO, this is not a stand-alone. At the very beginning, Kat is conversing with a ghost, but I had no clue as to how she developed this ability. The vague references to something that happened over the summer didn’t clue me in. I think it’s a good middle school read, and should be a huge hit in classroom libraries, but I wasn’t sold on it.

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In the second book of "The Unbelievables" series, Kat is approached by the ghost of an ancestor begging for her help in solving a murder mystery. Kat has to learn how to use the magic she had inherited, especially before the Dark One tries to kill her and the other heirs to the families that hers is tied to.

Though I hadn't read the first book, there were enough references back to the events that I could continue reading this one without losing track of the plot or characters. The present is affected by Kat and her friend Evan going into the past, which is vividly described. The Dark One as the big bad of the series feels like yet another rehashing of an old trope. The villain in the past is a much more interesting one for Kat and Evan to fight against, and I enjoyed those sequences a lot.

Kat's yearning to know more about her father and his family made her very approachable, especially since I went into this book without the background of the first one. I liked the approach to magic here, and learning along with Kat how it worked. If this series is one with a family heirloom at the center of each book, then there are two more to go and possibly a fifth book in the series to wrap it all up. I hope so, anyway, because this is a fun concept to read about.

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I like this, but I'm lost too! I needed book one, so this isn't a stand alone. That said, I still like this book. I liked it enough, that I have book one now so I can fill in my missing gaps. It has time travel, and mysteries, and ghosts and it's a good afternoon read. Everything else about it drew me in and made me want to read more.

My copy came from Net Galley. My thoughts and opinions are my own. This review is left of my own free volition.

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I just couldn't get into this book. The first one was okay but this one sort of dragged for me.

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A great sequel with an unexpected twist. I hope there will be more in this series.

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I love stories that provide action, suspense, good vs. evil, past vs. the present, and some romance. This story has it all.

Kat is a young woman starting her senior year of secondary school, excited to be with her best friend Morgan, and being "normal," or at least as normal as a girl who can talk to ghosts can be. However, her life gets extremely complicated in a very short amount of time when her and one of her other close friends, Evan, go to her great aunts' house. There she meets the sisters, Vivian and Jacqueline. These women are more than they seem and guide Kat and Evan into a world even more dangerous than the one Kat and Evan previously ended up in.

With each step back into the past, the Dark One gets ever closer to destroying Kat and all those that she loves. Kat does more than just save ghosts, she is destined to save the four families' past, present, and future before the Dark One finds and destroys her.

Her strength in this book is refreshing. She does not require anyone to constantly swoop in to save her. She actually does a lot of the saving. However, she is also constantly aware of just how much she needs those that she loves if she is to stay strong and defeat the Dark One.

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n one of those happenstances you can't predict (either that or there's a wave I'm not seeing) I've read several girl-who-helps-ghosts stories lately. After the high octane adult ones, this young adult offering seemed slower paced and less intense, but that might be a function of its being aimed at the younger reader.

This is the second in the series, but I figured out pretty fast what was going on, partly because some tropes are familiar after decades of reading.

There are ghosts and time travel, magic rings and amulets, torn families and curses, inherited powers, and even body swaps galore, plus a suitably lurking and threatening Big Bad as Kat and her sweet heartthrob Evan try to find justice for ghosts and keep themselves from being swept into extinction by evil.

When I was a junior high teacher, this would have been an instant buy for my classroom shelves.

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The Girl Who Saved Ghosts by K.C. Tansley is the second book in The Unbelievables series. Kat Preston Langley is returning for her senior year at McTernan Academy with her best friend, Morgan Sanchez. The ghosts that wants their reckoning have followed her back to school. One young ghost named Ellie is covered in blood and asks Kat for her help. Kat is not sure how she can save Ellie and something more pressing captures her attention. Kat discovers that a sinister force called the Dark One is out to kill her. She needs training and the only people who can provide it are her two greats aunts (Jacqueline and Vivian) at Dumbarton. Kat along with Evan Kingsley travel to Dumbarton and meet with trouble as soon as they step off the train. The Dark One is testing their strength. To help Kat in the present, Evan and Kat need to travel back to 1831 Vienna to retrieve the Kingsley dagger. It is supposed to be a quick mission, but then Kat has a chance to help Ellie. Will Kat and Evan make it back to the present safely (let’s settle for alive) or will they meet their end in old Vienna?

The Girl Who Saved Ghosts is the second book in The Unbelievables series and I suggest reading the series in order (otherwise, you will be a little lost). There are numerous characters and it can be hard to keep them straight. Those of you who have read The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts there are references to it that will help remind you of what occurred (it has been a year). I thought the pace was a little slower in this installment and the same details are repeated throughout the story (after a while I could recite them by heart). I understand Kat wanting to know her father, Max, but it got to be a repeated refrain. The Girl Who Saved Ghosts is a good story. Readers are given more details on the Langley heir and her relationship to the other three families. I wish there had been more action. The book leads up to Kat and Evan going back in time (once again) and it was such a short section (rich with historical detail though). I wanted more of the time traveling and supernatural aspect. I am giving The Girl Who Saved Ghosts 4 out of 5 stars! The romance element is light (hooray) and the story is aimed at a young adult audience (adults will enjoy it as well). I am glad that the author excluded intimate relations and foul language from the story. The Girl Who Saved Ghosts is nicely written, has good characters, and has an intriguing mystery (you never know what will happen next). I appreciated the growth in Kat that took place during the course of the story. I am happy to see these changes in her. I want to know who is the Dark One and how will they stop him. I will be reading the next book in The Unbelievables series to find out what happens next.

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K.C. Tansley’s Unbelievables series captured my imagination when I reviewed the first book in the series two years ago. Now, with the second book, The Girl who Saved Ghosts, I feel like I’m revisiting old friends. They’ve grown and changed a bit since our last meeting, but Kat and Evan are still brave, kind, and a little bit reckless, the way we all wish we could be.

Kat, I felt, was the most changed, since her decision to allow ghosts back into her life is literally draining the life from her, but when she’s given a mystery to solve, she leaps into the task, and that’s what I really love about her.

Similarly, Evan is a strong support system – who doesn’t want a friend like him?

Author Tansley’s flair for vivid detail is even stronger in this novel, and one thing I really appreciated was that she managed to increase the risk and jeopardy for her characters without making them seem older than they should be.

As before, there’s an element of time travel in this novel, and Tansley handles the period sections of this novel most ably. Reading this book, you are no mere observer; you are transported into elite educational institutions, creepy estates, and old-world Europe, and it all occurs with the most delicious shiver up and down your spine, as if there might be a ghost standing next to you, just waiting to be noticed.

While this book is best enjoyed after reading it’s predecessor, The Girl who Ignored Ghosts, it’s equally satisfying as a stand-alone story.

Goes well with a Twix candy bar and a cold Dr. Pepper.

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*2.5

I wasn't a huge fan of this book. I was okay with the first and this one just let me down. I feel like it was just a buildup for the third book. There wasn't really any action and whenever there was, it ended fairly quickly. I don't think I'll be continuing on with the series. It's just not for me. I know that there are people out there that will enjoy it, but I personally did not.

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The Girl Who Saved Ghosts is the second book in The Unbelievables series, and it was as enjoyable as the first book. Much like the First book, The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts, my feelings are somewhat mixed. Certain elements of the story I really enjoyed whereas other elements didn’t quite live up to what I had been anticipating. As with the first book, it’s more of a three-point-five-star read.

The Girl Who Saved Ghosts builds heavily upon the events of the first book, meaning you need to read the first book to understand what happens in this one. The characters of book one reappear, with the events building upon what took place in the first book. In this one, we get to find out a lot more about the world than we did in the first book. Details of history and the families grow, giving us a much better understanding of what we are facing. There are still plenty of questions, many unknowns, but the image is much more solid in this one.

In addition to the storyline moving forward, the supernatural elements also become much clearer in this book. We had a pretty solid understanding from the first book, but there were many things we were still unsure about. This book addresses many of these issues, and helps to show us more of the world through taking us beyond the aspects introduced in the first book. Whilst the general supernatural elements were explained quite well, I’m a bit disappointed that the big evil wasn’t given the same amount of development. We got to find out bits and pieces about the darker side of the world, but I’d been hoping for a little bit more in terms of finding out about the big evil. I’m hoping such with come in the next book, though.

As with the first book, though, whilst I was interested in the events it didn’t quite pack the punch I’d been anticipating. I think a part of this may reflect my recent reads. I’ve read a lot of adult suspense books recently, a lot of books with high intensity action, and in comparison this felt much softer. There were moments of action, but I never really felt my heart pumping. I enjoyed what happened, but I wanted to be impacted more.

As with the first one, I did enjoy this. I’m certainly interested in seeing where the series goes from here.

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When first getting into this book I didn't really know what to expect. I feel like there were many elements to the first book that were's fully explained but that the author definitely fixed that in this installment. At first I was a little disappointed that this book also had time travel elements....and thought that it may be too redundant. I was definitely wrong though. There was a lot of explanation in this book as to why things are the way they are and I found that very helpful with making the first book "more realistic". Realistic is probably the wrong term but I like fake science even if the fake science is not technically possible. I'm really enjoying this author's writing style and can't wait to see what she comes up with next.

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As soon as I turned the last page for The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts, the first book of this series, I immediately reached for this one. The Girl Who Saved Ghosts expands upon the foundation laid in the first book, exploring the mysteries of Kat's magical heritage and her family history as Kat and Evan embark upon another time travel adventure.. This one was more character-based, fleshing out and developing the characters.

After a tumultuous summer spent investigating a century old murder mystery and discovering her paranormal powers, Kat is looking forward to returning to her predictable, mundane school life. Then the bloodied ghost of a little girl appears, begging Kat to help prove she didn't commit a murder. Additionally, Kat is warned by other ghosts that the Dark One is looking for her. Kat travels to her ancestral home in the hopes of learning more about her gifts and to seek help. Once she and Evan arrive, they discover that the only way to have a future is to again travel to the past.

I have a weakness for time travel adventures and I love Tansley's rather unique spin on the concept, particularly in this novel. It allows the reader to watch history as it unfolds and I enjoyed watching Kat and Evan try to fit all the pieces of the puzzle together. Now that the premise of this series was firmly established in book one, this installment starts to explore the bonds between the families more. I found myself really emotionally invested in the characters from the past. As their story unfolded, I couldn't help but hope that Kat would find a way to change the past.

While Morgan, Kat's best friend, was missing from this novel, we did get to meet some other wonderful characters. Kat's aunts are a study in contrasts and I liked watching her interact with them. I'm still not sure how I feel about Kat and Evan's romantic relationship but I loved how their partnership evolved in this book. It will be interesting to see how their hereditary roles change their relationship in the future. I wasn't a huge fan of the amorphous the Dark One concept but the main villain in this story made up for it. She was wonderfully dark, I love it when the reader can somewhat empathize with the villain of the story.

The Unbelievables is a series that's worth picking up if you're looking for a fun paranormal read full of family curses, magic, and historical fiction. The Girl Who Saved Ghosts was a strong sequel and I'm intrigued to see where Tansley takes the story next.

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This is the second book in the Unbelievables Series and it was even better than the first one. K.C. Tansley has done it again, this time with more surprises and secrets revealed. The connection developing between Evan and Kat is beautiful to watch unfold in the pages of this series. The way the past, present, and future is so interconnected in these stories is an amazing addition to the beautiful development of the characters lives.

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I was part of a promotional blog tour for this book!

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In this second book in this YA paranormal romance series, seventeen year old Kat is still trying to save everyone else and sacrifice herself. There is more time travel and body snatching and magic and Kat wants to meet her father who she thinks abandoned her because he didn't care for her or her mother. Is Kat the chosen one? She can travel backwards in time and change the past, but will that actually fix things? There is more drama, magic and time travel to come in the next book!

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I really liked this book. It had a little more teen drama than I like, but I really enjoyed the story. It was interesting to see the main characters trying to fix the past to protect the present.

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