I received a copy of the Ghost Hunter's Daughter compliments of NetGalley.

Firstly, the name of the book along with the description is what intrigued me first. Loving Supernatural and Ghost Investigations reality show like Paranormal Lockdown I couldn't say the request for this book. Boy am I glad I pressed that button.

Let's start off with that the story revolves around Anna aka the Goblin Girl who in fact is the Ghost Hunters Daughter. Something is happening to the townspeople without them knowing it and in the end, they have to fight an old villain.

So Anna is the typical teenager with two besties a dad that is weird and new lady coming to the playing table. Anna not only has to fight the typical teenage battles of things like a boy she likes, girls being mean and one stupid head in class that is just a stupid head. She also has to fight outer enemies along with some interesting things that are happening at home. I think I would not be able to deal with, my OCD will be in overdrive.

The one thing I do love is the EMI. I wish and hope that the paranormal reality shows will get something like that, cause that will be a game changer.

The Ghost Hunters Daughter had just the right amount of fright along with a splash of suspense and a few plot twist I did not see coming.

If you love YA suspense / thriller / horror than this is a must.

I really enjoyed this book and give it a
★★★★ out 5 stars

3.5 stars
I enjoyed The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter, but I don’t know that I can say I enjoyed it immensely. If you’ve read my reviews in the past then you may realize I am much more pulled in by prose and witty characters than by plot line alone. Plot gets me to read the book writing gets me to rate the book highly. And while the writing was definitely good it was not descriptive in the ways I most enjoy nor were the characters, Anna, Freddy, Doreen, Geneva, and Jack, particularly witty or encompassing. However, that just means I’m picky because this was a good story that I read quickly on my work breaks and never got bored doing it.

There were times when it felt like Jack’s Crap (his hoard of random stuff that has spread like a disease throughout the house and outside) was a character in itself. The number of times it got in Anna’s way either by falling on her, tripping her, or simply lingering in her way and smelling bad really made me feel like I was surrounded by this crap. So kudos to Flarity for that skill.

Most of the scenes with a demon were horrifying though the end action scene felt a little dry on fear. I felt thrilled and worried and was completely drawn in by the action, but I was not afraid. Every other scene with a demon was spine-chilling and made me glad I wasn’t reading in the dark.

I’m not sure if Anna called her dad Jack or dad. I’m pretty sure she said “dad” out loud, but in the writing outside of dialogue it was always “Jack” even though it was technically Anna’s thoughts from a third person perspective so that felt a little odd.

The story follows the traditional arc of a high school loser who wants to date the popular guy while getting bullied by the popular girls then eventually gains confidence and doesn’t care about the popular girls or guy. But I was definitely pulled into the story and could even see, in some instances, why she was into Craig Shine. Freddy is definitely the better choice to make. Also, on a random note the names have an older feel to them: Doreen, Freddy, Craig. I associate these names with thirty or forty year olds.

Proof that I got attached to the characters is that I really want to know what happens to Freddy. What does he decide to do in the end? **spoiler** He didn’t get into his college, but does that mean he’s giving up on that dream or waiting a year or what?**end of spoiler**

All in all this was an entertaining read that kept me from fully relaxing on my work breaks which is saying a lot. Worth the time to read it and review it. Would recommend for anyone who likes YA, horror (especially of the demon variety), and a fast plot.

*Trigger warning for self-harm and a pedophilic scene.

This was definitely an interesting book. All sorts of spooky ghosts and other things that go bump in the night. It was a little fast paced, I felt as if there should have been time for plots to develop and play out, as well as characters.

Honestly, the writing is good and its an interesting concept but I am just not enjoying it. I think if I stuck with it and saw to the end I would end up liking it more but it's just too dark and negative for me right now. And normally I don't have a problem with that; I've read plenty of darker books. But there's just not enough light or levity mixed in with it. It's unbalanced. I didn't finish it but it's something I might consider finishing later.

If you enjoy the supernatural you will enjoy this book it was a very enjoyable book for anyone to read!

Slow moving but fun supernatural thriller appealing to fans of shows like Supernatural and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. While it does take some momentum to get the plot moving, there are various subplots that will help fill the time between usual teenage worries about crushes to debating if a best friend needs an exorcism. The landing lacked the oomph to carry the full plot, but the characters show enough strength for a sequel.

As someone who grew up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural I was quite excited for this read. Needless to say it lived up to my expectations and was quite the rollercoaster!
Our main character is Anna, who's life has been turned upside down because of the supernatural. Her mom who was possessed by a demon, in a moment of clarity killed herself to save Anna and her Dad. Anna's Dad has not been the same since, his grief has become out of control and manifests through hoarding. As the story intensifies her Dad issues get worse, and it's not only her Dad who is having problems it seems like the whole town is under a negative spell.
Anna is dealing with other things too, she's constantly bullied because of her father's job as well as other petty teenage reasons.
Things quickly start going badly and there's a nice surprise twist that wraps up the book quite nicely!
I really liked the supernatural elements and lore within the story.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with a copy of this for an honest review! :)

Great YA novel about a girl saving her father, friends, and town from evil! I liked the premise of the book. Parts of it (suicide ideation, cutting, thoughts of unworthiness due to evil spirit) were a little heavy of a read and if you are not in a good place mentally, you might need a warning for.

(will review on goodreads and Amazon once released)

I did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. The Ghosthunter’s Daughter exceeded my expectations in terms of the magic system, proved me wrong when I thought I knew what was really going on in the plot, and Flarity earned my respect and kudos for realistically including mental health and societal issues.

Anna is tough and opinionated and the narrative is very witty at times. Although her mother’s possession by a demon, her subsequent death, and the fact that Anna can never escape the stigma of her father’s work as a paranormal investigator have hardened her, Anna is believable and I liked her most of the time. The high school Anna and her two best friends, Freddy and Doreen, attend is mean. These kids, and certain teachers, are the type that makes headlines for bullying and sexual assault. The people at school were scarier than the Trickster spirits and Shadow Men that Anna deals with on a semi-regular basis.

Many aspects of the magic system are familiar, such as the use of salt and holy water as supernatural pest prevention. I liked that Anna and her father had to cleanse spirits in accordance to the entity’s own spiritual beliefs, but the best part was the incorporation of a scientific element through Electromagnetic Fields, their effects, and the ways paranormal beings can manipulate them. It’s also refreshing to have characters admit that they don’t know everything, and that there’s no way to find the answers to questions like where demons come from. However, I did find it odd that Jack had to buy holy water when he might’ve been able to get it from a priest instead.

The Ghosthunter’s Daughter also highlights mental health issues through various different characters. Jack’s hoarding is…wow. When Anna went into the basement, I was stunned. As funny as Anna’s bitterly sarcastic jokes about Jack’s Crap are, Flarity still conveys the desperation and compulsivity of Jack’s hoarding with heart-breaking clarity. It’s also damn good to read a book that raises the topic of the negative psychological effects of pornography.

The overall sense of realism in The Ghosthunter’s Daughter, good pacing, and intriguing plot made this a tough novel to put down. I highly recommend it.

I am so grateful to NetGalley and the Publishers, East Side Press, for giving me a copy of The Ghost Hunter's Daughter by Caroline Flarity.

Firstly, I would like to put a Trigger Warning because there are some scenes that could be upsetting to some viewers including: Minor self-harm, extreme thoughts of suicide, sexual assault (groped) on a minor - this last one isn't overly graphic and is a memory that a character has from years prior.

I was really exited to read this book, I love the cover - it is creepy and intriguing at the same time and also ties in slightly to the plot line itself. This book follows Anna whilst she tries to live a mundane teenage life, something that is made extremely difficult by her father who has his own paranormal business. She is called Goblin Girl by her peers at school, but thankfully she has two close friends, Dor and Freddy.

I did have a small love-hate relationship with Anna and her personality, on one side I can see that she acts exactly how she should for her age - but on the other side, I wanted to shake some sense into her. However, this part got smaller and smaller as I got closer to the end as the plot unfolds completely and you realize that not everything is as it seemed!

The plot was amazing and kept me engaged and wanting to know what happened next, the plot is intriguing and the background characters were 'fleshed out' so it felt like they actually added something to the plot rather than just there. I loved the plot arc towards the end which some people may have seen coming, but I personally didn't see the major plot twist coming.

However, one of my favourite character arcs was Anna's, I suppose it's not a character arc as such and more of a 'cleasning'. But some of the sexist behaviour that she is subjected to had me shouting at my kindle, especially from the more senior members of society. But, she definitely redeemed her self from some of her more silly decisions at the end, with a strong AF approach to being your best self.

I received an E-ARC copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

So, all in all, this was an okay book. It didn't have me falling in love with it, but nor did I hate it either. It was simply okay. One thing I did like about this book was that for the most part, it was really easy to read. I literally flew through it which was great.

But I also had a few problems with this book. Firstly, I wasn't entirely connected to the characters at all. I wasn't drawn to them or interested in their lives.

Also, the story felt more like a collection of different events rather than one cohesive plot line.

In addition to this, I felt like the pacing was a bit off, but what I did appreciate were the few extracts written from the points of view of the other characters - it was definitely interesting to see their perspective but it seemed that these extracts appeared rather sporadically in the text rather than evenly distributed.

And finally, I felt like the actual plot didn't get going until the last fifty or so pages but by then I had lost some of the initial interest I had in this book.

But it was still an okay story, I definitely didn't hate it which is why it sits at 3 stars

Anna Fagan’s mother was possessed and killed by a demon when she was a child. Her father never recovered from the loss and buried himself in his work, the exorcism of ghosts from haunted relics. Anna’s home life is definitely not the norm, but when she see’s people from school going off the deep end she starts to wonder if there’s not something going wrong in her hometown. When her own thoughts start to become murderous, she shies away from her best friends Freddy and Dor and tries to salvage the scraps of her sanity. What she doesn’t realize is that her friends lives are also getting blacker and by the time she realizes it, she’s almost too late to save them.

Anna’s home life was a wreck. Her father was not just a ghost hunter, but he was also a hoarder. His things a labyrinth that blocked light and created an even more creepy atmosphere for the setting of this story. Known as the “Goblin girl” at school because of her dad’s job, Anna struggles to overcome that stigma and her feelings of shame. It’s only because of her best friends support that she had any light in her day. It’s when she becomes fixated on a boy at school and her fixation starts to turn unhealthy that I got an inkling that I might become uncomfortable with the direction this novel was headed.

I don’t want to sound too dramatic, but I kept looking for those moments of light in this story where I’d finally get to start rooting for Anna. There was just so much going on, and all of it was pretty dark and depressing. Anna does realize the town has been taken over by an evil demon and she does overcome all odds to save the day, but that only happens near the end of the book. On my wait for that to happen we see her father advance further into depression and hoardom (is that a word?), her friends become suicidal, and the bully at school turn into being bullied (by Anna!). Not to disrespect this author because I could see the work she put into it, but it really just wasn’t for me.

I am a huge fan of urban fantasy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, etc. and I went into this with my eyes wide open, hoping for the best. If there had been a few more kernels of light or humor I think my feelings would have been different. I will say that I do believe every book has it’s reader and I just wasn’t a good fit for The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter. If you like creepy fantasy-type novels The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter may be the right fit for you, so please give it a try.

I received a free ARC of this novel through NetGalley for my honest review and it was honest!

I want to thank Netgalley for providing me with this book in exchange for my honest review.

This book was so amazingly good.
I was not expecting it to be so creepy and suspenseful!
I quickly got sucked into this book the plot is fast paced and the writing style is amazing!
The descriptions of everything in the book were so clear and vivid I felt like a movie was playing in my mind!
If you love mystery thriller books then you need to pick this one up as soon as possible!
4 stars.

I love all things ghosts and ghouls but unfortunately this wasn't for me.
My main problem with this book is that I couldn't connect with the main character Anna and I found her to be unlikeable even at the best of times. I sympathised with her in regards to her fathers hoarding and her mothers death but the way she discarded her supposed best friends, even if it was because of demon intervention, it didn't make me want to root for her.

Also … why'd you gotta kill the dog dude?

For a teen\YA novel this story dives into dark subject matter that might not be for teens. The book will suck readers in with it twisted tail of mystery and understanding of one self.

The Ghost Hunters Daughter is length, speed, and darkness for the subject matter ad audience who are looking to read this book.

As a debut novels Caroline Flarity will have readers needing more as soon as they put down her book.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher East Side Press for the advance copy of Caroline Flarity The Ghost Hunter's Daughter.

The writing style for this book turned me away. There was a lot of repetition per page which distracted me from the actual story. I ended up DNF-ing this one.

In an industry where a lot of YA intentionally targets adults, it's comforting to read a novel truly speaks to teens. Don't get me wrong: The supernatural elements in THE GHOST HUNTER'S DAUGHTER make this a fantastic guilty pleasure read for adults -- but the way Flarity expresses the desire to learn more about who you are and where you belong makes this a must-read for teens -- especially girls.

Anna waked up to a world that is literally fallen to the demons. What happens when a teenage girl has to face her demons and those of the past as well? This is a book that started slow for me but eventually is started picking up the pace and held on. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this.

Enjoyed this but felt largely was aimed more at a younger YA market than I’d usually read. Fast paced and fun. The MC is a bit irritating at first but you do warm to her as the story goes on. Covers bullying and grief in a sensitive manner. An enjoyable read

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

3.75 stars.

It was okay but I was expecting more out of it since it started off great. I was expecting there to be more investigations but the book was more focused on the characters' emotions and psychology. The writing style was good but I found the nicknames for stuff to be a bit on the cringey side. But then again it was in the point of view of a high school student.

Now the story is about a girl named Anna and she's the daughter of a ghost hunter who, after his wife died, has a very serious case of hoarding. She's being mocked in school about her father's job and she started being embarrassed to be seen with him. But of course weird things started to happen and she's thrown in the middle of it and is the only one who figures out and solves the paranormal mystery in the end with some help. So in the end, she doesn't care what people thinks and starts liking being a ghost hunter.

What I liked about the book is the character development of Anna. In the beginning she is a bit unlikable (at least to me, she was) but becomes better in the end. Freddy and Geneva are my faves. I like nerdy characters.
I also love what the author incorporated into the paranormal activity that was happening in town. I found it to be unique.
The descriptions in the story is really good but from the very beginning towards close to the end, things just keep on spiralling down without any uplift. I found it to be somewhat exhausting. The ending was the only happy moment in the book with very minimal tiny happiness placed here and there.


TW for some pedophilia, and bullying. Also a sicko with dark and sick perversions.

Thank you Netgalley for providing an ARC for an honest review.