First of all I LOVE the cover of this book. Second of all, this was a SUPER book. The story was entertaining and even though it has supernatural elements in it the book subject was totally believable. I hope there are more stories like this from this author, I will read every single one. You will not be disappointed!

I adored this book. It was something a little bit different and did make me giggle on occasion too. The perfect YA read for when you're looking for something a little unusual.

I have very mixed feelings about this novel.
I wanted to like it a lot more than I actually did. The premise was great, and the cover and blurb really sucked in my attention. I love supernatural YA fantasy, and this really seemed like it would hit the spot. Unfortunately, I felt let down.

I really enjoyed the mixture of science and the supernatural, and the lore found within the book. I liked reading about the Tricksters, Shadow People, Demons and Spirits. This book had so many fantastic ideas, and I was looking forward to them being explored. The Source was an interesting take on an old concept and I was really excited by the prospect of something new that I hadn’t quite read before. There is an absolute tonne of unexplored potential in “The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter”, and I would love to read more about it, but I didn’t get it in this book. I would really love to read more of it in the future, and I think there is a really solid groundwork of ideas to build upon here. The highlights for me, were Anna and Jack’s dealings with some of the smaller entities in the book. There were some really fantastic moments, and they were what kept me going when I wasn’t sure if I wanted to finish it or not, and I wish there had been more of them.

I was hoping for some Buffy style school supernatural drama. Instead what I got was rather different. Anna is a character I felt no connection with. She was going through a lot of stuff, and I tried to feel for her in that, but she wasn’t likable or relatable. She was often mean to her friends, who were supposedly the centre of her world. It felt like they were supposed to be this book’s version of Buffy, Willow and Xander, but they didn’t seem to have anywhere near as strong a friendship or connection. Freddy and Dor seemed like good people, but Anna had no empathy or care for those around her if they weren’t her ‘love interest’. I know there was a lot of outside influence on the town’s emotions, but even in flashbacks she didn’t seem the kind of person I would want to be friends with. But Anna was just one of many unbelievable characters. Her bullies and fellow schoolmates were such caricatures that I had trouble with taking some events seriously. I get that school contains a lot of stereotypes but this felt overblown, like it was perhaps trying to point out how awful school is, but I feel it, along with the awkward slang, tried a little too hard. I did however really like Geneva, and thought that her character was a really fun take on the geeky assistant trope. I enjoyed the bonding moments between her and Anna, and how she helped progress Anna’s character arc. There were a few redeeming moments between several of the characters found in the book, but not as many as I had hoped.


Another issue I had with “The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter” was that on NetGalley, there was just one trigger warning. “Trigger warning - includes a scene where main character (Anna) remembers when another character was groped by an older teen when they were both young girls. It is not graphic, but the scene could be upsetting for some readers.”
I was happy to see that there was a TW as I assumed from this that there were no other triggers beyond the usual associations with supernatural material. I was wrong. There were references to self harm, suicide and a whole range of mental health issues. I feel that these are also something which should have been mentioned and forewarned. Though this trigger warning of course has nothing to do with the book itself, my issue is mainly with how these issues were portrayed. The inclusion of these elements was uncomfortable. They seem to have been done, in some cases, for shock factor, and I don’t think they really added anything to the story. Jack’s hoarding issues were of no relevance, and though he was clearly coping with a lot of trauma, his hoarding added nothing but a lot of angst via Anna, and I feel they could have been skipped entirely. As could the self harm scene, which, though an indication of further issues in the novel, felt out of place. There was no need for this scene, and the self-harming character’s reaction to it, in my opinion, was inappropriate. I feel personally that mental health was not researched as appropriately as it perhaps should have been in order to add accurate representation, and it left me feeling uneasy. This in turn, made continuing with the novel a bit more of a struggle than it otherwise should have been.

I love a good ghost story and the writing style for this book was fascinating from start to finish. Also that cover is so intriguing

#TheGhostHunter'sDaughter is a fun and wild fantasy! A must read if you love dark, young adult fantasy. It's action-packed from beginning to end with a suspenseful twisted plot.

Sixteen-year-old Anna is having a tough time at school, often known as ‘Zombie Girl’, because she has a prominent scar on her face and a father with a really odd job. He is a type of ghost hunter (or exorcist) and specialises more in ‘cleaning’ haunted objects, rather than ghosts. They struggle to pay the bills and Anna still reflects on the death of her mother eight years earlier and the fact that her soul may be stuck in spiritual limbo and might still be possessed by a demon. I thought this novel cleverly balanced its supernatural story with the normal trials and tribulations of a teenage girl who comes from a weird family. Anna has two good friends she can count on (Freddy and Dor) but has a major crush on a boy from school which plays an important part in the story.

As well as covering stuff like social media shaming, bullying and peer pressure the supernatural angle builds nicely as the plot develops. As Anna is her dad’s assistant she is bullied at school, but at the same time strange stuff does seem to be happening which many people believe is because of a rare solar storm which will light up the night sky. Anna is an engaging character, she is not perfect, makes a lot of wrong decisions, but nobody is perfect and is an engaging lead character who shines when the chips are down. A great combination of school life, teenage angst and a few demons. An excellent read for teenagers aged 13+

YA is not a genre I normally read - mainly because I'm not the target audience anymore, but I like to make exceptions every once in a while when something catches my eyes. I've come across The Ghost Hunter's Daughter on Netgalley and as I had a bit of free time on my hands, I requested it - of course I've got a load of books later on... but that's my form. Anyway, I more or less knew what I was getting into with this one, but decided that some lighter read wouldn't hurt after some epic fantasy tomes. All that said, while I enjoyed reading The Ghost Hunter's Daughter, it didn't make me crave to read more YA in the near future.

Our MC is 16 years old Anna, who lives with his father, the paranormal investigator Jack. Who, ever since losing his wife 8 years ago had become a hoarder. One of the things I really appreciated in The Ghost Hunter's Daughter is that it dealt with topics like grief and mental illness - to a point. Anna has no idea how to handle the situation, but then that's not something a 16 year old necessarily has to know anyway. Then again, fighting demons and evil spirits aren't in the average 16 year old's daily routine either.

I have ambivalent feelings toward Anna. On one hand, she has to act like an adult - no wonder, having a parent like Jack - and on the other, she acts like a typical annoying teenager. She has a crush on the most popular guy in school - of course. She also has two friends - surprise, surprise - Freddy and Dor. To make the usual trope complete, they have or don't have crushes on each other, which of course creates tension between the characters. Personally I would have been OK not having this plotline as it didn't really give anything to the story overall. It was cute - or annoying depending on your POV, but nothing more. Her friends being pissed at her for being distant and selfish was much more believable than the teen love drama. As Freddy and Dor had their own very real problems with life and their parents. More focus on that rather than the school perverts would have been benefitial for this story in my opinion.

Thankfully this is was only a sideplot, and not the main focus. Which is, to say, a demon wreaking havoc in the boring town of rural Bloomtown. Jack not being the most reliable figure, it's up to Anna to deal with the chaos and figure out who is behind things. Her only real help is Geneva, her dad's new assistant, inventor, hippie. She kind of reminded me of Phoebe from Friends by her description. With her tool and presence Anna finally can get to the bottom of things.

Now, not many people knows this about me, but I like to watch paranormal investigation shows on TV when I catch them. I can't say I believe in ghosts, spirits, entities or whatever you want to call them, but I'm fascinated by these shows nonetheless. Just because I never had experiences like that, it doesn't mean others' aren't valid. In all honesty, I think this was what really attracted me in The Ghost Hunter's Daughter. I hoped for some cool investigation with spooky events and experiences. Sure, I knew there was teen drama to get with YA, but I hoped it won't be too much.

I probably would have liked more to have a villain with a more interesting motivation/background. Take for example the box Anna uses to get revenge on the school bully - now, that was a nasty piece, and actually I found that spirit or whatever it was more interesting than the actual evil antagonist. Even if it the revelation of who it pretended to be was a nice twist. I expected someone else to be the culprit. And it had some tricks himself as it turned out in the final confrontation.

Okay, I went a bit overly critical here. In all fairness, The Ghost Hunter's Daughter is a solid and entertaining read. Being the debut of Caroline Flarity, I think it has good potential. All in all, it mostly delivered what I expected: a fast paced, sometimes spooky read with a bit of teen drama. If you like ghost hunter stories, evil spirits wreaking havoc in a little town playing mindgames on people, with teen angst and love drama on the side, then I'm sure you will enjoy The Ghost Hunter's Daughter.

That was big!
I'm speechless actually, this book really brought out strong emotions!
Highly recommend!

Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to read this title. This was a ok read for me; it was more about bullying then ghost hunting. There were some scary scenes but not too scary for a YA.

DNF--there was nothing wrong with it, exactly, but there was no tension. A lot of descriptions and a lot of stereotypical high school characters. Not worth the time it would take to finish reading it.

DNF. This just felt strange and immature and not what I was expecting. It felt more like a teenager's first draft than an almost-published book by an adult. I think the target audience needs to be aged down to middle grade

Unfortunately, I did not finish this book. As a person with mental illness, I struggled to appreciate the depiction of the MC's father as a hoarder. It felt harsh and it did not seem to me as though the author had appropriate insight into the subject matter. This is not a book that I would recommend to others, particularly since the shop I work for is specifically social justice oriented.

Anna is no ordinary girl. Her father is the town specialist on all things paranormal which doesn't do Anna any good as everyone calls her Goblin Girl. Plus her mother was possessed by a demon and died because of it. And now something weird is happening in Bloomtown and people are acting crazy. It falls to Anna to get to the bottom of things while navigating high school and a crush.

It was a nice read which might appeal to fans of Supernatural and Ghostbusters.as it has a very similar subject and overall slightly creepy vibe.

Rating: 4/5
ARC: I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

To be quite honest, I'm not sure how to summarize this book. There's so much to be said, but I'm going to keep it simple: Anna, annoyed by her father's hoarding issues, the fact that he isn't trying to contact her late mother, and his chosen profession of being a ghost hunter, realizes that something's she wrong with the people in this town. Everyone's angry, mean, and doing things they might not otherwise do. And Anna is going to do something about it.

I debated about my rating. Part of me wants to give it a 5/5 because I enjoyed it a lot, but another part of me wants to give it a 3/5 because there was something missing. I can't put my finger on what bothers me, so perhaps I'll update this review at a later time. I went with a happy medium of 4/5, and feel good with that decision.

Anna was a difficult character for me to get into her head, and I'm not sure why. She was interesting, determined, smart, brave, a little reckless, and very oblivious. I was cheering for her throughout the book though, and was relieved she got a happy ending that she deserves.

I really liked the cast in this book: Dor, Freddy, Jack and the way he was crushing on his super smart, kind new employee. I despised Craig, and was a little upset that Anna seemed to not be so angry with him at the end of it all. I hope Izzy gets help, because oooof. What a creepy character. Made my skin crawl.

The evil being in this book spooked me. It felt very real, and very scary. I'm impressed with how it was handled.

This book really should come with a long list of content warnings though for: s/xual assault, ab/se, add/ction, mental health issues, homophobia, bullying, hoarding, cheating, su/cide, car crash, death of a parent, non-consensual release of private video ... just to name a few. I feel as though most of these issues were wrapped up and treated with care by the end. The bad people got theirs in the end, and that was satisfying.

I'd definitely recommend this book to a friend, with a head's up for all the issues it tackles, and let them know it's worth it: the found family coming together, the strong friendships that bring one another support and strength, the satisfaction of the villain being defeated, and the soft scene at the end.

After considering everything, I feel good about my 4/5 rating. I'm not sure what I felt was missing, but I'll update this review if I figure it out.

I picked this book mostly because of the title. I love a good ghost story! But I have to say even though I quickly scanned over the summary it took me by surprise. In a good way!

I was expecting a story about a girl going ghost hunting with her father and their adventures along the way. But I was so wrong, it’s not about that at all.

The story is about Anna, a teenage girl who lost her mother at a young age to a demon possession. Her father Jack, a plumber by trade,  took on the job of clearing haunted objects after her mother passed and also tried to find a way to communicate with her mother in the after life. All of this makes Anna a social outcast with only two close friends.

At first Anna doesn’t really notice anything strange going on, her dad has always been a bit weird. He's become a hoarder over the years and their house is cluttered with "Jack's Crap" as Anna likes to call it. So his odd behaviour doesn’t immediately ring a bell. But when she notices her friends acting strange, her classmates becoming murderous and she doesn't even recognise her own erratic behaviour at times, she begins to suspect something else is going on.

She’s going to have to figure out what is going on and how to stop it. But will she be able to? Can she do it on her own? Or can she rely on her friends to help her even though their friendship starts to unravel?

Besides the paranormal story line this book touches on mental health issues, teenage angst and fitting in the social norm as well as finding who you truly are. It’s pretty well written. The story flows and it made me want to continue reading .

While it is not your typical ghost story, but I have to say I really enjoyed this approach to ghosts and demons. It has a different take on the existing paranormal stories out there but it uses what appear to be normal standards in the paranormal research world such as EMF. Which makes for a believable read that doesn’t require a lot of imagination to make it work.

So, even though I expected something completely different (which is entirely my own fault) I actually enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. I think it's easy to relate to some of the issues addressed in the book. Things all of us experience at some point in our lives.

Rating 4/5

The Ghost Hunters Daughter by Caroline Flarity




Title: The Ghost Hunters Daughter.

Author: Caroline Flarity.

Publication Date: 13th April 2019.

Publisher: Easy Side Press.

Pages: 218.

Description: Sixteen-year-old Anna sees things from another world, the spirtural world, a skill that isn’t exactly useful in High School. It’s bad enough that her mother possessed by a demon, took her own life when Anna was a child, a loss she remains tortured by. Now her father makes his living “clearing” haunted objects, and Anna’s job as his assistant makes her a social misfit. Most kids in her suburban New Jersey town refer to her just as “Goblin Girl.” Only Freddy and Dor remain loyal friends. But Anna’s so focused on her own problems, she missed that her connection with Freddy is moving beyond the friend zone. As junior year approaches, a rare solar storm lights up the night skies and the citizens of Bloomtown begins to acts strangely: Anna’s teachers lash out, her best friends withdraw, and the school bullies go from being mean to murderous. When Anna realises she can harness this evil power, she sets out to save Bloomtown and the only family she has left. But to do so, she must keep her own increasingly dark uses at bay.



*Minor spoilers.

*Trigger warnings for Suicidal thoughts and molestation Ect…



Thank you to Netgalley for sending me this book as an ARC to review.



The ghost hunters Daughter overall was enjoyable. Fast paced which is always good in my case. Something I enjoyed the most is that it has so much content in such a small book. Also there was a lot of interesting topics that I will be going into further. The Authors writing style was very descriptive which she uses throughout the novel and made reading the novel enjoyable.



Many of the characters were relatable in this book. The friendship between the three main characters was one of my favourite things about the novel. I enjoyed that Anna wasn’t a popular kid but she had her friends by her side. But wasn’t quite sure about the author hinting at a love triangle during the beginning, which then never even ended up happening.

The Ghost Hunters Daughter is classed under young adult. But it also includes fantasy, paranormal and horror. Luckily it wasn’t overly scary and still enjoyable. I haven’t read many paranormal genre books but the author made it very enjoyable with a hint of humour.

During The Ghost Hunters Daughter there was many good subjects which should be addressed more often. Bullying: in the book we get to see the repercussions of the person being bullied. Which I found to be great, the bullies never really understand what they are doing to their victims. Another subject which I really like that was mentioned, was when one of the female characters was molested by an older person. And when the character told her father he just shrugs it off as ‘boys will be boy.’ Why do we do this? When should we ever say it’s ok for someone to do these things to us. And why especially do we say this when it’s a guy, just because some people think they are the superior. It’s never ok to say ‘boys will be boys!’ And the last subject I want to talk about that’s important is when the main character is around her crush. I think when it comes to crushes we all act stupid. And I think at the time we don’t think bad things will happen to us. But they do, and in the case of the main character she begins to send inappropriate things to her crush, which is then sent around her class. I don’t think girls should ever have to dumb themselves down for a guy and never send inappropriate pictures just so they like you. He should like you for you. And if that’s not enough for him then drop him.

I rated The Ghost Hunters Daughter a 4/5⭐️

It was really enjoyable and fun. And if the author was to publish anymore novels I will definitely read them.

Thank you for reading x

A very good novel, well written and entertaining.
It's a good mix of YA, fantasy and horror with some very creepy moments.
I liked the characters, the plot and the setting.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Thank you to NetGalley and East Side Press for a review copy of The Ghost Hunter's Daughter.

"'I have the strongest sense of deja vu,' she said. 'Some people think that's a sign, that you're right where you're supposed to be.'"

The Ghost Hunter's Daughter is a YA paranormal horror novel about a young girl named Anna who's mother was killed eight years ago by the demon possessing her body. Now, Anna is sixteen and an assistant to her father, who is a paranormal investigator. While Anna would love to find out the truth of what happened to her mother, she is constantly being bullied at school because of her father's occupation. But things in Anna's small town are getting worse. Anna has to figure out what is causing everyone in the town, including her herself and her best friends, to act out of character.

I really enjoyed reading this book! It is great for fans of Supernatural, which is what peaked my interest in it. It was also a lot darker than I was expecting, which I enjoyed. The writing was very descriptive, the characters were flushed out, and the relationships in this book felt real. I loved reading about Anna's friendships with her two best friends as well as her relationship with her father. This book also touched on a lot of very real issues, which I thought was important. I definitely would have enjoyed this more if I read it when I was younger (like around fifteen or sixteen), but it was still enjoyable for me now. I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a good paranormal mystery!

Trigger Warnings: suicide, mental illness (hoarding, depression), physical assault, violence, death, suicidal ideation, self harm (cutting)

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.