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Haunting Violet af Alyxandra Harvey
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Haunting Violet (udgave 2011)

af Alyxandra Harvey

Serier: Haunting Violet (1)

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Sixteen-year-old Violet Willoughby has been part of her mother's Spiritualist scam since she was nine, but during an 1872 house party in Hampshire, England, she is horrified to learn that she can actually see ghosts, one of whom wants Violet to solve her murder.
Medlem:ccourtland
Titel:Haunting Violet
Forfattere:Alyxandra Harvey
Info:Walker Childrens (2011), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 352 pages
Samlinger:Dit bibliotek, Read
Vurdering:****1/2
Nøgleord:YA, young adult, paranormal young adult, paranormal historical young adult, Victorian era, victorian, London, ghosts, Alyxandra Harvey, Haunting Violet, 2011 release, spiritualism, paranormal, clean read

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Haunting Violet af Alyxandra Harvey

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    A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama af Laura Amy Schlitz (fountainoverflows)
    fountainoverflows: Schlitz explores the world of spiritualists/fake mediums for a slightly younger crowd.
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    How it Happened in Peach Hill af Marthe Jocelyn (fountainoverflows)
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I originally bought Haunting Violet when it first came out (way back in 2011... my gosh, it has been a long time). It ended up on my shelf and floated around for years, and I mean YEARS. I've been staring at this book for most of 2019 knowing full well I wanted to read it. Buuuuut... I know Alyxandra Harvey is one of my favourite authors, so I figured I'd have to find a time to sit down and binge read the whole darn book. And I did!

I finally picked this book up, knowing full well I'd love it. I have a special place in my heart for Alyxandra Harvey. Her Drake chronicles/series was one of the original series that got me into my crazy reading habit. I fell in love with Quinn and Solange and all of their wacky family and friends. So, it's only fitting that I continue to fall in love with Alyxandra's books (they are just a little harder to come across now - there's too many books to read). It's especially harder since the book store that introduced me to her (and pimped her books out BIG TIME) went out of business around 2012. So, there's that.

Anywho - Haunting Violet. This book is a lovely stand alone novel that really should be a series. Violet lives in the past (I want to say Renaissance-esque era. Back when ladies wore corsets, gloves and had to be married off) and with a Mother who fakes seances. Then, suddenly, one day Violet starts seeing ghosts! A lovely, young, ghost lady appears out of nowhere and leads Violet to become a sleuth. Someone has murdered this girl, and Violet will find out too! Along the way we meet her friend Elizabeth, her love interest Collin, her other love interest Xavier, the dead girl's living twin and many other suspicious characters. Xavier chases after Violet's hand in marriage, Collin also tries to woo her despite not being from an esteemed family and it's your typical 2011/2012 young adult novel (in my humble opinion).

Side note: Violet's mother is a complete psychopath. I've seen other reviewers relate her to Mother Gothel and OMG yes. She's absolutely evil and nuts. I absolutely hate books with mothers like that, but I'm sure women like that exist. She infuriated me! Yet there's no epic payoff for her (there kind of is, but not enough if you ask me!).

These sort of books are my FAVOURITES. There's lots of tropes - love triangle, best friend turned romance, murder mystery, and exciting descriptions of locations and outfits. The book was a little predictable, but I also read WAY to many murder mysteries and young adult novels for my own good.

The writing style is what kept me hooked. Alyxandra's writing style is fast paced, descriptive and enchanting. I felt myself getting lost and addicted to her words, and I hardly noticed the time flying by. Suddenly a 300 page book was done! It was slightly annoying since I do love a good Alyxandra Harvey book.

My biggest negative for this book is how it was presented on the web. Everywhere says this book is apart of a series, but I have never seen a sequel. I'm assuming it has something to do with the publishers, which is a real shame. I'd love to see this book turn into a series because it was enchanting! I'd like to see more crazy heists and murder mysteries set in the past. Collin and Violet are also too darn cute to not continue!

Overall, this is another lovely YA to add to your shelf. Necromancy, ghosts, paranormal, romance and drama flood the pages (pun intended... there's a drowning in the book, FYI). The book is light, easy to read, fast paced and marvelous! It's also a PG rated book, so if you're looking for a good novel to start your pre-teens or teens in, this book could be it!

Five out of five stars! Give me more Alyxandra Harvey STAT!
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  Briars_Reviews | Aug 4, 2023 |
On the list of reading everything else that Alyxandra had written (that wasn't my deeeeeeply beloved Drake Chronicles that I could go on and on and on about for ages) I picked this one up. I'm intrigued by the way the power worked in this one, and I loved the Bronte-an sense of darkness and time period setting.

It was lovely as a fast week read, but not something I desperately needed. Not that I would turn down another book written in the series! ( )
  wanderlustlover | Dec 26, 2022 |
Violet always knew there was no such thing as ghosts, a fact that she could never admit with her mother being a medium. Mediums were another thing she never believed in, after all the years she spent assisting her mother in seances and readings she had just assumed that all mediums were frauds like her mother. But then one day Violet saw a ghost and everything she believed changed.

This was to be the most important reading of her mothers career with only the most important people in attendance. Who knew that a real ghost would show up to spoil everything. However it's not just the dead who are causing mischief and keeping secrets. There is a murder afoot and the one person who knows their identity is a girl made mute by her brutal murder.

Haunting Violet are a number of spirits, some more friendly then others, a guilty conscious, an unknown future and a new love. With a few well chosen words and a handful of parlour tricks, Violet and her mother have made a living at comforting and consoling the wealthy of London, and all at a price. A trip back in time to when propriety and social standing were all important and catching a murder could be scandalous. A great romantic ghost story. ( )
  LarissaBookGirl | Aug 2, 2021 |
It started out a bit slow for me. The first 100 pages were rough to get through, but after that the story really picked up and I ended up liking it. It was interesting seeing how Violet's mother faked being a medium in the 1800s. Using a bellows to create wind, salts and powders in the fire to change the color, etc. It would be scary suddenly being able to see ghosts and then they all want things from you. I really liked Collin, he cared for Violet and believed her. Elizabeth was a good friend, helping Violet and being there for her. I kept guessing who the killer was all through the book and I appreciated all the little clues. I wish the pacing was better, but it wasn't a bad story overall. ( )
  AlyP59 | Apr 25, 2019 |
I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 only because it seemed to drag for me so much in the beginning. I loved the story though, and the characters were well written. And though it's hard to let some characters go and not wish for an entire series devoted to them, I feel that this worked well as a stand alone book. I also liked the bit of romance between the main character and her chosen man, and how it wasn't overt and didn't distract from the mystery of the main plot. ( )
  MynTop | Apr 8, 2016 |
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Sixteen-year-old Violet Willoughby has been part of her mother's Spiritualist scam since she was nine, but during an 1872 house party in Hampshire, England, she is horrified to learn that she can actually see ghosts, one of whom wants Violet to solve her murder.

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