I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the BEHIND THE VEIL by E.J. Dawson Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
Author: E.J. Dawson
Pub. Date: October 1, 2021
Publisher: Literary Wanderlust
Formats: Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 292
Can she keep the secrets of her past to rescue a girl tormented by a ghost?
In 1920s Los Angeles, Letitia Hawking reads the veil between life and death. A
scrying bowl allows her to experience the final moments of the deceased. She
brings closure to grief-stricken war widows and mourning families.
For Letitia, it is a penance. She knows no such peace.
For Alasdair Driscoll, it may be the only way to save his niece, Finola, from
her growing night terrors. But when Letitia sees a shadowy figure attached to
the household, it rouses old fears of her unspeakable past in England.
When a man comes to her about his missing daughter, the third girl to go
missing in as many months, Letitia can’t help him when she can’t see who’s
taken them.
As a darkness haunts Letitia’s vision, she may not be given a choice in helping
the determined Mr Driscoll, or stop herself falling in love with him. But to do
so risks a part of herself she locked away, and to release it may cost Letitia
her sanity and her heart.
Reviews:
“The author is adept at selling not only the novel’s supernatural elements, but the historical era as well. She takes her time building the characters and the world around them, which pays dividends once the really spooky stuff starts to happen. Like all good ghost stories, the true horrors aren’t entirely spectral: The characters are haunted by personal traumas and secrets as frightening as any spirit. An old-fashioned ghost story told with inventiveness and style.”-Kirkus Reviews
"A powerful reflection on mortality and
the lengths some will go to find closure or their own separate peace. A
suspenseful but patient ride from start to finish, Dawson has created an
empathic and endlessly engaging protagonist in Letitia. The plot is well
supported by a poignantly penned cast of characters that readers can envision
and invest in. Emulating a 1920s literary voice, without ever letting the style
slip, this paranormal thriller is sinister, macabre, and hugely
entertaining." -Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★1/2
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Top 5 favorite scenes and why.
I absolutely love the interactions between
Alasdair and Letitia but I think my favourite is quiet snippets you get of Letitia and her past, the gentle introduction
as to what happened to her,
why she’s in Los Angeles
and to some effect, the past she’s running from.
There is a scene that
always hurts, and it’s the misunderstanding of mental health. In one of Letitia’s visions she sees a young man who’s become an
alcoholic because he was doctor in the war. He dies alone in the cold, and it
hurts the family but Letitia is able to give closure to explain
how he became the way he was and while it’s too late, the family at least understand.
The relationship between Letitia and Alasdair is always full of subtle sparks,
which I love, but it’s when he takes care of her when she’s
unwell, that sudden bond with her ability, but that it resulted in
both of them overcoming their stubbornness in order to work together.
Alasdair comes to
Letitia’s aid again when she’s going through the grueling process of being interviewed by the police in relation to the missing girls.
They’re trying to find a scapegoat and quite alone and friendless,
Letitia is struggling to deal with their presence because of her past
Alasdair becomes the proverbial knight in shining armor to her rescue, but the way he does it was just delightful, even if, in a way,
Letitia had already saved herself from the nosy policeman.
I love horror, and not the kind that flashes in your face, but the sinister
terror that you sense on the edges, you know it’s there, you just
don’t know where, and by the time you figure it out, it’s too late.
There are many elements like this I’ve threaded in the story, but my favourite is when Alasdair calls on Letitia to meet his daughter.
She senses the darkness in
the house, can’t put her
finger on it while she’s protecting herself. As soon as she released her hold even a little, its right there, hiding, and that’s when the
screaming starts, and it’s not her.
E.J.
Dawson both credits and blames her mother-by reading The Lord of the Rings
aloud to E.J. twice-for her complete absorption with the world of fiction.
Growing up in a haunted mansion sandwiched between an abandoned mine and an
endless pine plantation should have been all the fuel E.J.'s imagination needed,
but her parents filled her life with stories: about themselves, their lives,
and the ones they had found through the pages of books.
Giveaway
Details:
- 1 winner will win a finished copy of BEHIND THE VEIL & Swag, International.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
11/8/2021
Guest Post
11/8/2021
Excerpt
11/9/2021
Review
11/9/2021
Guest Post
11/10/2021
Review
11/10/2021
Review
11/11/2021
Excerpt
11/11/2021
Review
11/12/2021
Review
11/12/2021
Review
Week Two:
11/15/2021
Review
11/15/2021
Review
11/16/2021
Review
11/16/2021
Review
11/17/2021
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11/17/2021
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11/18/2021
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11/18/2021
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11/19/2021
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11/19/2021
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