The Supernaturals by David L. Golemon is a novel about a haunted house that has been killing people for decades. The novel begins with a death and a professor who is suspected of killing his student. He loses his reputation, and when a paranormal reality show wants to go back to the haunted house to prove that the supernatural lives there, the professor decides he has to prove that he was right, and the house is hungry for more souls.
As a haunted house novel this was a little repetitive. There were moments that were written over and over again, and several of the scenes were the same thing. Often they revolved around the television shows host being overly sensitive or angry about people stepping in and telling her what she could and could not do, but even then she was overreacting. Other scenes revolves around the group of "supernaturals" and what they felt (often an oppressive evil), or thought about the situation. It started to become annoying.
The haunting itself was obvious, and it became clear at one point who was haunting the house and why. This was way before the end of the novel, which made me not sure if I wanted to finish it, but since I had read over 2/3 of the book I decided to finish it. The ending was a little too obvious, and yet the author didn't go into enough detail to state why one of the characters would accept what was going on. It also didn't really go into detail how the current owner of the house came to be the owner, or how he was even alive in the first place.
In the end this was a novel that was a lead up to the rest of the series. I didn't know this was the first book in a series, but as a lead in, it was okay. I feel that there could have been more about some of the characters, like Julia or Jennifer, who were added to the story but not given much backstory.
So for a haunted house, it wasn't horrible, but the evil was continually referred to as a darkness, and two rooms of the house were continually referred to, but the room that the ghost hunters should be going into they continually start going to, but then get distracted by what they think is the heart of the haunting... the sewing room.
It wasn't as interesting as it could have been. I probably won't read the rest of the series, only because I want a real scary haunted house novel, and this wasn't really frightening or scary.
As a haunted house novel this was a little repetitive. There were moments that were written over and over again, and several of the scenes were the same thing. Often they revolved around the television shows host being overly sensitive or angry about people stepping in and telling her what she could and could not do, but even then she was overreacting. Other scenes revolves around the group of "supernaturals" and what they felt (often an oppressive evil), or thought about the situation. It started to become annoying.
The haunting itself was obvious, and it became clear at one point who was haunting the house and why. This was way before the end of the novel, which made me not sure if I wanted to finish it, but since I had read over 2/3 of the book I decided to finish it. The ending was a little too obvious, and yet the author didn't go into enough detail to state why one of the characters would accept what was going on. It also didn't really go into detail how the current owner of the house came to be the owner, or how he was even alive in the first place.
In the end this was a novel that was a lead up to the rest of the series. I didn't know this was the first book in a series, but as a lead in, it was okay. I feel that there could have been more about some of the characters, like Julia or Jennifer, who were added to the story but not given much backstory.
So for a haunted house, it wasn't horrible, but the evil was continually referred to as a darkness, and two rooms of the house were continually referred to, but the room that the ghost hunters should be going into they continually start going to, but then get distracted by what they think is the heart of the haunting... the sewing room.
It wasn't as interesting as it could have been. I probably won't read the rest of the series, only because I want a real scary haunted house novel, and this wasn't really frightening or scary.
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