Language: PG (7 swears, 0 ‘f'); Mature Content: PG (kissing); Violence: PG-13 (bloody violence and bloody death)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: MANY
Young adult Mallory
Teenager Mallory is a tour guide for the haunted House Saphir, the home of Bastien Le Bleu, a man who murdered several of his wives over a century ago. She’s also a con artist, along with her sister Anais, and together they run their family shop of fake magical treasures. During one of her tours, a young man named Armand, claiming to be a descendant of Le Bleu, asks for Mallory’s help in ridding his family mansion of Le Bleu’s evil ghost. Mallory and Anais are barely scraping by, so she happily takes Armand up on his generous offer to pay her for her assistance, thinking it will be easy money. Mallory soon learns that she’s in over her head and she’s put herself and Anais in danger.
The charming banter between Mallory and Armand is a lot of fun. The spooky setting is a perfect backdrop for the storyline. I enjoyed the mystery and the main characters, Mallory, Armand and Anais.
The ethnicity is mixed and the main characters cue white.
LynnDell Watson, DHS Librarian, Delta, Utah
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