So she spends her time being a buffer for them and the 'real' world. But when she goes to ranch-sit for her aunt in Texas this proves harder than it should. For her family, ghosts and spells are the norm. The story follows Amy, who doesn't have a typical family. I really enjoyed it and I enjoyed this one even more. This is the summer when the wall between Amy's worlds is going to come crashing down.Įver since reading The Splendour Falls I have been looking forward to a new book by Rosemary Clement-Moore. It wants something from Amy, and none of her carefully built defenses can hold it back. It's a ghost, and it's more powerful than the Goodnights and all their protective spells combined. There's someone in the house with them-and it's not the living, breathing, amazingly hot cowboy from the ranch next door. Only, Amy and her sister, Phin, aren't alone. Ranch-sitting for her aunt in Texas should be exactly that. Not only to protect any hope of ever having a normal life. But she also understands that 'normal' doesn't mix with magic, and she's worked hard to build a wall between the two worlds. The title alone has to make you want to read, then the smokey-cover just makes you think, I NEED THIS.From Goodreads: Amy Goodnight knows that the world isn't as simple as it seems-she grew up surrounded by household spells and benevolent ghosts. Oh, and because I'm such a judger, the cover definitely adds to the mystique of the novel. It's like watching a really good ghost-movie. I also loved how the storyline is kind of different than what you are led to believe (I guessed it, but I've been reading YA forever!). The closing lines are perfect, I believe. I loved the ending how the author left Amy and Ben's relationship kind of untied.

If the main character wasn't falling in bat crap, she was being scared to death by a ghosty at the edge of her bed. I really liked how the author had really two or three different things going on at once. He matches Amy snark-for-snark, and their meeting was one of the most memorable I've ever read.Īside from the ghosts, the book is really a mystery novel (um, Sierra, aren't ghosts mysterious? Yes, they are, self. I really liked the relationship between Amy, her sister Phin, her eccentricities and humorous-un-humor, and the hot cowboy, Ben. And I wasn't even 'reading' the book yet!).

The opening line of the book alone is hilarious and draws you in so that you've read the first chapter even if you weren't meaning to (I got the book, opened it, and didn't stop until the first three chapters were done. The main character, Amy Goodnight, is such a likable character. I think I've read every good one out there, and I'm glad I can add Texas Gothic to my list of great ghosty-reads! Ghost stories are my favorite kind of stories.

Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore