Kelsea Stone can’t remember her childhood, and frankly, she doesn’t really care. She’s doing fine on her own in L.A. without any family to tie her down. But when she finds out her estranged birth parents have died and left her their house in Canaan Valley, West Virginia, she discovers more than just an inheritance waiting for her in the mountains. An angry presence lingers there, and it won’t rest until it has had its revenge.

This book started off very promising. There was a mystery around Kelsea Stone's childhood - why had she been adopted at the age of 6, why had her parents never been in contact, what had happened to them? The suspense really built up and I was intrigued to find out more. The suspense was heightened by the surrounding environment - a small hamlet in the middle of nowhere with heavy snowstorms isolating Kelsea. However, around half way into the book it turned into a ghost story which was just too far-fetched for me. The ghosts were armed and capable of harming the main characters. I enjoyed it up until this point but the second half of the book was a bit disappointing. Readers who are more into ghosts or the supernatural may enjoy it more. than I did.
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This is my favorite kind of ghost story. Read into all hours of the night. A folklore element added an eerie charm to the story and the writing was fresh. I loved this book and it deserves to be right beside the great modern ghost stories of today.

Little One by Timothy G. Huguenin was received direct from the publisher. I have never read this author before but was quite surprised with the location of where this book occurs, Canaan Valley/Davis, WV. This area is where my wife grew up so I am familiar with the area. Interesting story that starts out slow but not slow enough to make me skim. A ghost story where the ghost makes appearances at times to the reader and eventually the story kind of becomes like the movie Beetlejuice, in some ways. You will see what i mean after you read it. Overall the writing was good but not up to my gore standards, which admittedly, is not for everyone.

4 stars

It is always satisfying to discover a book by a yet unknown author, take the risk of reading it and find out that it was worth it. 'Little One' is a cleverly plotted ghost story with a twist, and though the storyline was predictable at times, it was mainly the writing that made reading this book a pleasure.
At the beginning, I was afraid it would turn into some kind of cozy romance ghost story, but fortunately it soon became much darker and things turned out to be very different from what they seemed...

As I mentioned before, the story was predictable at times, and I often wondered how the female main character could not notice what I already knew to come. But then again, it's always easier to see the whole picture from the outside rather than being right in the middle of it.
Still, on several occasions I wanted to smack her on the head for acting so naive. How could she just go to sleep and rely on her - only barely known - friend to 'take care of things' with a dead body lying in her backyard? It just seemed plain stupid. Then going into town next morning without immediately rushing over to the police station, but instead doing nothing about it - again? That was a complete no-go. However, it explained her repeatedly unsuspecting behavior - but then again, the story would have been much shorter if she acted more clever, I guess.

Still, despite these flaws I was totally immersed this book, due to the author's very fine writing skills which created a perfect reading flow. Also, I did like the mostly sad but also scary ghost part of the story, and how the reader was mislead in the beginning, only to be rewarded with a very fascinating turn of events. If you like ghost stories, you may want to add this one to the list.

Huguenin has this great writing style which immerses you in his world so well everything else around just kind of disappears as you become part of the story. Time itself seems to stop as all you care about is where this story takes you and sticking with it til the end.

Wonderfully the story is so fast paced you don’t have time to consider what chapter you’re on or how far you’ve read. There’s plenty of eerie surprises, mysterious circumstances and interesting characters to keep hold of your attention so your mind will be held from wandering.

I found it easy to read thanks to his crisp writing that is detailed with vivid imagery so you can actually picture the house and settings in West Virginia. You can almost see Kelsea Stone in front of you, feel as if you could interact with her, know what’s on her mind, what she’s feeling as if she’s a real person thanks to great character development and the realism embedded within the pages. What makes Huguenin really intriguing is the way he made inanimate objects such as the house and even the nature around it feel like another main character with its own presence and personality.

Death may be cold but Huguenin will keep you warm with suspense and curiosity.

Kelsea Stone was taken into care at a young age and has recently learnt that her biological parents have died and have left her their house in West Virginia. She plans on doing the house up and either renting it out or selling it on then returning back to LA. But, the house holds secrets and a ghost of a six year old girl.
James Pendleton is the lawyer who has grown up in Davis and looking after the Henderick's Place until Kelsea returns.

This is a very fast paced story full of secrets and spooky goings on, which had me gripped from the first page. I thoroughly enjoyed this book as it was very easy to read and I found it hard to put down. I won't give anymore details as that would spoil it for others.
Would definitely recommend and will be looking into previous and future novels for sure.

I was so immersed in this story that I started it last night and finished this morning.

The story begins in LA with Kelsea getting on a plane for West Virginia where her birth parents have both died and she needs to decide what to do with the house. Kelsea was raised in foster care after age six and never knew why her parents gave her away; she is resentful. She doesn't remember much of her early life. Eerie things start happening and the story takes a dark turn in West Virginia which provided lots of suspense and kept me turning the pages.

I gave the book 4 stars rounding up from 3 1/2 because I liked the story and the writing style. I will look forward to more from this author.

I received an ARC of this book from the author Timothy G. Huguenin through NetGalley for an honest review and I do recommend this book.