Anna is no ordinary girl. Her father is the town specialist on all things paranormal which doesn't do Anna any good as everyone calls her Goblin Girl. Plus her mother was possessed by a demon and died because of it. And now something weird is happening in Bloomtown and people are acting crazy. It falls to Anna to get to the bottom of things while navigating high school and a crush.

It was a nice read which might appeal to fans of Supernatural and Ghostbusters.as it has a very similar subject and overall slightly creepy vibe.

Rating: 4/5
ARC: I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

To be quite honest, I'm not sure how to summarize this book. There's so much to be said, but I'm going to keep it simple: Anna, annoyed by her father's hoarding issues, the fact that he isn't trying to contact her late mother, and his chosen profession of being a ghost hunter, realizes that something's she wrong with the people in this town. Everyone's angry, mean, and doing things they might not otherwise do. And Anna is going to do something about it.

I debated about my rating. Part of me wants to give it a 5/5 because I enjoyed it a lot, but another part of me wants to give it a 3/5 because there was something missing. I can't put my finger on what bothers me, so perhaps I'll update this review at a later time. I went with a happy medium of 4/5, and feel good with that decision.

Anna was a difficult character for me to get into her head, and I'm not sure why. She was interesting, determined, smart, brave, a little reckless, and very oblivious. I was cheering for her throughout the book though, and was relieved she got a happy ending that she deserves.

I really liked the cast in this book: Dor, Freddy, Jack and the way he was crushing on his super smart, kind new employee. I despised Craig, and was a little upset that Anna seemed to not be so angry with him at the end of it all. I hope Izzy gets help, because oooof. What a creepy character. Made my skin crawl.

The evil being in this book spooked me. It felt very real, and very scary. I'm impressed with how it was handled.

This book really should come with a long list of content warnings though for: s/xual assault, ab/se, add/ction, mental health issues, homophobia, bullying, hoarding, cheating, su/cide, car crash, death of a parent, non-consensual release of private video ... just to name a few. I feel as though most of these issues were wrapped up and treated with care by the end. The bad people got theirs in the end, and that was satisfying.

I'd definitely recommend this book to a friend, with a head's up for all the issues it tackles, and let them know it's worth it: the found family coming together, the strong friendships that bring one another support and strength, the satisfaction of the villain being defeated, and the soft scene at the end.

After considering everything, I feel good about my 4/5 rating. I'm not sure what I felt was missing, but I'll update this review if I figure it out.

I picked this book mostly because of the title. I love a good ghost story! But I have to say even though I quickly scanned over the summary it took me by surprise. In a good way!

I was expecting a story about a girl going ghost hunting with her father and their adventures along the way. But I was so wrong, it’s not about that at all.

The story is about Anna, a teenage girl who lost her mother at a young age to a demon possession. Her father Jack, a plumber by trade,  took on the job of clearing haunted objects after her mother passed and also tried to find a way to communicate with her mother in the after life. All of this makes Anna a social outcast with only two close friends.

At first Anna doesn’t really notice anything strange going on, her dad has always been a bit weird. He's become a hoarder over the years and their house is cluttered with "Jack's Crap" as Anna likes to call it. So his odd behaviour doesn’t immediately ring a bell. But when she notices her friends acting strange, her classmates becoming murderous and she doesn't even recognise her own erratic behaviour at times, she begins to suspect something else is going on.

She’s going to have to figure out what is going on and how to stop it. But will she be able to? Can she do it on her own? Or can she rely on her friends to help her even though their friendship starts to unravel?

Besides the paranormal story line this book touches on mental health issues, teenage angst and fitting in the social norm as well as finding who you truly are. It’s pretty well written. The story flows and it made me want to continue reading .

While it is not your typical ghost story, but I have to say I really enjoyed this approach to ghosts and demons. It has a different take on the existing paranormal stories out there but it uses what appear to be normal standards in the paranormal research world such as EMF. Which makes for a believable read that doesn’t require a lot of imagination to make it work.

So, even though I expected something completely different (which is entirely my own fault) I actually enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. I think it's easy to relate to some of the issues addressed in the book. Things all of us experience at some point in our lives.

Rating 4/5

A very good novel, well written and entertaining.
It's a good mix of YA, fantasy and horror with some very creepy moments.
I liked the characters, the plot and the setting.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

I received a copy of the Ghost Hunter's Daughter compliments of NetGalley.

Firstly, the name of the book along with the description is what intrigued me first. Loving Supernatural and Ghost Investigations reality show like Paranormal Lockdown I couldn't say the request for this book. Boy am I glad I pressed that button.

Let's start off with that the story revolves around Anna aka the Goblin Girl who in fact is the Ghost Hunters Daughter. Something is happening to the townspeople without them knowing it and in the end, they have to fight an old villain.

So Anna is the typical teenager with two besties a dad that is weird and new lady coming to the playing table. Anna not only has to fight the typical teenage battles of things like a boy she likes, girls being mean and one stupid head in class that is just a stupid head. She also has to fight outer enemies along with some interesting things that are happening at home. I think I would not be able to deal with, my OCD will be in overdrive.

The one thing I do love is the EMI. I wish and hope that the paranormal reality shows will get something like that, cause that will be a game changer.

The Ghost Hunters Daughter had just the right amount of fright along with a splash of suspense and a few plot twist I did not see coming.

If you love YA suspense / thriller / horror than this is a must.

I really enjoyed this book and give it a
★★★★ out 5 stars

This was definitely an interesting book. All sorts of spooky ghosts and other things that go bump in the night. It was a little fast paced, I felt as if there should have been time for plots to develop and play out, as well as characters.

Honestly, the writing is good and its an interesting concept but I am just not enjoying it. I think if I stuck with it and saw to the end I would end up liking it more but it's just too dark and negative for me right now. And normally I don't have a problem with that; I've read plenty of darker books. But there's just not enough light or levity mixed in with it. It's unbalanced. I didn't finish it but it's something I might consider finishing later.

Slow moving but fun supernatural thriller appealing to fans of shows like Supernatural and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. While it does take some momentum to get the plot moving, there are various subplots that will help fill the time between usual teenage worries about crushes to debating if a best friend needs an exorcism. The landing lacked the oomph to carry the full plot, but the characters show enough strength for a sequel.

As someone who grew up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural I was quite excited for this read. Needless to say it lived up to my expectations and was quite the rollercoaster!
Our main character is Anna, who's life has been turned upside down because of the supernatural. Her mom who was possessed by a demon, in a moment of clarity killed herself to save Anna and her Dad. Anna's Dad has not been the same since, his grief has become out of control and manifests through hoarding. As the story intensifies her Dad issues get worse, and it's not only her Dad who is having problems it seems like the whole town is under a negative spell.
Anna is dealing with other things too, she's constantly bullied because of her father's job as well as other petty teenage reasons.
Things quickly start going badly and there's a nice surprise twist that wraps up the book quite nicely!
I really liked the supernatural elements and lore within the story.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with a copy of this for an honest review! :)

Great YA novel about a girl saving her father, friends, and town from evil! I liked the premise of the book. Parts of it (suicide ideation, cutting, thoughts of unworthiness due to evil spirit) were a little heavy of a read and if you are not in a good place mentally, you might need a warning for.

(will review on goodreads and Amazon once released)

I am so grateful to NetGalley and the Publishers, East Side Press, for giving me a copy of The Ghost Hunter's Daughter by Caroline Flarity.

Firstly, I would like to put a Trigger Warning because there are some scenes that could be upsetting to some viewers including: Minor self-harm, extreme thoughts of suicide, sexual assault (groped) on a minor - this last one isn't overly graphic and is a memory that a character has from years prior.

I was really exited to read this book, I love the cover - it is creepy and intriguing at the same time and also ties in slightly to the plot line itself. This book follows Anna whilst she tries to live a mundane teenage life, something that is made extremely difficult by her father who has his own paranormal business. She is called Goblin Girl by her peers at school, but thankfully she has two close friends, Dor and Freddy.

I did have a small love-hate relationship with Anna and her personality, on one side I can see that she acts exactly how she should for her age - but on the other side, I wanted to shake some sense into her. However, this part got smaller and smaller as I got closer to the end as the plot unfolds completely and you realize that not everything is as it seemed!

The plot was amazing and kept me engaged and wanting to know what happened next, the plot is intriguing and the background characters were 'fleshed out' so it felt like they actually added something to the plot rather than just there. I loved the plot arc towards the end which some people may have seen coming, but I personally didn't see the major plot twist coming.

However, one of my favourite character arcs was Anna's, I suppose it's not a character arc as such and more of a 'cleasning'. But some of the sexist behaviour that she is subjected to had me shouting at my kindle, especially from the more senior members of society. But, she definitely redeemed her self from some of her more silly decisions at the end, with a strong AF approach to being your best self.

I received an E-ARC copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

So, all in all, this was an okay book. It didn't have me falling in love with it, but nor did I hate it either. It was simply okay. One thing I did like about this book was that for the most part, it was really easy to read. I literally flew through it which was great.

But I also had a few problems with this book. Firstly, I wasn't entirely connected to the characters at all. I wasn't drawn to them or interested in their lives.

Also, the story felt more like a collection of different events rather than one cohesive plot line.

In addition to this, I felt like the pacing was a bit off, but what I did appreciate were the few extracts written from the points of view of the other characters - it was definitely interesting to see their perspective but it seemed that these extracts appeared rather sporadically in the text rather than evenly distributed.

And finally, I felt like the actual plot didn't get going until the last fifty or so pages but by then I had lost some of the initial interest I had in this book.

But it was still an okay story, I definitely didn't hate it which is why it sits at 3 stars

Anna Fagan’s mother was possessed and killed by a demon when she was a child. Her father never recovered from the loss and buried himself in his work, the exorcism of ghosts from haunted relics. Anna’s home life is definitely not the norm, but when she see’s people from school going off the deep end she starts to wonder if there’s not something going wrong in her hometown. When her own thoughts start to become murderous, she shies away from her best friends Freddy and Dor and tries to salvage the scraps of her sanity. What she doesn’t realize is that her friends lives are also getting blacker and by the time she realizes it, she’s almost too late to save them.

Anna’s home life was a wreck. Her father was not just a ghost hunter, but he was also a hoarder. His things a labyrinth that blocked light and created an even more creepy atmosphere for the setting of this story. Known as the “Goblin girl” at school because of her dad’s job, Anna struggles to overcome that stigma and her feelings of shame. It’s only because of her best friends support that she had any light in her day. It’s when she becomes fixated on a boy at school and her fixation starts to turn unhealthy that I got an inkling that I might become uncomfortable with the direction this novel was headed.

I don’t want to sound too dramatic, but I kept looking for those moments of light in this story where I’d finally get to start rooting for Anna. There was just so much going on, and all of it was pretty dark and depressing. Anna does realize the town has been taken over by an evil demon and she does overcome all odds to save the day, but that only happens near the end of the book. On my wait for that to happen we see her father advance further into depression and hoardom (is that a word?), her friends become suicidal, and the bully at school turn into being bullied (by Anna!). Not to disrespect this author because I could see the work she put into it, but it really just wasn’t for me.

I am a huge fan of urban fantasy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, etc. and I went into this with my eyes wide open, hoping for the best. If there had been a few more kernels of light or humor I think my feelings would have been different. I will say that I do believe every book has it’s reader and I just wasn’t a good fit for The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter. If you like creepy fantasy-type novels The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter may be the right fit for you, so please give it a try.

I received a free ARC of this novel through NetGalley for my honest review and it was honest!

I want to thank Netgalley for providing me with this book in exchange for my honest review.

This book was so amazingly good.
I was not expecting it to be so creepy and suspenseful!
I quickly got sucked into this book the plot is fast paced and the writing style is amazing!
The descriptions of everything in the book were so clear and vivid I felt like a movie was playing in my mind!
If you love mystery thriller books then you need to pick this one up as soon as possible!
4 stars.

I love all things ghosts and ghouls but unfortunately this wasn't for me.
My main problem with this book is that I couldn't connect with the main character Anna and I found her to be unlikeable even at the best of times. I sympathised with her in regards to her fathers hoarding and her mothers death but the way she discarded her supposed best friends, even if it was because of demon intervention, it didn't make me want to root for her.

Also … why'd you gotta kill the dog dude?

For a teen\YA novel this story dives into dark subject matter that might not be for teens. The book will suck readers in with it twisted tail of mystery and understanding of one self.

The Ghost Hunters Daughter is length, speed, and darkness for the subject matter ad audience who are looking to read this book.

As a debut novels Caroline Flarity will have readers needing more as soon as they put down her book.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher East Side Press for the advance copy of Caroline Flarity The Ghost Hunter's Daughter.

The writing style for this book turned me away. There was a lot of repetition per page which distracted me from the actual story. I ended up DNF-ing this one.

In an industry where a lot of YA intentionally targets adults, it's comforting to read a novel truly speaks to teens. Don't get me wrong: The supernatural elements in THE GHOST HUNTER'S DAUGHTER make this a fantastic guilty pleasure read for adults -- but the way Flarity expresses the desire to learn more about who you are and where you belong makes this a must-read for teens -- especially girls.

Anna waked up to a world that is literally fallen to the demons. What happens when a teenage girl has to face her demons and those of the past as well? This is a book that started slow for me but eventually is started picking up the pace and held on. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this.

Enjoyed this but felt largely was aimed more at a younger YA market than I’d usually read. Fast paced and fun. The MC is a bit irritating at first but you do warm to her as the story goes on. Covers bullying and grief in a sensitive manner. An enjoyable read

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion