I enjoyed this book. The characters were well written and the story moved along at a good pace. As each character revealed their secrets the mystery deepened and the suspense became more intense. I think this ought to be made into a movie!
I received this book as an ARC and wished to leave a review.

So this is my first book from NetGalley. I picked it because I've read Rachel Hawkins before- although it has been a very long time (I read the Hex Hall series which I liked) and also because it was creepy sounding which sounded perfect considering Halloween is coming up.

The Haunting of Beatrix Greene is a serial collaboration between three authors, Hawkins, Ash Parsons and Vicky Schecter. It is set in Victorian England and focuses on Beatrix Greene who is a spirit medium hired by a scientist who is determined to prove whether she is a fraud, and whether spirts in fact exist. Things quickly turn when the group spends the night at a "haunted" house and Beatrix manages to contact an evil spirit. Tthe pair and their friends are forced to work together in order to make it through the night.

There is a lot of story packed in this serial. It started with a bang and got my adrenaline racing. The descriptions of the house and of Beatrix will suck you into the story. My favorite parts of the story actually focused on the contacting of the spirit. There were a few characters introduced that I am not sure were needed as they weren't really focused much upon and felt superfluous to the actual story. Additionally, there was a romance thread that I am not sure was needed. Romance is hard to do in short stories as the buildup really has to be there. I am not sure that was successful here but it was a welcome break to some of the creepier bits.

All in all it was a satisfyingly creepy story that is perfect for Halloween time.

Actual rating: 3.5 stars

I enjoyed this! The serial nature was rather interesting since it felt like each chapter ended on a "next time on..." sort of vibe. This was very easy to get through, and I did like reading it as one volume. In terms of all of the authors, I actually didn't notice much of a difference between the writing style from each section to another.

The setting was fantastic! I really liked this time period where spiritualism was very popular. The house was great - there's certainly some creepy elements here! I love the ghosts and trying to figure out what was going on. It also starts off with a bang, so I definitely enjoyed the introduction to this story. Beatrix was great - she's very clever and good at what she does, so I found her to be an enjoyable main character. I do think the romance was rushed, but I did like where it was headed.

Overall, if you're looking for a quick Halloween read, I'd recommend this!

I received a copy of this for review from the publisher via NetGalley - thank you! All opinions are my own.

My video review can be seen on my channel (around minutes 13:40-15:30 of this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0fJwOSAKYo

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Loved this interesting book about skeptic James Walker who hires psychic, Beatrix Greene, to come to his estate and tell if it is haunted or not. Beatrix, feeling like something of a fraud, takes the job. Things start happening right away. I really enjoyed reading about the haunting and the group that comes together at the estate. I want more please! <br />
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my digital copy in exchange for an honest review. I requested this book based on the cover and the synopsis...even though I usually have no interest in Victorian times...But I really enjoyed it. Beatrix Greene is just trying to make ends meet by working as a medium when one day James Walker comes into her life and makes her an offer she can't refuse. He wants her to come with him to Ashbury Manor and prove or disprove that spirits are a real thing. As she is just like all of the other mediums around the area (a fraud), she figures she will just have to do like she normally does and make him believe someone from the other side is actually talking through her. Little does she know, the place is actually haunted and she actually IS a medium... I was into this book from the very first page and it never lost my interest all the way through to the last page. There were spooky parts and tender parts and adventurous parts and all sorts of in between parts. I loved it and would recommend it to anyone who likes to be creeped out.

Beatrix Greene has made a name and living for herself as a medium in victorian England, but she herself is not a believer. She has somehow managed to fake her way to a decent living wage. So when Dr. James Walker approaches her with a generous offer to spend one night in a manor to disprove it's haunting, she can hardly refuse.
A small crew is put together to spend a night in a haunted manor and conduct a seance to expel any ghosts there may be so the house can finally be sold. Things quickly take a dark turn and not everyone is who they seem to be. Secrets are exposed and something dark and sinister is taking full advantage.
I went into this expecting a simple ghost story about a haunted house, it's so much more! At times it got so much darker, graphic and gruesome than I expected! This book had a huge impact for being fairly short and I enjoyed every bit of it.

The Haunting of Beatrix Greene is a fast-paced thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat. Once the action began it didn't stop and I didn't want to put the book down. It's a short, quick read that will get your heart pumping and is a perfect Halloween-time read.

Beatrix Greene is a spiritual medium, bringing comfort to those who have lost a loved one. She is also a fraud. Beatrix does her best to do well by her clients while also knowing she is not in fact contacting their loved ones. Scientist James Walker had made a reputation for himself by exposing spiritualists frauds. Yet, when he offers her a generous sum of money to prove whether or not an old manor is haunting, Beatrix cannot resist. Unexpectedly to both, Beatrix's real gifts awaken and they have far more on their hands then either could have been prepared for.

The cast is flushed it out with Harry, Beatrix's jovial best friend, Amanda, an American photographer who dresses in men's clothes and tells it like it is, and Stanhope, a privileged lord who Beatrix finds unsettling.

While I enjoyed this book, I would have liked a bit more depth and explanation for some of the events. Mostly, I just want to know more about the rules of the world. However, such explanations would have been difficult to fit into the tone of this book and I think it is enjoyable without having an explanation for every event.

4.5 ✨

Despite this book being short, it certainly packed quite a punch. We follow Beatrix Greene, a medium who can “speak to the dead” who is hired by a scientist that wants to test the true nature of her ability.

A rag tag team is assembled to visit a haunted mansion with a sad story of a double murder. Or is it?

This story certainly had me on the edge of my seat scared to know what would happen next. Just when I thought I had things figured out another twist occurred.

I enjoyed this gothic short story and will probably continue on with the series.

Thank you to Serial Box and NetGalley for an early eARC of this book. I’m grateful for the opportunity to review it. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I had a great time with this book! The story was fast-paced, action packed incredibly well written. I haven't read any of the authors' previous work, but I loved that I couldn't tell the difference between their voices. I would have liked more context and worldbuilding at the beginning so I could fully immerse myself in Beatrix's world, but the characters were fleshed out and real. With the popularity of Haunting of Hill House/Bly Manor, this Victorian Haunted House story feels like the perfect Halloween read.

I really liked this book! I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about a continuous story written by multiple authors but I really liked it. It was a good story and it was interesting to notice the little shifts in writing style and voices with the different authors. Rachel Hawkins was my favorite of the writers I felt that her writing glowed very beautifully and her voice felt very authentic to the time and setting. I've had a few of her books on my wishlist and now I'm even more motivated to read them. Ash Parsons was my second favorite writer. Very well done perfect halloween week read.

I was in desperate need of a good spooky read for "spooky season" and this book did the trick! I read this one in just a few hours because I couldn't put it down. The Haunting of Beatrix Green was more in line with what I had expected by Mexican Gothic, and was pleased to finally get what I had been looking for. A truly haunted house, with actual ghosts - the perfect read for October!
The division into nine "episodes" was a unique way to break up the book and I liked that each author contributed three to the story. I thought the episodes wove together beautifully, and if I didn't know the book had three authors, I would never have guessed it. The style was consistent and flowed well between the three. While my heart was never racing, and random noises in the house didn't make me jump, the suspense was still there. I thought the mystery was solid, and I appreciated the little bit of romance. While the book may be a bit predictable, I still enjoyed the journey it took me on. I'm hoping because this was referred to as "season one" that there will be another book in the future. I'd love to see what paranormal shenanigans Beatrix and Jack find themselves in when they arrive in America. So many possibilities - and hopefully a chance for their relationship to develop even more!

Thank you to the author and publisher for providing me with a digital ARC of this title via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

Great, fun read for Halloween! I found it interesting that it is written as episodes instead of chapters and wonder it if was a style choice to give the feel of watching it or if it really is written for television. The writing is formatted as a novel, not as a script, the only difference being the title of episodes in place of chapter headings. I found the story to be engaging, creepy, creative, fun. A good Victorian horror mystery with likeable characters and a spooky storyline. I would happily read another if a second volume was released. .

Beatrix Greene, is a spiritual medium bringing comfort to the relatives of the deceased. With the help of her childhood friend Haz, she helps people contact their loved ones one last time. She doesn’t rely on gimmicks and parlor tricks, but knows that her powers aren’t real.

When a scientist comes to town, threatening to expose all mediums, she attends his lecture out of curiosity. Little does she know that this scientist was looking for her and needs her help in finding out if an old manor is haunted or not. Soon the two of them have to put their differences aside, or risk their lives.

If you follow me on social media, you might know that Victorian England is my favorite time period. Mixing this period with ghosts, a creepy old manor and a gothic atmosphere makes for a book I can’t resist.

The Haunting of Beatrix Greene is divided into “episodes”, and due to me receiving an advanced reader’s copy, I got them all at once. I really enjoyed reading it, and it was everything I had hoped for. It’s spooky, unsettling, and all the characters are great.

Now, there is also a fair amount of steamy romance, something I’m not always into. But, you can’t really have a historical horror book without some blushing ladies and handsome lords. So, I’m going to out myself here and say I truly enjoyed the romance. There, I said it.

Overall, it’s a great read and highly recommended by me!

Beatrix Greene is a young women who makes a living as a medium in Victorian England. She isn't a real medium, but she has great intuition and is a good judge of people.
She encounters James Walker, a man who spends his time discrediting mediums.
He and asks her to come to this mansion and prove whether or not it is haunted. He offers an absurd amount of money and she would be crazy to pass it up. She figures she will get a few 'feelings'while she is there and claiming the spirits are gone and walk away with a lot of money.

When they get to the house there are other guests including a Mr sir Arthur Conan Doyle. All is not quite what it seems with the house and James was not quite forthcoming with all of the information.
This book had multiple authors but the story flowed really well. The love story was a bit cliche but that didn't take away to much from the story. I dislike when stories have relationships for the sake of having a relationship. There were parts that, like most ghost stories, you want to ask them why they are doing that, which was frustrating.
Overall I really enjoyed it, if you like haunted houses and Victorian paranormal stories you will like this.

I received an ARC Kindle edition of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a quick read. It is a good ghost/old haunted mansion story. While reading this book, I was getting images of the movie The Haunting, which is based on Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. While the story itself keeps you reading, things just... happen. For example the romance element. There is no development of the romance. The best analogy I can think of is the over dramatized parody shows where two characters scream at each other and then in a split second are "kissy faced" and all over each other.

Now that I have finished this book, I find I need to go look for more ghost stories and creepy movies to watch. It really does put you into that kind of mood.

The book I read consists if nine "episodes," but it is labeled as Vol 1 on Goodreads and appears to be part of a series on Amazon's site (ASIN : B08FJJ9252). If this is going to be a series, I really look forward to where this character's story will take us.

A very fun and engaging book! Very spooky and had great world-building, plot, and character development! Sometimes the wording felt a little stilted or forced, but other than that it was a fun ready in time of Halloween!

Wow! This was a fun and spooky quick read. It was captivating and I could not put it down! I enjoyed the storyline and although it was a bit predictable, the characters were different than I thought they were.

I received this as an eARC to read for free in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and Serial Box for giving me access.

This is perfect for a quick read, just enough spooky to tickle the tastebuds.

The idea of the storyline was great, but the execution could have been better....Too many cooks in the kitchen. While the authors wrote well together, some aspects of the story went too quickly, too slowly, or just happened out of nowhere.

I wouldn't mind having this story be longer so the authors could give more details or back story to some characters and have more of a building relationship vs an immediate one.

I really did enjoy it, are just looking for something to tide you over between reads, this is a great book to pick up.

October is the perfect time to read this quick, fun story. Rachel Hawkins, Ash Parsons and Vicky Alvear Shecter all add their talent to the book. It flows so well that you never know you are reading 3 different authors. Set in Victoria England.

Beatrix Greene is a fraud when it comes to seeing ghosts. She has eked out a living channeling spirits for other people. James Walker is a scientist looking for a real medium. He thinks Beatrix is just the one he needs.

The characters are well developed and quite likable. A medium, a skeptic, a helper, a photographer and a friend. They all combine to make this gothic book move quickly.

This book is hauntingly good. There are ghosts, evil spirits, violence, moving objects and a hunted house. Plus, a little romance. I don't usually read horror books, but I don't really consider this one horror. To me it was more like a cozy horror. There is gore, but it wasn't that bad. I think this is the beginning of a series that is going to only get better. I want to read the next one, just to see what kind of a mess Beatrix gets into again😊

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC Kindle version of the book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

In Victorian England, one can hear whispers of the great medium Beatrix Greene. She brings closure to her clients without parlor tricks or occult props. None of it is real, until a scientist invites Beatrix to Ashbury Manor. A home with a sinister history spanning over a millennium. As the seance begins, the small supernatural team will awaken darkness beyond expectations.

This episodic Victorian Gothic story about a gripping haunted house is filled with a compelling plot and characters. It begins at a slow pace, but one inch forward and you are thrown into madness. I found it to be a very easy and rapid read, finishing it in one sitting. The visually horrifying presented would be terrifying for most. Personally, I wanted more.

Both Beatrix Greene and Amanda are presented as Second-Wave Feminist’s. Yet, Beatrix falls for James within 24 hours. Their romance is paired with some cheesy lines and felt melodramatic. James is a scientist fueled by his hidden past to gain evidence of the supernatural’s possible existence. He keeps much of himself hidden until the ladder of the novel. I enjoyed some of his thoughts and seeing how much power the house truly had. James really pushes the recurring theme centering around how others make a spectacle and profit off the tragedy of another.

There are a plethora of haunted house stories but Ashbury Manor had aspects that really pull the right strings for me. An unapologetic Victorian Gothic filled with the supernatural, violence and romance. I would recommend this to lovers of the genre or anyone that enjoyed Crimson Peak.

Thank you to NetGalley, SerialBox and all contributors for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.