The Haunting of Beatrix Greene Review!!
Beatrix Greene is a medium in Victorian England. In this period, the field is not lacking in participants, so of course there are skeptics. Being one of those, Dr. James Walker, hires Beatrix Greene to attempt to help him. Was saying yes her biggest mistake? You must read to find out! The Haunting of Beatrix Greene is spooky, chilling, and just in time for Halloween. Definitely read this one with the lights on! Though, I did not understand the steamy scenes thrown in that threw off the flow of the book, I do believe this is an overall solid ghost story/horror story. If you love these types of stories, The Haunting of Beatrix Greene is worth giving a try! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Beatrix Greene is a medium, providing services to those who seek proof of the afterlife. She is also, like most mediums, a fraud. James Walker is in search of someone who can speak to the dead. Throughout his search he covers as a man debunking the mediums he comes in contact with. So colored Beatrix surprised when he offers her a job, as he believes she really can commune with the dead. Here's the deal... spend one night at Ashbury Manor to prove, or disprove, whether it's haunted. Agreeing was her first mistake, but will staying once they reach the Manor be her last?

Holy cow what a scary, heart-pounding and perfectly wonderful gory ghost story! This is so well written I could feel the fear and picture the bones and evil. I'm really glad I read this in the mornings 🤣🤣🤣. I love a good, terrifying ghost story and man did this ever fit the bill. Whew! 🤣

I received this E-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed herein are mine and mine alone.

I really enjoyed this book! Just in time for Halloween. If you love dark, suspenseful stories, this is it! I loved the Victorian flare - made it even more interesting!! I hope there is more Beatrix Green in the future.

I've really enjoyed this book, although it is short it certainly is gripping! Perfect for this time of year with Halloween on the horizon!

I hope their will be more tales involving Beatrix Greene!

All I can say is, Wow! If you’re a fan of darkness and suspense, The Haunting of Beatrix Greene is for you. This was definitely a new genre of reading for me and I enjoyed reading this story. A Victorian feel with a bit of Holmes thrown in for flavor.

“I do so enjoy having a man prove things to me,” she said, her voice sickly sweet, her hazel eyes flashing.”

CW: Horror; Gore; Supernatural Haunting; Death by Supernatural forces; Entrapment; Death by Fire

Summary: Strong-headed and independent Beatrix Greene is making a living for herself in Victorian England by working as a “reputable” spiritual medium. However, when known-skeptic Dr. James Walker offers her a large sum of money to determine if Ashbury Manor is haunted, Beatrix finds herself facing the realities of what this offer means - risking everything if she's exposed as the fraud she knows she is for the chance of being financially independent. However, Dr. James Walker is hiding his own secrets and dark past, and when Beatrix accepts the job and performs the séance, awakening a gift she didn’t think existed, they must face the darkness and horror of Ashbury Manor together or be consumed.

Review: The first chapter had an incredible amount of promise, it seemingly set the mood that things weren’t quite as they seemed, introduced characters that were interesting, and made me want to keep reading - however, it quickly devolved into a mishmash of horror, romance, and the supernatural. This book felt more like a low-budget horror movie, than a Victorian gothic fiction.

This book was just incredibly heavy-handed and provided no nuance in the psychological and physical terror I was expecting. Short stories and novellas are hard enough to write because the author (or authors in this case) don’t have a lot of time to set up the mood, the plot, and the characters, however, these authors also decided to include a steamy romance that really had no place in this story. This novella’s attempt to have three different authors write the story ultimately leaves the reader feeling disjointed between each chapter. I think the idea was there, but the execution fell flat.

I will note that it appears that this story was originally, or is currently being, released through Serial Box in episodes. I think the spirit of releasing these chapters as “episodes” actually serves this novella better, as reading it straight through seemed to do the story and writing a great disservice.

You should read this book if you like: Horror; Suspense; Victorian Gothics; Romance

I received this book from NetGalley as an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This story follows Beatrix Greene, a spritual medium in Victorian England, who is actually a fraud. She is offered a high paying job by James Walker, who asks that she stay one night in Ashbury Manor, to confirm whether or not the manor is haunted. He has revealed several frauds in her medium community, but believes she is the real thing. She accepts the job, ultimately putting her own name at risk, if he exposes her as a fraud. James has secrets, as well, which are exposed during the séance, after Beatrix truly makes a connection to the other side. Neither James nor Beatrix anticipated the danger of the spirits and are in for the fight of their lives to get out of the manor alive.

This book is excellent -- different sections are written by different authors, but you really wouldn't guess it based on the flow of the book. The story line started right away, the characters were really well-developed, and the vivid imagery really takes you on a wild ride to the haunted manor.

A spooky read that will keep you on the edge of your seat -- this was a fast-paced thriller and a page-turner, to see how things end up!

Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review an advance copy of this book!

Read this one with the lights on if you don't want to jump at every creak in your house! Mwah HA HA! This book gave me the chills several times. It's a gripping ghostly tale.that's short enough to devour on a rainy afternoon.

Part horror, part gothic romance "The Haunting of Beatrix Greene" is the perfect addition to your October TBR pile (and it's releasing just in time for Halloween!)

Three authors collaborated, each taking a chapter or "episode" (since it would surely make a fun mini-series!) to weave this dark tale of a haunted mansion, its desperate heir, a self-doubting spiritual medium and their quest to solve an old murder mystery and escape the sinister presence within it's walls. Will they survive the night...?

Yes, it is good gory fun for all. Thanks to Netgalley for letting me read an advanced copy!
Kid o'meter - def PG-13 at minimum (gore and sexual situations)

I really enjoyed this book it has a good story line the characters were realistic and endearing. Beatrix is a spirit soother or medium she built a reputation of descret dealings for many well to do mostly English women helping them find peace with those who have died. When a renowned scientist sets his sights on exposing all such people like Beatrix as frauds and cons Beatrix fears she will be next instead he offers her a job, one that will push her abilities to their limits and she may not survive. If you like suspense with a Victorian era backdrop then you will love this book.

Beatrix Greene is an actress pretending to by a medium when she called to an opportunity of a life time. The catch? She has to stay in a notoriously haunted mansion and perform a séance. Maybe Beatrix isn't a phoney after all...

What a great short little spooky read! Perfect for the start of the autumn season!
This was a really sweet blend of historical, romance, and a dash of horror. A bit of body horror at a certain part that made me tense a little bit, man what vivid descriptions! lol
I really enjoyed this, very atmospheric. I felt that the characters were pretty rich considering how short the book was, and apricated the witty banter juxtaposed with the grim horror elements.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced copy!

I'm scared!!! Hahaha!!

I am actually scared though. This book is super cute and spooky. I scare easily with books like these because I believe in ghosts. I had to read this during the day because I was literally getting goosebumps.
If you like spooky, fun, fast reads, this is for you. I loved all the characters and their witty banter. I laughed out loud at some parts, but maybe that was just nervous laughter because I was terrified, haha!!

Pick this up for a little snack during the day! Its short and worth the time.

Thank you Netgalley for sending me this to read for an exchange for an honest review.

*This book was received as an advanced reader's copy from NetGalley.

Nothing like a good horror book to get me in the mood for Halloween. Ok, so it's not even October yet, but I really couldn't resist. That being said, while there was some horror in this, it was merely ok.

Beatrix Greene is a well-known medium. Not because she can actually talk to ghosts, but simply because she is good at what she does, and that is reading people's emotions. So when a known disprover of the occult offers her a generous salary to come check out a haunted house; she's torn. The money will set her up for life, but it could bring her reputation down with it.

I think a lot of the characters really underwent personality changes in this book. While I liked Beatrix and she was the most solid of the characters, I still felt as thought she could have been a bit more developed. Her friend Harry provided appropriate comedic relief, but really was just there for background rather than being an integral part of the book. And James, well, he was all over the place, I can't say I really enjoyed his character that much. In fact, I think the best of the bunch would be Amanda; and that's just because she was bold, interesting, and didn't have enough time to have wild personality swings.

The plot was pretty standard; seance at a haunted house with mayhem afoot. I can't say it was too much different than the Haunting of Hill House or several other books in the genre, but I won't fault it for that, it had its own spin. It was also gruesome, descriptive, and a bit bloody. There was also romance, which I found terrible and unbelievable and it really detracted from the whole novella. Which it is a novella, this is a short book, written mostly like a screenplay. And it was also written by multiple authors, although I will say they kept their tone pretty consistent throughout.

Interesting, but it definitely had a lot of room for improvement.

Review by M. Reynard 2020

I don't know why this book didn't work for me, but I think it might be the multiple authors. The writing just felt disconnected and clunky at times. Maybe I could just tell the voices apart? I'm not sure. Great premise though.

This was such a fun read that put me in the haunted/Halloween mood. I don’t know why this says episode one when i read alll the chapters/episode of the full book and not just the 20 something pages it shows on goodreads.

This book had all the horror/haunted house tropes which i loved as well but not too scary for those who don’t like to be scared too much. I feel like both main characters were developed well and i adored Harry.

This book does have 2 main characters - Beatrix Green who helps ppl find comfort in their dead relatives even though she doesn’t believe in ghosts. And James who is is a scientist and likes to pull the covers off from people who pretend to contact the dead and who also challenges Beatrix to come to a house to prove to him if the house is in fact haunted. There are secrets to uncover plus romance.

Again this was such a fun quick read, i loved that the chapters were set up as episodes. Thanks Netgalley for the arc!

A fast-paced gothic horror that reads really quickly. I would categorize it more as gothic horror/ghost story than romance, but there is a bit of romance mixed in.

Around 100 pages this little book packs a nice scary punch. The story telling is centered around Beatrix a phony medium, Harry her oldest friend, James the disbeliever, Amanda Reynolds, and Stanhope. James hires Beatrix to spend one night in Ashbury Manor, a home infamous for the killings that occurred there.

I enjoyed this book, but a few things that were jarring was the three separate authors. I hadn't noticed it at first, but then when I noticed the author under each new chapter it put me in mind of a new story. The anger between the two main characters and then them falling in love felt forced. If this book were a little longer and the story a little more developed I would have liked it more.

The Haunting of Beatrix Greene is the classic haunted house story. Beatrix Greene pretends to conduct seances in London during the Victorian age. Dr. James Walker, a skeptic of the paranormal hires Beatrix to investigate an old mansion that seems to be much more than just an old house. Something invisible and creepy makes him uneasy whenever he's inside the old mansion's walls.

The reason I gave it three stars is that it's written like a play or television script. That factoid really needs to be conveyed in the synopsis so the reader is not caught off guard. I had a difficult time enjoying the story as I was constantly reminded of the fact that I was reading. I found the format to be very distracting.

The Haunting of Beatrix Greene is short and fast read which takes place in England during the Victorian era, it is shown through the eyes of Beatrix and James. Instead of following the typical book layout which includes chapters, this book follows the television show model which includes series and episodes. Each episode is written by one of the three authors. I thought that this was unique because I haven’t read anything like this before.

I really enjoyed the character Beatrix because even though she was shown to be a fraud at the beginning, she still helped people by giving hope and closure to the people that she was scamming. In the beginning I didn’t really like James because he came across as arrogant and annoying, but I liked him more after all of his secrets were revealed.

I enjoyed the romance which was woven throughout all of the horror and darkness, it was a welcomed breathe of fresh air. I don’t think I noticed that the book was written by three different authors because I found that they created a flow which connected each episode.

If you like a fast read, scary thrills and a sprinkle of romance then this book is for you.

I recieved an advanced copy for free, and this is my honest opinion.

This is not a genre I usually read, but will certainly look for these authors' other books. I find it difficult to review without giving away too much. Suffice to say, it was captivating. The story held my interest from the first page. I was surprised because I don't care for occult/horror novels. That may be changing! Recommend this book for anyone willing to step our of their comfort zone. For me, it had a big pay-off.

A nice horror thriller set during the time seances were common. I found our main character, Beatrix to be pretty relatable and I enjoyed reading from her perspective. I can't say that there were many surprises or unique twists in the story but it was still quite an enjoyable read. A good start for the fall season!