In this second book of THE LOST BRIDE trilogy, Sonya McTavish is living in a beautiful mansion she inherited on the coast of Maine, along with her friend Cleo and an assortment of ghosts, because the gorgeous home holds a lot of haunted secrets. And not all of the ghosts are friendly. There is one horrible witch who has killed seven brides on their wedding day. Sonya finds an enchanted mirror and is able to travel back in time to those murders to try and stop her.
The magical realism works very well in this story. Nora Roberts does a great job of making the house come alive with magic and sometimes evil. The backstories of the ghosts and of Sonya herself are intriguing. This wasn’t marketed as horror, but does have some horror elements and sometimes gets a little dark for my personal taste, but overall this is a wonderful second book in the series. It ends on a cliffhanger, but the third book of the trilogy is coming.
My rating is 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5 on sites with no half-star option.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.
PURCHASE LINKS
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Apple Books | Google | Kobo
Great review, Bonnie. You’re amazing.
Thanks so much, Tim!