I’ve not read it yet, but it’s on my wish list.Ī couple of other books with ghosts that I enjoyed were The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker and Yesterday’s News by Sam Cheever.Ĥ) You shall go to the ball, meet a prince, kiss a frog…. In 2017 Hari Kunzru released White Tears, which was a ghost mystery set in New York and featured Blues music. I quite fancy meeting a ghost, but I’d like to be picky and meet a good one, not one filled with malevolence. But it’s now been overdone and although it is still popular, lots of authors have moved on.ģ) A ghost isn’t just for Christmas or Hallowe’enĬharles Dickens’ ghosts in A Christmas Carol have become classical figures over time. If you remember Team Edward, Team Jake, or Team Not At ALL, then you might agree that Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series torpedoed vampires and werewolves into the young adult romance market with a capital L for love triangle. The young adult paranormal market is huge, but in the past it has been overpowered by the love triangle. Remember reading those tales of magic and wonder beneath the bed covers when you were a child? Paranormal books can give you that same feeling―that maybe, just maybe, it really is possible…. Witches, wizards, ghosts, spells, pixies and unicorns are just a few of the elements which can be found between the pages. Those words still send a thrill of delight through me even though I’ve read the series a number of times.
The Cambridge Dictionary says it is: ‘all the things that are impossible to explain by known natural forces or by science.’įrom angels to wizards, the paranormal can feature in a huge range of genres and sub-genres.ġ ) It takes you back to your childhood: ‘You’re a wizard, Harry….’ (Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone by J.K.
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