This rreview is written with thanks to Jamie-Lee Brooke for my copy of Her Pretty Eyes.

Blurb:

Megan Forrest is going back to where it all began and this time it’s more deadly.

Megan’s paranormal investigation business shot to success, taking her around the world laying ghosts to rest for the rich and famous. However, nothing would prepare her for the phone call she was about to receive.

The new occupant of Blind House believes he has awoken a vengeful spirit.

Gone is the glitz and glamour that the mansion used to represent and now with the walls stripped bare, it’s a shell of a property used to hold commercial ghost hunts.

Digging further back into the house’s history during the 1800s reveals a tragic tale of a blind young lady who resided there named Harriot with her baby daughter Ellan. Did a party of ghost hunters awaken Harriot’s spirit?

When a man in a neighbouring property is found dead with his eyes gouged out, Megan is called to investigate, testing her bravery to its limits. She never wanted to return to Blind House again – ever.

She’s back to banish a spirit with a score to settle before the death count rises, whilst laying her own ghosts to rest along the way.
It’s time to get swept up in another deadly game.

Review:

Her Pretty Eyes is the perfect book to read for Halloween! I read the prequel, Blind House, last year and was drawn into the creepy atmosphere of the setting. Once again, Jamie-Lee Brooke has done an amazing job of building the atmosphere so that I could really imagine myself in Blind House and feel how terrifying it was for Megan and the guests.

The novel is set over a dual timeline and this really helped to make the ghosts feel real. Although the chapters set in the 19th century are generally quite short, the author has still managed to paint a clear picture of what life was like for Harriot and Ellan, and I really wanted to see what the resolution would be for them, both when they were alive and when they were spirits.

Throughout Her Pretty Eyes, the tension just rises and rises, and by the end, I felt like I was living on a knife edge. I was really captivated by the story and I couldn’t let go until I had finished.

The ending of Her Pretty Eyes definitely leaves us with the possibility of another book in the series, and I hope this is something that Jamie-Lee Brooke is considering as I would love to see more from Megan.

Her Pretty Eyes is available from Amazon.