Softly: The Uninvited Review

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

Parapsychologist Ebbon Softly and his psychic wife Mercy investigate when a team of ghost hunters disappear inside a supposedly haunted funeral home.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

J.T. Cummins is a thriller author and screenwriter. He writes eFiction exclusively for the digital market. His eTales include COBBLESTONES, THE JITTERS, MINUS FOUR, SOFTLY: THE UNINVITED, WINSTROM, and WEAKER SEX (co-written with Douglas Nabors a producer of the Emmy-award winning TV series MONK). Baptized in the Hollywood trenches, J.T. is also the screenwriter-director of the horror movie classic THE BONEYARD. A former motion picture special effects artist, J.T.'s work appears in THE THING, HOUSE, STRANGE INVADERS, ENEMY MINE, and many others.

Visit J.T. at: www.jtcummins.com

MY REVIEW:

Softly: The Uninvited is a quick read. The cover kinda freaked me out but it is probably supposed to do that, being a horror/suspense book. The prologue reads as a screenplay at first, but the rest of the book flows really well.

I like the character Mercy Soflty the best. She is funny and witty. I picture her as a young woman, but the author seems to date her a bit with having her be a knitter, carrying around her knit things. There seems to be a British-esque vibe to the story. Not sure where it takes place, but it easily could be in England. I love the line "Leave your ghosts and toad falls until morning." That kind of language flows throughout the story, and makes it interesting.

I love the names of the men in this book. Great character names: Freeman, Ebbon, Cotter. I also really enjoyed the relationship between Ebbon and Mercy.

There is one really gross part in the book, but it paints a picture of the scene really well and you can visualize it as you read. And just when you think it is all over, there is a twist. And then once again, you think it is all over, and another twist! I adored the distraction Mercy gives to the cat towards the end! Ha!

A few things I would "fix" would be calling the monstrosity an alien. I think a different name would better suit it. Also, there were many typos and things I would edit, so just a heads up on that to the author. All in all, a great entertaining read!