Haunting in Old Tailem
Publication Date: December 1, 2020
Haunting in Old Tailem is book three in the Haunting of Clarisse series. I have not read the first two of the series but was able to read this third installment as a standalone book. The book opens with an introduction to our main character Clarisse. Clarisse is a tough as nails clairvoyant who is travelling around Australia with Harry. Harry is travelling around Australia connecting small towns to mobile towers ensuring even the most remote parts of the outback have access to internet services. The small town they are in now is Old Tailem. Old Tailem is considered a ghost town, literally. The town's claim to fame is an old church that has an unusual amount of paranormal activity and has decided to profit off of the phenomenon by hosting ghost tours.
Clarisse becomes fast friends with Digger, the town's haunted tour guide. Digger and Clarisse make fast friends because Digger knows all about the paranormal activity in the town and is close friends with the towns local shaman/spiritual advisor, Shamy. Clarisse, being experienced in paranormal cases, decides to get to the bottom of what type of paranormal activity is enveloping the church and soon finds that it is not your average friendly haunting. Old Tailem, the reader finds has been taken over by an evil demon that is trying to kidnap the souls of the locals and visitors children in order to grow its legion to look good for the boss, Satan. Clarisse, Harry, Shamy and Digger make it their mission to ensure that this demon does not succeed in his evil plot.
I personally found Haunting in Old Tailem a challenge to get through. The story itself was original and had its exciting, creepy moments but it didn't hold my attention well. I found that the story had a lot of lulls that left me bored. I did enjoy meeting Janice Tremayne's characters, they were original and she did a wonderful job of mapping out and expressing their personalities well throughout the novel. I do hope to read more in the Haunting of Clarisse series, I feel that the author is growing in her writing and will have more original ideas to share in the future.
Thanks to NetGalley, BookBuzz.net, and Millport Press for an advanced copy for an honest review.
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