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The House
Alternate Cover edition of ASIN: B0078VIRPE
Aria De La Vega lived a pretty mundane life until she inherited the house.
After arriving at the house, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Aria meets the man of her dreams, finds the house is haunted, is attacked by a ghost, learns about the Native American curse that has plagued the land the house sits on for more than 130 years and discovers that she is the key to undoing it all. And that is only the first 48 hours.
With help of her two best friends, Melissa, a formidable attorney out of California and Amy, the granddaughter of a Cherokee medicine woman, Aria will decipher the curse, battle an unseen force bent on destroying her, deal with the painful stab of deceit and wager everything to save herself and the man she loves.
Aria De La Vega lived a pretty mundane life until she inherited the house.
After arriving at the house, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Aria meets the man of her dreams, finds the house is haunted, is attacked by a ghost, learns about the Native American curse that has plagued the land the house sits on for more than 130 years and discovers that she is the key to undoing it all. And that is only the first 48 hours.
With help of her two best friends, Melissa, a formidable attorney out of California and Amy, the granddaughter of a Cherokee medicine woman, Aria will decipher the curse, battle an unseen force bent on destroying her, deal with the painful stab of deceit and wager everything to save herself and the man she loves.
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First published January 1, 2012
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Charlie Daye
66 books141 followersMy love for all things books began at thirteen. That was when I picked up my first teen paranormal romance.
My first attempt at writing came in the form of poetry followed bt my first short story which received local notoriety.
The House is my first full length novel and is the first book in the Curse Breaker's Series.
My first attempt at writing came in the form of poetry followed bt my first short story which received local notoriety.
The House is my first full length novel and is the first book in the Curse Breaker's Series.
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August 23, 2012
Ok, finally have time to come on and type this!
With a cover so innocuous as to normally be overlooked, I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked this up. As a matter of fact I had picked this book up weeks ago and completely forgotten I had it until I was asked to review it. It looked familiar, so I checked and lo and behold... I had downloaded it from Amazon and it had just been sitting there all this time. After reading it however, I'm claiming a momentary lapse of sanity for not reading it as soon as I downloaded it.
Daye does a phenomenal job of hooking you and pulling you into the story from the very tragic beginning. With a strong familial relationship and best friends who brave a psychotic ghost to help her, it's no wonder you root for Aria from the start. Even her co-workers and boss adore her! You want her to have a HEA with Dominick.
With enough twists and turns to keep you flipping the pages, I kicked myself the entire time for letting it sit on my pc for so long before reading it. The House has a little bit for everyone... Murder, suspense, romance and ghosts all wrapped up around a Native American curse. The only draw back that I found was sometimes over the top speech between Dominick and Aria. Every time I read "my love" I was thrown back to the first historical romance novel I read 20 years ago and I had to laugh at how ridiculous it all sounded. However, it didn't dampen my enjoyment of The House. If anything I had a hard time putting it down and found myself hoping that although Aria's story was told, maybe we'll hear Mel or Amy's stories soon as well.
I would definitely recommend that people pick this up and give it a try. You won't regret it. Can't wait to read more by this author.
With a cover so innocuous as to normally be overlooked, I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked this up. As a matter of fact I had picked this book up weeks ago and completely forgotten I had it until I was asked to review it. It looked familiar, so I checked and lo and behold... I had downloaded it from Amazon and it had just been sitting there all this time. After reading it however, I'm claiming a momentary lapse of sanity for not reading it as soon as I downloaded it.
Daye does a phenomenal job of hooking you and pulling you into the story from the very tragic beginning. With a strong familial relationship and best friends who brave a psychotic ghost to help her, it's no wonder you root for Aria from the start. Even her co-workers and boss adore her! You want her to have a HEA with Dominick.
With enough twists and turns to keep you flipping the pages, I kicked myself the entire time for letting it sit on my pc for so long before reading it. The House has a little bit for everyone... Murder, suspense, romance and ghosts all wrapped up around a Native American curse. The only draw back that I found was sometimes over the top speech between Dominick and Aria. Every time I read "my love" I was thrown back to the first historical romance novel I read 20 years ago and I had to laugh at how ridiculous it all sounded. However, it didn't dampen my enjoyment of The House. If anything I had a hard time putting it down and found myself hoping that although Aria's story was told, maybe we'll hear Mel or Amy's stories soon as well.
I would definitely recommend that people pick this up and give it a try. You won't regret it. Can't wait to read more by this author.
August 12, 2014
The House is a delightful romp through all the emotions one hopes to feel while reading a novel.
Read full review in the 2012 July/August issue of InD’tale Magazine.
Read full review in the 2012 July/August issue of InD’tale Magazine.
June 18, 2012
Found this as a free book to read on my kindle and loved it. Read in quite quickly for me as I wanted to find out how it ended. Definately worth a read!
February 18, 2013
This book is the first in The Curse Breaker's Trilogy. The writing style is unpretentious and the main female characters are funny and relatable. The story moves at a good pace and avoids most issues that plague new authors. Unfortunately, there are several things that are just too disquieting.
On the minor side, the book is in desperate need of a good proof reader who can eliminate all the typos and fix the grammatical errors. Almost every page has a least one typo or wrong word (in example using the word buzzard in place of the word buzzer.)
Plot wise, I was willing to suspend reality and believe that Aria, the main character, could agree to marry someone that she has just met after having tons of sex with them. It was extremely odd that she never asked to see his home or meet his friends but, I went along to see where this would go. When Aria agrees to have sexual relations with this stranger and doesn't consider birth control until she is reminded by a friend to consider it after already well into the relationship - I disagreed with it philosophically but decided to hang on a little longer. But when the author incorporates rape SEVERAL times into the story and doesn't treat it with the seriousness it requires, I found it very difficult to support this book.
Two female characters in the book are raped by a ghost and do nothing about it. They are physically assaulted several times. They casually mention it to one another but that's it. There are several examples of sex that is non-consensual or of sex that is initially against the female partner's will. I found this all very disturbing. Why would Aria and her friend Melissa stay in a house where she was being physically assaulted? Let's put it this way, if they are freaked out about a haunting and call in a ghost hunter, why don't they call in other help when they are being raped? It just doesn't make sense.
As a plot device, I thought it showed the weaknesses in the story line mainly Drake, the evil brother. His character could have been developed and his abilities amplified to an extent that would not make it necessary to resort to rape to establish his depravity or malevolence.
After the rape scenes, the story just spirals at high speed into the realm of suspended logic. The heroine never notifies her family when she gets married or when she ends up pregnant and alone. This is very out of character for the close knit family oriented character that is introduced at the beginning of the book.
The plot line involving the Indian curse, the blood curse and the final spell required to bring back Dominic are each resolved in rather confusing ways. This is a shame because there was so much potential here.
The book is a relatively short read but I just can't get past the violence against women. That and the fact that almost every man in the book has a name that begins with the letter "d".
On the minor side, the book is in desperate need of a good proof reader who can eliminate all the typos and fix the grammatical errors. Almost every page has a least one typo or wrong word (in example using the word buzzard in place of the word buzzer.)
Plot wise, I was willing to suspend reality and believe that Aria, the main character, could agree to marry someone that she has just met after having tons of sex with them. It was extremely odd that she never asked to see his home or meet his friends but, I went along to see where this would go. When Aria agrees to have sexual relations with this stranger and doesn't consider birth control until she is reminded by a friend to consider it after already well into the relationship - I disagreed with it philosophically but decided to hang on a little longer. But when the author incorporates rape SEVERAL times into the story and doesn't treat it with the seriousness it requires, I found it very difficult to support this book.
Two female characters in the book are raped by a ghost and do nothing about it. They are physically assaulted several times. They casually mention it to one another but that's it. There are several examples of sex that is non-consensual or of sex that is initially against the female partner's will. I found this all very disturbing. Why would Aria and her friend Melissa stay in a house where she was being physically assaulted? Let's put it this way, if they are freaked out about a haunting and call in a ghost hunter, why don't they call in other help when they are being raped? It just doesn't make sense.
As a plot device, I thought it showed the weaknesses in the story line mainly Drake, the evil brother. His character could have been developed and his abilities amplified to an extent that would not make it necessary to resort to rape to establish his depravity or malevolence.
After the rape scenes, the story just spirals at high speed into the realm of suspended logic. The heroine never notifies her family when she gets married or when she ends up pregnant and alone. This is very out of character for the close knit family oriented character that is introduced at the beginning of the book.
The plot line involving the Indian curse, the blood curse and the final spell required to bring back Dominic are each resolved in rather confusing ways. This is a shame because there was so much potential here.
The book is a relatively short read but I just can't get past the violence against women. That and the fact that almost every man in the book has a name that begins with the letter "d".
June 29, 2012
This is the first book I have read from this author and I truly couldn't put it down. I read it in one day. I loved it and gobbled it up.
Aria is a strong main female character with good friends and somewhat of tragic past with me. She is gifted a house by her grandfather and finds it to be haunted. With the help of her wonderful friends one in person and one on phone calls far away she starts to unravel the mysteries of the house.
Dominic is a sweet and loving man. With a heart of gold and drop dead gorgeous looks. Him and Aria have a whirlwind romance.
His brother Drake is aloof and a mean spirited. He glares at Aria when she sees him at the property and refuses to speak with her.
There is an evilness in the house reaking havoc on Aria and her friend. Strange things happen in the house and to the people in it.
There is danger and Aria maybe the key to saving them.
This was a great read. I was taking on a whirlwind of emotions. I laughed and I cried. This is a very well written book. That will not disapoint ghost story fans or true romantics at heart. There are some very hot and well written sex scenes too from passionate and heavy to sweet and loving. There is definately something for everyone in this book and you don't want to miss it.
I look forward to reading more books from this author.
Aria is a strong main female character with good friends and somewhat of tragic past with me. She is gifted a house by her grandfather and finds it to be haunted. With the help of her wonderful friends one in person and one on phone calls far away she starts to unravel the mysteries of the house.
Dominic is a sweet and loving man. With a heart of gold and drop dead gorgeous looks. Him and Aria have a whirlwind romance.
His brother Drake is aloof and a mean spirited. He glares at Aria when she sees him at the property and refuses to speak with her.
There is an evilness in the house reaking havoc on Aria and her friend. Strange things happen in the house and to the people in it.
There is danger and Aria maybe the key to saving them.
This was a great read. I was taking on a whirlwind of emotions. I laughed and I cried. This is a very well written book. That will not disapoint ghost story fans or true romantics at heart. There are some very hot and well written sex scenes too from passionate and heavy to sweet and loving. There is definately something for everyone in this book and you don't want to miss it.
I look forward to reading more books from this author.
June 10, 2012
I really loved the premise of the book.. I always love when authors create their own "spin" on the paranormal.. The depiction of the ghosts with the curse was ingenious.. The storyline was excellent and the love story was great.. the only problem (and not a big one) was that the writting was a little choppy to me. I think it could have used more compound sentences instead of many short ones.. I would still recommend this book to anyone who likes haunted house ghost stories.
August 26, 2012
Overall, this was a good read. The characters were great, as well as the story. I look forward to reading future books.
Now for the negative. I was bombarded with improper grammar and spelling mistakes throughout the book. Also, the use of an exclamation point and slang were overused. I realize that this is amateur writing and a first attempt at a large audience, but the editing should have been better.
Now for the negative. I was bombarded with improper grammar and spelling mistakes throughout the book. Also, the use of an exclamation point and slang were overused. I realize that this is amateur writing and a first attempt at a large audience, but the editing should have been better.
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June 8, 2012Loved, loved, loved it!!!
For a full review see InD'Tale Magazine July/August issue.
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For a full review see InD'Tale Magazine July/August issue.
http://www.indtale.com/reviews/house-...
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