The Haunting of June Allen

by Mason Dean

All June Allen wants is a little peace and quiet. She hopes to find it in the small, idyllic town of Glasgow, where she plans to spend her days lounging in her charming rental cabin, forgetting a world that had long forgotten her. But a murdered family’s cold case, a town cover-up, and a spirit with questionable intentions threaten to turn June’s dream life into a nightmare.

Genres: Horror, Mystery Thriller

306 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 11, 2021

Reviews

[Barefoot Gypsy Jimerson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nope got this one wrong.

The story is good but,this is not Haunting. The little girl ghost was nice. It was more like a detective story

[Mrs. Ann Dawson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too many errors

I wish Mr Mason the best in his career as an indie writer, but would STRONGLY suggest he work with an editor. The book is full of misused words ( eg lament for laminate, rue for ruse, garnished for garnered to name a few) and many grammatical and spelling errors. They distracted from the plot. I think an editor could also help him with some plot development to make it more believable. For example, June’s daughter gets abducted and June decides to take a drive to another town to clear her head, and her phone is turned off while she takes a nap! This strains credibility! What kind of mother, hoping to hear from a kidnapper,has her phone off, then casually “powers it up to check for messages”?

[robin · Rating 1 out of 5]

OH.. her name is JUNE!! I couldn't tell as every sentence in this book had her name in it. "June, I don't think you should get involved in this June. June, you do realize this is dangerous don't you June?" I don't know about you - but that drove me crazy. I would rather have a slew of typos than poorly structured sentences.
Also, Chelsea the ghost, is a very young girl, yet she talks to (who else but) JUNE, like an English Professor.
The number one thing that irritated me about this book was - of course, JUNE. I can tell a woman didn't write this because never - ever would a mother pay so little attention to her daughter - who has been kidnapped by dangerous criminals - in order to solve a murder so a ghost girl could be at peace. Hello! Anyone home??!!

[Mrs. Lynn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Book 31

Was hard to read/follow due to lack of proof reading....biggest tho was the constant flip flopping, for example with the daughter...10 year olds are not in preschool. I have read other books by author, but this one just didn't grab my attention. Maybe better proof reading would have helped.

[Veronica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slow read

It's a good overall story, however it was a VERY slow read. Too many flash backs and overview of feelings right when the action was about to start. Action was very little and short. If you blinked you'd miss it. I struggled getting through the story, had to skim pages just to get through some chapters.

[JanÃÂ Klos · Rating 3 out of 5]

A ghost avenges her death

The story takes place near Natural Bridge, Virginia, and that’s an area that I am acquainted with. It’s always fun to read about an area that you know. While the story had a good flow to the action, the drawback was I found the writing to be very stilted. But as far as a ghost story goes, this is some scary ghost.

[WENDY CRAWFORD · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting and fast moving

Not boring at all. showed how an awesome Intelligent mom can figure out a puzzle that had been ignored for years. She put a family of spirits to rest, saved another mother's reputation and brought down the bad guys.

[Catherine L. Chisholm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting

I liked the background of the main character being given in the first few chapters. Then the hauntings starting. It kept my interest throughout. I highly recommend this book who is interested in ghost stories.

[Candace Dill · Rating 1 out of 5]

This novel might’ve had potential, but the poor editing and hard to follow dialogue was too huge of a distraction for me to enjoy the story. I skimmed through over half of the novel and still got the gist, only because I refuse to not finish a book.

[ruby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Engrossing

Any age would enjoy this book.
It is very interesting. Just keeps you wanting to know what will happen next. I enjoyed it very much.

[Sherry Priddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good!

Kind of hard to get into, but then took off. Didn't really keep you guessing(whodunit) to the end, but was an enjoyable outcome!

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story was good, but there was a few editing errors. I don't usually pay these much attention, but there was too many to ignore.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

A riveting story. I literally couldn't put it down.

To think that there are other people in the world whom believe in ghosts and the after life is quite astounding.

[Ellen White · Rating 4 out of 5]

Daughter has been kidnapped
A mother figuring it out
Good audio, fast. Owing plot
Given audio for my honest opinion

[Heatherrrrr · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hopefully this is the last Mason dean..

Hoping this is the last Mason dean in the series, I'm sure he's a great person, but writing good scary books is not his strong suit

[Betsy Fatzinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this part of the boxed set. The story was exciting and I found it difficult to put down.

[Lauren Conley · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was very hard to get through this book. I almost quit several times but I hate not finishing a book.