Thursday, September 13, 2018

Review: The Monster Museum (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #10) by J.L. Bryan

The Monster Museum (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #10)
Title: The Monster Museum

Series: Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #10

Previous books in this series: Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper (#1) | Cold Shadows (#2) | The Crawling Darkness (#3) | Terminal (#4) | House of Whispers #5 | Maze of Souls #6 | Lullaby (#7) | The Keeper (#8) | The Tower (#9)

Author: J.L. Bryan

Genre: Adult, paranormal, horror

Publication date: August 31st 2018

Published by: J.L. Bryan

Source: E-book for review fro author

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Synopsis:

Just outside the small but colorful mountain resort town of Foxboro, Tennessee lies Dr. Weirdman's Mountain Museum of Monsters, Curiosities, and Ancient Mysteries. A tourist draw for earlier generations it offered travelers the amusement of touring unusual underground caves, and pseudo-scientific exhibits ranging from strange creatures to the supposed artifacts of lost civilizations.

Now the museum is a crumbling relic of an older age, fallen into disrepair. Its long-time owner has died, leaving it in the hands of a younger distant relative who knows nothing of how to run a failing tourist-trap of a museum, but who is desperate to make a living and provide for his own children.

The museum has a serious ghost problem, though, and Ellie Jordan is called in from Savannah to help. An unexpected old friend joins Ellie at the last moment so they can spend a snow-filled Christmas together in the mountains...if the ghosts of the restless dead don't turn the holidays into a horrific tragedy.

My rating: ★★★★☆

Ellie Jordan’s latest case takes her to Foxboro, Tennessee where there is a museum called Dr. Weirdman's Mountain Museum of Monsters, Curiosities, and Ancient Mysteries that is apparently haunted, for real. It’s almost Christmas but Ellie decides to take the case because there’s children involved and she’s worried about their safety. That’s the kind of amazing person she is.

I'm here for you. You brave little soldier. I acknowledge your pain. You're too precious for this world! - 2x15 Tall Tales

Anyway, she is joined on this trip by two old friends and it was very interesting. And I’m glad it happened, otherwise Ellie would’ve spent Christmas alone. Calvin, her kind-of father figure and former boss, retired and moved away. Stacey and Jacob are away on holiday visiting his family. And she’s still broken up with Michael.

Ellie: “I’m kind of a hazard to the people around me.”
Calvin: “That sounds like an excuse for being alone the rest of your life.”

It’s sad because it’s true. She’s such a good person, but her job is very dangerous. And in this book she was very funny and I loved it, but I also understood that it was a sort of coping mechanism, and it just hurts my heart.

How I feel during pretty much every episode of Supernatural.



Amidst all this, Ellie is also still worrying about Anton, as she should cause he’s super dangerous. But lately he’s been oddly quiet.



So the client has twin girls who share this really uncanny connection, and apparently Ellie has twin cousins who are like this too. Well, I have twin brothers and they are nothing like this. They’re lame. Lol. This is random, I know, but I just find twins fascinating especially when they have a creepy connection like this! (My brothers aren't very fascinating. Lol.)

Anyway, I very much enjoyed this book! I liked the new setting with the weird museum, and the ghosts were very interesting too. Especially the main lizard guy. We get this ghostly flashback and it was awful! I mean, It was great, but the situation was awful! It was very interesting to see where this ghost came from. There was also a little bit of Egyptian mythology going on, and you know how much I love mythology! The writing was great too—I loved all the creepy imagery! I did miss Stacey and Jacob though. This was a solo job for Ellie even though they told her to wait. But it definitely qualified as an emergency when kids are involved. I just love Ellie.

You're too precious for this world! - 2x15 Tall Tales

This book ends in a bit of a cliffhanger, but the case in this book does get wrapped up, so I really liked that. I cannot wait for the next book! This is one of my favorite series and I cannot recommend it enough!


Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! :)

6 comments:

  1. I love this series. Getting ready to read this now and so excited. I skimmed your review as I've not started this yet but your gifs gave me an idea of how it read for you. So happy you enjoyed it:)

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    1. Yay! This is one of my favorite series!! I really hope you enjoy it! I can't wait to see what you think about it!

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  2. This is a new series for me. I love that the characters are so well done that you cared deeply about them--that makes or breaks a book for me.

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    1. Really? This series is awesome! You need to check it out!

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  3. Ok, sounds like a winner! I'll be looking this up. Thanks <3

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    1. Oh it is! It's one of my favorite series ever!

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