Fountain Dead by Theresa Braun
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
When Mark and his family move to an old Victorian house, he can feel right away that something is off.
There is a fountain in the courtyard that he has seen before in a dream. It wasn’t a good dream.
When odd things begin happening around the house, his suspicions are confirmed. This house is haunted as hell.
Unfortunately he seems to be the only one to notice it.
Like moving away from his old life wasn’t bad enough, now he has evil spirits to content with.
Same house, 1862, Emma is living with her sadistic father and pyscho brother. Things do not go well.
That’s correct. This novel follows two alternating timelines. One in 1988, following Mark and his family. The other in 1862, following Emma and hers.
Eventually, it is exposed how the earlier timeline begins to influence the later.
I wasn’t crazy about this format, if I’m being honest. It just didn’t work for me.
I preferred the 1988 timeline a lot more and found myself rushing through the 1862 sections in order to get back to it. Therefore, the pace for me was off. The more modern portions were much more exciting, in my opinion.
Additionally, I found some of the supernatural portions at the end to be rushed and confusing. It seemed to take a long time to get to a conclusion and then, BAM, it was done.
This is a good book, just uneven for me. I know a lot of people have really enjoyed this, so please do not let my less than stellar reaction sway you from picking it up. There is a reader for every book and book for every reader!
