The Book of Souls

When I started this book, it was early evening and I was tired. I thought I would read the foreword and then start chapter one in the morning. Well that didn't happen!!. I was halfway through the book before I knew it and I had to sleep!!. It was a gripping story from start to finish!!. I love ghosts and otherworldly tales so this was right up my street and written so well I could not put it down for long!. I read it in 24 hours!!.The story follows Jack who is a happily married family man nursing his son in the hospital and is fighting shadows that could be angels or demons coming to take his sick son away to the other side. He takes him home but the shadows are never far away....He has a lovely dream of being at the seaside with his family and holding hands with his wife then it's his dad's hand and he's his 13 year old self in hospital swapping places with his brother who had an accident from falling through a derelict building's roof and all he believed to be his life is not true. He finds all this very confusing but has to make the most of his life without revealing his pain over the loss of his wife and children without people thinking he's mad!. He can read people's minds which confuses him but also gives him terrible migraines and he is sent to different people to help. It's not until he goes with his Aunt to a psychic that he feels like he's understood and things start to make sense, and so the lessons begin.....There's lots of ghost action and lots of demons too but the story is mainly about Jack and how he uses his gift to help people, but all roads lead back to his near death experience._...Could he find a way back to his family??I know there's going to be another book in this series and I can't wait to read it!. I'm sure it'll be excellent just like this one was!!!Many thanks to Netgalley for the free ARC book for an honest review.#Netgalley, #