Ravensdale

In Ravensdale we join Lucy Donohue for a summer that she hopes will be spent working in a castle in Connemara, giving tours, helping organize events, and working on her PhD thesis. She leaves her dad and brothers and her home in Donegal, Ireland to spend her summer at Ravensdale Castle.  Like life, things don’t work out the way Lucy plans.

Lucy gets to spend her summer chasing off groupies, because a famous star is shooting a movie in the castle. There’s the disappearance of one of those groupies who also happens to be the castle owners granddaughter. To top it off she has two men vying for her attention.

Owen Dawson is the grandson of the castle owner. He helps run the day to day operations, as well as make repairs. He grew up in the castle, knows all of the secret passages, and hopes to inherit it someday. When Lucy talks with him he seems to actually be interested in what most people would consider her very boring research. Lucy and Owen work together trying to help keep the castle running. When Owen’s cousin goes missing he seems to think it’s just a stunt for attention from their grandmother.

Dylan Winters is a famous actor. He is staying at the Ravensdale Castle while filming a remake of Dracula. He seems to enjoy Lucy’s passion for her thesis and gothic literature.

I really enjoyed this book. I loved the way I could relate Lucy’s struggles. I also loved the way Lucy dealt with Dylan’s groupies.  I wish the book would have had another chapter or two at the end though. It really left me wondering what happened to Lucy. If you enjoy books with some romance and mystery I highly recommend this book.  While this book is not in the YA genre, as a parent I would have no trouble with my teenager reading this book.  There are no dirty scenes, just some kissing.

I voluntarily received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.