The Ghost You Can't See by L G Nixon Book Review

About the Book

Book: The Ghost You Can’t See

Author: L.G. Nixon

Genre: Young Adult Fiction/Religious/Christian Fantasy/Mysteries & Detective Stories

Release date: November 1, 2022

Lucy is a ghost hunter, and she uses magical artifacts. Now she is experiencing a new level of spirit hauntings designed to bring her to a halt. Deceptive and nefarious beings are playing mind games, and she begins to doubt the love her family and friends. She must learn to see beyond the obvious and discern the hidden truths. Lucy discovers an ancient plot to overthrow the High King and destroy the beautiful city of Ascalon. Darnathian, the dark prince, is getting closer to finding the location of the Life Tree, and Lucy may not be able to stop him.

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My Review

Nixon always provides the young readers of her entertaining fiction with important life lessons. This novel centers on making good choices as well as the battle involved when a new believer is brought to faith.

Lucy appears to be naive in the first part of this novel, believing what her eyes are telling her rather than what she knows to be true. She makes some rash choices but ultimately comes to learn the hard lessons of knowing the truth and protecting her thoughts. She learns how the evil one tempts with deceiving whispers. She finds out the importance of walking by faith and not by sight.

I like the allusions to the Garden of Eden and the protected Tree of Life. I like the allusion to the fall of Satan as recorded in Isaiah and the information about his previous role and his work now. There is good theology woven into this story and parents might want to read it along with their children so the theological ideas can be discussed.

I like how Nixon combines fantasy and spiritual truth with adventure to make an engaging and informative story for young readers. Lucy receives troubling news about the evil one at the end of this novel so we know there must be another adventure waiting for us. I'll be looking for it.

My rating: 5/5 stars.

You can read my reviews of the earlier books in the series: The Ghost of Darwin Stewart, The Ghost Writer, and The Ghost in Your Christmas Present.

About the Author

Meet LG Nixon, author, coffee connoisseur, motorcycle enthusiast, and collector of strange artifacts. With her zany imagination, she fuses a page-turning fantasy with a haunting theme and turns it into a spirit filled adventure with quirky and likable characters. After a long career, she left the workplace behind and turned to writing. Her stories are lighthearted but carry an underlying message of the importance of a Biblical worldview. She researches and writes full-time from her home in Michigan where she prowls the night star gazing and watching for a supernatural event. LG loves to ski, ride motorcycles, travel, and fly small planes; but no bungee jumping, thank you very much.

More from LG Nixon

I’ve always had zany and quirky imagination. Growing up in a creaky old house with a grandmother who told stories of ghostly visitations, I was curious. As a child, I filled journals with mystery and detective stories.

These days I write about ghosts and spirits to entertain and use scripture as dialogue to portray God’s love and forgiveness, our hope of redemption and the reality of a supernatural dimension just beyond our perception.

Why would a Christian author write about ghosts? Because scripture is filled with ghosts and spirits, angels, and demons along with some amazing creatures. God uses imagery to capture our imagination.

My writing has grown from my love for Jesus and a desire to share my faith with hope and encouragement. The Issachar Gatekeeper is designed to show young adults in a fun, adventurous way the impact Christian principles can have on their lives and to deepen their understanding of the world around them.

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I received a complimentary digital copy of this book through Celebrate Lit. My comments are an independent and honest review. The rest of the copy of this post was provided by Celebrate Lit.

(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)