Discover the roots of the Birthing House! (The Birthing House - Christopher Ransom)

Member Name: sugar78

Product:	The Birthing House - Christopher Ransom
Date:	20/06/09 (32 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to read, a page turner, and a good plot!

Disadvantages: Ending was a little strange. Not expected!

I have just finished reading this book, and what a great read!
The plot is as follows: It starts out with a couple who buy a house away from the city (Conrad and Jo). The house is a Victorian Birthing House.
Conrad buys the house before letting Jo know, as he has just come into a large sum of compensation money from his father passing away due to an accident.
They both move to the house, but Jo goes back to the city to undertake training involving her work. Jo ends up being away from the house for about 8 weeks and Conrad is left alone, with the company of his dogs and the neighbours.
The previous owner of the house turns up one day and passes Conrad a box full of possessions that he says must stay with the house. As Conrad goes through the box, he finds photograph albums and they show the house in the Victorian era with half a dozen 'stern' women stood on the porch. He sees his wife in the picture and burns the album. That's when the fun in the house starts!
The book is a very good read and only took me a couple of days to read it. The problem was, i was getting to the end, expecting a big showdown, and i was kinda let down by the final twist. I won't share any more with you, as it will give the plot away, but the end wasn't what i really expected.
It is Christopher Ransom's first novel, and it was written very well, and was easily a page turner, so i don't want to put you off from reading it!
It's a good read and i am sure that there will be plenty of you out there who will enjoy it.

Summary: Great read from this first time author!