Review – Suddenly Psychic (Glimmer Lake, Book 1) by Elizabeth Hunter (4/5 stars)

Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Paranormal
Length: 324 pages
Publisher: Recurve Press, LLC
Release Date: February 16, 2020
ASIN : B084VTWN5V
Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Glimmer Lake series
Source: Borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
Rating: 4/5 stars

“Robin Brannon was a normal wife, mom, and antique-shop owner until a brush with death turned her day-to-day life upside down. Now she and her two best friends are seeing things that belong in a fantasy novel. Ghosts. Visions. Omens of doom. Nothing that belongs in the peaceful mountain town they call home.

Added to that, Robin’s marriage is on the rocks, her grandmother’s health is failing, her mother is driving away the customers at her shop, her teenage daughter refuses to get her driver’s license, and her left knee aches every darn morning.

Robin doesn’t have the time, energy, or knees to unearth the secrets buried at the bottom of Glimmer Lake, but fate doesn’t seem to care. Some secrets are just dying to be exposed.”

Series Info/Source: This is the first book in the Glimmer Lake trilogy. I borrowed this as an ebook for my Kindle through Kindle Unlimited.

Story (4/5): I loved a lot about this story. The basic premise is that three 40 something women get into a bad car accident where their car sinks into the lake. They make it out with minimal injuries but find out they’ve developed psychic powers. Robin is the focus of this book and is being haunted by a ghost that ends up helping her unravel a lot of her family’s dark past. There’s some fun magical powers, a good ghost story, some truly creepy bits, and a well done mystery and I enjoyed it.

Characters (4/5): I really enjoyed the characters here and found them easy to relate to. Robin is in her early forties, has a bum knee (like me), and a programmer husband (like I do). She’s struggling with her kids getting older and leaving the house (not quite there yet) and looking back at her life and wondering if she’s really accomplished anything. Her and her husband love each other but are super busy and have grown apart some.

Robin also has two longtime girlfriends who are hilarious and struggling through issues of their own (one recently lost her husband to a heart attack and the other went through a bad divorce). I love that these are realistic characters with loving families and friendships that start going through some weird stuff. It was fun to read about an older protagonist that is married with a family and going through some strange supernatural stuff that she ends up bringing her family along with.

Setting (4/5): I loved the town of Glimmer Lake. It had an interesting history and atmosphere to it. Very well described and enjoyable.

Writing Style (4/5): The story was well put together and easy to read. I stayed engaged and enjoyed both the mystery and the characters. This was a very quick read and things felt like they were wrapped up a bit abruptly. Hopefully we will see more of Robin and her husband Mark in future books.

My Summary (4/5): Overall I enjoyed this a lot and plan on continuing with the series. This was just a fun, quick read that left me feeling happy. It provided a good, creepy mystery, some fun magic and a bunch of interesting characters that really cared about and supported each other. I can’t wait to read the rest of the Glimmer Lake series.