”…skillful and clever and funny. I highly recommend this book.” — Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times Bestselling AuthorIf Tipsy Collins learned one thing from her divorce, it’s that everyone in Charleston is a little crazy—even if they’re already dead.Tipsy cannot ignore her nutty friends or her vindictive ex-husband, but as a lifelong reluctant clairvoyant, she’s always avoided dead people. When … lifelong reluctant clairvoyant, she’s always avoided dead people. When Tipsy and her three children move into the house on Bennett Street, she realizes some ghosts won’t be ignored.
Till death do us part didn’t pan out for Jane and Henry Mott, who’ve haunted the house for nearly a century. Tipsy’s marriage was downright felicitous when compared to Jane and Henry’s ill-fated union. Jane believes Henry killed her and then himself, and Henry vehemently denies both accusations. Unfortunately, neither phantom remembers that afternoon in 1923. Tipsy doesn’t know whether to side with Jane, who seems to be hiding something under her southern belle charm, or Henry, a mercurial creative genius. Jane and Henry draw Tipsy into their conundrum, and she uncovers secrets long concealed under layers of good manners, broken promises and soupy Lowcountry air. Living with ghosts, however, takes a toll on her health, and possibly even her sanity. As she struggles to forge a new path for herself and her children, Tipsy has a chance to set Jane and Henry free, and release the ghosts of her own past.
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Skillful and clever and funny. I highly recommend this book.
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read this book – I love Southern fiction but don’t like magical realism and ghosts. I took a chance and ended up loving it. The characters (both human and ghost) were well written and fun to read as the main character handled her own life during divorce as well as working on a mystery for the ghost couple who lived in her house. The story of Tipsy’s current struggle with her soon to be ex-husband and her relationship with her kids shows one side of her personality but she also sees and talks to ghosts which it totally different than the rational part of her life. The ghost couple -Jane and Henry are humorous as they try to ignore each other – as they have been doing for over 100 years. Neither of them remembers how they died or why they are still stuck in the same house but their love/hate relationship is still apparent for both of them and to Tipsy.
This is a fun novel to read – full of Southern charm, family, love and marriage and ultimately life and death. It’s got family friction, best friends, a little romance and a lot of magic. What more does a good book need?
I enjoyed it so much I didn’t want it to end. Couldn’t put the book down, when I finished reading the first got the second. Waiting on the third. I want these series to continue for a long time. Tipsy and Henry make a good team at freeing ghost.
Charleston Green is a fun book. Tispy is a character that I found intriguing. She lives a life full of chaos and is doing her best to keep it together. She moves into a haunted house, is divorcing her husband, and raising her three children. I love how she interacts with ghosts and the affects that they have on her. She takes everything in stride, doing her best to continue living a happy life.
I was in need of a book that would make me smile, make me laugh, and make me need to keep reading. Charleston Green is just that book. I picked up this book not quite sure what I was getting into and quickly realized that I loved what I was reading. Tipsy was unique and real. Jane and Henry Mott, the ghosts, kept me wondering what had really happen to them. Tipsy’s need to help them move on showed that she was willing to put her own health on the line to help others.
Stephanie Alexander wrote a book for those looking for a fun, quirky mystery to solve. The characters are fun, the story flows easily and quickly, and the mystery is unique. I recommend picking up your own copy.
What a nice surprise this book was! It features Tipsy, the main character, with her own life going on while being immersed in the mystery of two ghosts still lingering in her temporary home. It’s so much more than a ghost story. Alexander wonderfully weaves Tipsy’s current life with her own problems and her part in the life of her ghostly friends, Jane & Henry, trying to solve their possible murders back in the 20s. It’s so hard to put down to find out what happens in both of Tipsy’s worlds. I love the wonderful setting in the beautiful Charleston, SC and the southern fiction aspect! I’m grateful to Stephanie Alexander and Kate Rock having me be a part of Kate Rock Book Tours by providing me a copy to read, review & promote on my tour stop!
Tipsy, a gifted artist, cannot ignore her nutty friends or her vindictive ex-husband, but as a lifelong reluctant clairvoyant, she’s always avoided dead people. When Tipsy and her three children move into the house on Bennett Street, she realizes some ghosts won’t be ignored.
I loved this cast of characters! Gypsy’s friends Shelby and Lindsey made me laugh as they dealt with their relationships and stuck by Typsy’s side when dealing with her Ex. The ghost Jane and Henry have a love hate relationship that Typsy tries to solve. If you like paranormal stories with mystery and romance, you will like Charleston Green. Thank you @ @stephaniealexanderbooks and @katerockbooktours for an ebook to read and review.
A Haunting Good Time!
Charleston Green is an original, fun, fantastic read! I loved every single second of it. This was such an entertaining read! Brimming with personality, heart and humor; I devoured every single page.
Pages that easily flowed. The words painted such a vivid picture. Stephanie Alexander provides a truly magnificent and enjoyable read. I can not wait to share this one with my friends.
This is not my typical genre. I was pleasantly surprised by Charleston Green and found myself looking forward to returning to the pages. The descriptions provide a visual for the mind’s eye. The story touches on challenges with divorce, dating and finding a new path, all while solving ghosts’ mystery. I would love to see a follow up with the interesting characters of Charleston.
The main protagonist pulled me in immediately. Her life required balancing of many people and energies and I admired her tenacity and whole heartedness. It was an enjoyable journey of a book.
Frivolous and trite
Tipsy Collins , a recently divorced , ghost whisperer , mother of three and ex-wife of Ayers one nasty character has moved into her Brother In Laws house. Now the house is beautiful and a place to get her back on her feet but for one teeny tiny problem, it is inhabited by two married ghosts Jane and Henry Mott who have haunted the house for almost a century and did I mention that they hate each other? Yes that’s the case because Jane is convinced that Henry killed her.
This book hit all of my marks, set in Charleston, a mystery involved and full of charming characters that I loved. Tipsy can see ghosts and seeks out some of them to solve the mystery of how Jane and Henry died. Tipsy becomes completely immersed in Jane and Henry’s lives while they were alive and begins having visions of certain scenes in their lives when Jane and Henry were still alive. I loved the 1920’s references and the small town feel of this book. There are a few sub plots involving Tipys’s friends and sister in law which I thought worked nicely in this book and the sub characters are a story unto themselves. Tipys’s ex Ayers is one character that I absolutely hated, he did everything he could to make Tipsy’s life a misery including threatening to take her three children away from her. Through all of this Tipsy will persevere.
This book is going on my list of favorite books read in 2020. I love Stephanie Alexander’s writing style and her ability to weave a very good story that kept me thoroughly immersed in this book.