An unusual story which is told in two parts, one fifty years ahead of the other. In 2063, Abigail is packing up her grandmother, Caitlin’s, things, and finds a handwritten manuscript. Caitlin is a Celtic pagan witch, and in 2013 she and her husband are dealing with a haunting and a spectacularly nasty imp.

The characters are good, the plot intriguing and the grammar and writing are of a high standard. And to my annoyance, after over a hundred pages it ends abruptly with the plot unresolved, the words: “Thank you for picking up this sampler”, and none of the background explained. The fact it isn’t a complete story is not mentioned in the blurb.

It gets a two. As a free addition to a series it might get a three, but even so it does not have a complete plot which would knock it back down. You can’t tell how well an author develops plot or writes endings from a book that has neither.

Supernatural and paranormal fiction fans might want this to check the author’s writing style or world, but be aware this is an incomplete sampler, not a full story.