The Seance in Apartment 10

Would you like to speak to the dead?

When Tori moves into a studio at the rundown Lamplight apartment complex, she gets more than she bargained for. The faucet leaks, the water heater barely functions, and the lack of air conditioning makes the summer nights brutal...

But worst of all is the dark presence that stalks the building.

When she and her friends play around with a Ouija board, Tori learns firsthand why the living have no business communing with the dead. Something sinister is roused in the process, and her life begins to spiral into madness soon thereafter. She suffers terrible nightmares, hallucinations, and feels as though she's being watched at all hours of the day.

And that's only the beginning. If the spirit has its way, it'll consume her completely.

With a terrifying specter on her trail and only a few cryptic clues about the building's curious past to aid her, Tori searches desperately for a way to get rid of the spirit.

What has escaped from the underworld will not go back so easily, however.

©2017 Ambrose Ibsen (P)2017 Ambrose Ibsen

Would have worked better in third person

I enjoy Ambrose Ibsen's work. I can always find a good ghost story, but they're always different and give me new experiences to look back on through a good book.

That being said, I had some issues with this book. I enjoyed the story, and I really liked the main character, but the story is written in first person POV, from the perspective of a college-student on break between terms. Sometimes the language that would be used in the narration was old enough, or flowery-enough, that I would have easily understood it having come from the character if she were an English major or someone who studied literature. But it didn't match her characterization at all, and it kept throwing me out of the story in confusion, because it was like she would suddenly start acting like a different character.

Add onto that that the narrator. She did an amazing job on tone and voices, but mispronounced a number of words that had me gritting my teeth through the book. Overall, a good and interesting story that spanned over years, but frustrating in enough points that I don't know if I'll listen to it again.

Enjoyed

I really like this book as well as the performance. It was not terrifying but it had some spooky moments. I would recommend it to anyone who has a fan of horror.

The friendship between the characters. This would make a great series

I really liked this story…it was captivating and interesting..it was scary and it would make a great series.

Not too shabby

The end was a bit eh but it did hold my attention.
I reccomend it especially as we draw near to Halloween.

Another well-written Ibsen supernatural thriller!

The Seance in Apartment 10 by Ambrose Ibsen is a little under 5 hours and for me, it was a little tougher to listen to than his typical books. The narration, by Valerie Englehart, just wasn't up to the usual standards that you find from other frequent narrators of his books, such as Joe Hempel. There were various mispronouciations and a few other errors and I just didn't love her voice.

Narration aside, the story itself was pretty good. In his typical fashion, Ambrose crafts a unique tale around a supernatural entity that is angry and wants to wreak havoc on whatever and whoever gets in their way. This particular time it just happens to be Tori and another friend who unlocked the very thing keeping this particular being at bay by using an Ouija board and also not closing out the Ouija session the way that they should have. Tori had just moved into her own off-campus apartment and as she learns more about the "cheap" housing she's in and past occurrances that have happened there, she realizes that there's something not quite living that's tormeting her. I don't want to give anything away, but it's an enjoyable story. If you can just listen and enjoy the story and not get too caught up in the narration issues, then you'll enjoy this book. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher for an honest review. Did you find this review helpful? If so, would you please take a moment and select the 'helpful' button below? Thanks so much!