Scotty Cade

I believe I have read and enjoyed everything that Scotty Cade has ever written, and this one, even though it was different from his usual stories, was not in any way disappointing. The history of the mine and the history of the first two couples to explore it in 1914, is told in the first two chapters and then in the remainder we meet the two couples in present time. It has adventure, romance, and spookiness in spades...what more could you ask for? The past and the present come together when their lives collide with one couple from the past. A large part of the book shows how we sometimes allow other people's prejudices and past circumstances to affect us so deeply that we lose our self-worth and often our entire beings, but if we allow it, love, compassion and understanding can heal. As I said in the beginning, this story is different in some ways from Scotty Cade's usual but in some ways, it contains what makes his books so compelling. He takes the reader through difficult and emotionally draining truths with each of the main characters, but I have never seen his characters not come out with a happy ending.… (mais)