How Much It May Storm: A Chilling Historical Ghost Story

I absolutely loved this book! All I did, this entire day, was read!This book has a unique story and it truly has twists you won’t see coming (like some books claim to have but don’t).I am so happy I found and read this. I loved the characters too!I highly recommend reading it... it’s so worth the time!

This book does a great job of keeping in the vein of classic gothic novels. The story is told in alternating POV between nurse, Millie, who's serving during the 1918 flu pandemic, and Dinah Weller, who discovers a very bizarre situation in 1943.There's supernatural intrigue, grudges, family secrets, romance, and so many unexpected twists to just keep the pages turning.It's a highly entertaining read and I especially loved that the author believably pulled off all of the twists in the book. There's quite a few of them, but they're all explained well.I really enjoyed the book. Although it's gothic and does throw in some pretty dark themes, it was just right for the genre. This is definitely worth a read.

This was one of the best books I have ever read. It grabs your attention right from the start and keeps you turning pages until you are finished. Don't plan to do anything else once you start reading. Best of the best on time period. Reading is my go to for relaxing and sometimes its hard to find a good story. Ms. Willis is an excellent story teller. She is now in my top 3 authors to read. Can't wait til her next book comes out.

Settled in a spooky and almost abandoned mine town and intertwined between 1918 and 1943 this book tells the story about two girls and a ghost.More than a horror novel this book is a mystery with ghosts and strange shadows in it, but it was compelling enough to kept me interested.I think mystery is very well outdrawn giving out just bits of information for the story to work but to keep the mystery going at the same time. I loved the way past and future work together and the way the characters are portrayed before and after is amazing you can clearly see that time had passed. My only issue with this book is that about 70 % into it all goes down fast leaving in my opinion a lot of loose threads. I would had loved a bit more of information or back story; but as a whole the story is good.BTW I received an advance review copy in exchange for my review so, thanks Book Sirens.

While this book was not scary to me it was extremely suspenseful. I had trouble many nights putting it down. As soon as you finished up one chapter you can't wait to get to the next. Also full of surprises. I would definitely recommend.

I received a free electronic ARC of this historical novel from BookSIRENS, A. N. Willis, and publisher Observatory Books. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read How Much it May Storm of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work. A.N. Willis writes an intriguing tale over two timelines, a story as relevant today as it was back then. Her descriptive passages of this small mining town in Colorado as spot on. This could only have been a more compelling read if each chapter covered more ground and there were half as many chapter breaks. She is an author I will follow.How Much it May Storm is a family story that takes place near Telluride, Colorado. The time jumps are frequent. The community is well presented, and representative of towns across the west that were owned by the mine owners. Everyone in the community is dependent on the mine owners for every aspect of their lives - housing, food sources, transportation, health care, even burial will be arranged by the mine owners.1918 was a very interesting and trying year in the Rocky Mountains. The Spanish Flu has just arrived and was passing rapidly from miner to mine owner to store clerk to school children. And though this aspect of the novel was written before the start of the Covid 19 pandemic in our world today, things were much the same then as they are now. Do everything in your power to avoid bringing this curse home to your family, wear a mask in public, avoid crowds, stay away from the afflicted. The young men of the community are already involved in WWI - this Cherry Mountain community consists of women, children, and old men. Our view into this world is through the eyes of Millie Boylan, a second-generation public nurse with a special gift brought into this miner's camp by the Gainsbury family to nurse matron Mrs. Gainsbury and daughter Lydia. Millie was brought to town by Dr. Durham, the local sawbones. Son Edward will return from the war with an artificial leg, an opioid addiction, and pretty bronze metal.We are with the Weller family, with the story told by Dinah in 1943 as her brother Nate, the last young man left in town, catches the train for boot camp and the Second World War.And bridging the gap between wars, we have Briony Jameson, Abby Spivak, a badly scratched record of "Irish Eyes are Smiling, and Millie and Edward? But how can that be?

This is a brand new writer to me. Loved this book with dual timelines. Very good writing, no errors. I love a good ghost story with a unique plot. The story has lots of twists and turns. I couldn't put it down until I learned the truth. Highly recommended if you enjoy ghost fiction and suspense thrillers.

Awesome ghost story that has a split POV set in 1918 and 1943. the lead characters are very fun to read and the details are rich enough to let you imagine the surroundings in an area and place I know very few books taking on, especially outside of history / war novels. This was a great mix that makes you feel for the chracters

I wasn't convinced I would enjoy this book - it's not really my genre. Was I wrong! I couldn't put it down. I fell in love with the characters and really enjoyed how it moved backwards and forwards through time without becoming confusing. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book to anyone

Interesting supernatural storyline which held my interest throughout. Intermittent chapters swapped between 2 time zones which were skillfully tied up in the final chapters. Details about the Spanish Flu epidemic very apt for current times. I enjoyed the book and would recommend if you like something a little spookey

I enjoyed this book very much. I found myself feeling very sympathetic to the majority of the characters. There is a twist which I didn't see coming, but added to the interest in the story.

New to this author, I love supernatural but this is not my normal read. It's a murder mistry,set in two time zone 25 years apart,ghost story,a slow burn love story in the past and a same sex slow burn love story 25 years later. Also in a time of war when brothers and fathers get sent out.The storyline is about milli who has a supernatural talent and is a nurse on her way to a family she meets a soldier on the train Edward who happens to be part of that family. There is instant love between them, but jealousy of others get in the way, it's a slow burn love story.but kind of depressing and very sad at the end for them.25 years later we have Dinah who's brother nate goes off to war. she starts seeing a ghost, then a man who looks like Edward who died at 19 but still 19 who says his name is him but don't remember anything, the twist with Eddie is good.Dinah has a best friend Abby who is a slow burn love interest and together they try to work out what happened to milli.I thought the storyline was good but it was slow in parts, still a good read if you like murder mistry with a little ghost supernatural.but it is a sad story not the greatest HEA