This book is set in between One Hundred Candles and the last book, beyond the grave, in the Past Midnight series.Charlotte can’t get over her guilt, her mother is in a coma and a man is dead. Blaming herself she can’t work out how to continue with her life, to make things worse every night she sees a shadow outside her window and as each day passes it gets bigger. Could it be linked to her feelings of guilt and if so what can she do to make it disappear.This book wasn’t bad, it was very short and I liked the fact that it dealt with Charlotte trying to get closure for the events of the previous novel. We didn’t see all that many of the other characters and although normally this would be a problem for me it was so short and dealing with Charlotte’s sense of loss that it felt right. It was nice to get to know Mills a little though, he’s a nice guy and I never really understood much about him before as he dates Charlotte’s older sister.There was nothing mindblowing about this story but it was good to feel that Charlotte was beginning to reconcile what had happened. Today was a day for quick reads! I also just finished Mara Purnhagen's Haunting the Night! This was book 2.5 as well that takes place before the events of Beyond the Grave which is out now. Having already read that, I still decided to read this since it was a free read! Yup, right now at Amazon you can get it for the amazing price of $0!This time around Charlotte is dealing with extreme guilt over what happened to Marcus, the poor young man who was possessed by the demon and was killed. Charlotte begins to see a looming shadow that tends to stand outside her window every night, giving her nightmares and worrying her sick. Her mother's still in the hospital and her condition is steady, never worsening, never bettering which makes it all the harder on her family and herself. Her friends are excited about prom but Charlotte has decided not to go and instead spend time with her sister.Again, since this is a novella it's hard to review entirely, but it was an interesting read. The shadowy figure was pretty creepy and we never really knew what it was--until the end of course! We also get to learn a little more about Mills, Charlotte's sister's boyfriend. To be honest in the beginning of the series I thought he might be some sort of bad guy since he suddenly popped up, but obviously he isn't. He helps Charlotte get through her pain and troubles in amazing ways, and sheds some light on his own secret pain.Another fabulous novella!! That's 3 in one day for me! For the first book about monsters I had been reading off and on really when I needed a break from my current book since it was a fun nonsense read. This was a fun read, and yet not one that necessarily needs to be read in order to understand Beyond the Grave, but since it's free and not that long of a read, why not five it ago. Did I mention that it was FREE? ;)Overall rating 4/5 stars
What do You think about Haunting The Night (2011)?
A nice little book to tie me over until the third book comes out.
—saida
This was a good short read. It does get freaky in parts :)
—modno
Totally creepy! Don't read in the dark like I did!
—kelly
