The Anchor is the Key - Review

Review

THE ANCHOR IS THE KEY by Linda Anthony Hill

Signs are appearing in rapid succession to Celeste, psychic and psychotherapist, leading her to believe she is coming out of a rut. Sure enough, she finds an new over-emotional and needy client as well as a man who seems to be hiding something. Could he have something to do with the accident that caused the death of the new client's mother. The ghost the client's father says it was murder while the ghost of the mother says to drop the subject. Will Celeste find answers? 

THE ANCHOR IS THE KEY is a unique mystery with an overall message promoting confidence in oneself, especially regardless of age or size.

I appreciate the authentic portrayal of a psychic. It gave me pause when Celeste was clearing her crystals in the stream, but it was noted that doing so was dangerous for certain crystals. I was also taken aback when Celeste gave her own deck of cards to her apprentice to use-generally divination decks are never shared. Yet Celeste did stop someone from touching her runes, so it seems the author is knowledgeable about the subject.

I found THE ANCHOR IS THE KEY to be a very interesting book. The mystery is unique. We're led to investigate the death of a woman as well as explore a possibly haunted business. With ghostly help, Celeste is able to find connections. Though puzzling, there is no sense of urgency for Celeste, no real importance to solving the mystery. Some of the characters seemed contrived with some actions seemingly only motivated to lead the reader to suspect the character of something and ultimately leaving several issues that were brought up unresolved.While I really enjoyed the story I found the writing itself stilted. It didn't flow and seemed quite unnatural at times, especially the dialogue. An editor's touch could really polish the manuscript and make Celeste's further adventures shine.