Published : 1997 Format : Paperback Pages : 372 Genre : Horror/Melodrama

“It’s so easy to wish for death when nothings wrong with you ! It’s so easy to fall in love with death , and I’ve been all my life , and seen its most faithful worshipers crumble in the end , screaming just to live , as if all the dark veils and the smell of candles , and grandiose promises of the grave , meant nothing . “

Summary : Triana , an emotional woman in love with death meets Stefan , an emotional ghost violinist determined to drive her mad . A ghost story involving missing siblings , time travel , St. Sebastion , a magical violin , and Beethoven !

“Open lies this grave with all of us so tenderly and happily together . There is no word for union as gentle and total as this , our bodies , our corpses , our bones , so heavily shrugged together.”

Review : So I only marked this down as horror because it was in the horror section of the book store that I bought it from . This feels like a gothic drama instead . There is a few scares here and there but it seems to largely focus on the sadness of the characters than anything else . It’s not bad , just don’t go in with the normal expectations of a horror story . By all means read it as it is still a great ghost story .

“Ah , but you have a motive in this . How you honor me . A concert for my benefit in this , of all places where I’d come before I killed her , or any of them , worrying about flowers on the Alter Rail.”

Recommendations : Books

1. Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice
2. Earthbound by Richard Matheson
3. The Music of Erich Zann by H.P. Lovecraft
4. Smallville: Hauntings by Nancy Holder
5. This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

Songs

1.Rock Me Amadeus-Falco

2.Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry

3. A Fifth of Beethoven – Walter Murphy

4. Tribute – Tenacious D

5. I Miss The Misery – Halestorm

Movies

1.Amadeus (1984)

2.Interview With The Vampire (1994)

3. Psycho 2 (1983)

4. House On Haunted Hill (1959)

5. The Time Machine (2002)

Lesson : Keep pursuing your dreams … even if you have to steal from a ghost .