Love Notes From Vinegar House by Karen Tayleur

All is quiet save for the ticking of the cooling engine and the bark of a neighbourhood dog. Hard to determine exactly what colour it is in the grey of the pre-dawn – maybe white or silver or pale blue. Author Sally Murphy Posted on JCategories Young Adult Tags black dog books, ghost story, Karen Tayleur Six, by Karen Tayleur This book is available from good bookstores or online from Fispond. Love Notes from Vinegar House, by Karen Tayleur The setting, too, will delight – a Gothic-style house perched on cliffs overlooking an Australian beach, with a mix of characters from contemporary teens to a grumpy, mysterious housekeeper. Freya is a likable first person narrator, who shares her experiences in a sometimes self-deprecating, chatty manner, so that we are taken on her journey of discovery where she learns more about herself, her cousin and her extended family. Love Notes from Vinegar House is part ghost story, part coming of age tale, managing to be funny, touching and scary. But is there another presence? One that might explain the light in the attic and the taps that run late at night? There’s also the presence of Luke Hart, who Freya used to have a huge crush on, until he had a fling with Rumer. Vinegar House is filled with secrets – and the presence of her annoying cousin Freya, who is also holidaying there. At least it will give her a chance to escape the chaos which a compromising photo of her on Facebook has caused. The first thing is my name – Freya Jackson Kramer…The second things is that I don’t believe in ghosts – not the scary white sheet, boogie-woogie type of ghost anyway…And the third thing is that I believe in karma.įreya does not want to spend her school holidays staying with her grandmother at Vinegar House, but her parents need to race off to visit her other grandmother (Nanna) overseas, and they don’t trust her to stay home alone, so Grandma Vinegar’s house it is. There are three things you should know about me if we’re ever going to be friends.

Love Notes From Vinegar House by Karen Tayleur