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The Megan Series #1
The Misconception: A Spirit Guide, A Ghost Tiger, and One Scary Mother!
The Psychic Megan Series consists of twenty-three novelettes about a young girl's growing realisation that she is able to do things that none of her family can. Megan is twelve years old in the first volume. She has two seemingly insurmountable problems. Her mother is frightened of her daughter's latent abilities and not only will not help her but actively discourages her; and she can’t find a teacher to help her develop her supernatural, psychic powers. For she wants not only to know what it is possible to do and how to do it, but to what end she should put her special abilities. Megan is a good girl, so it would seem obvious that she would tend towards using her powers for good, but it is not always easy to do the right thing even if you know what that is. These stories about Megan will appeal to anyone who has an interest in psychic powers, the supernatural and the paranormal and is between the ages of ten and a hundred years old. The Misconception (volume 1): Megan is twelve years old, and her mother has locked her in the coal cellar again for talking about her psychic powers. ‘Telling lies’ as her mother calls it. She’s frightened of the spiders she cannot see, but her friend, a huge ghost Siberian tiger comes to give her moral support, as she contemplates her future.
69 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 22, 2013
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February 26, 2014
Megan is a special young girl with extraordinary abilities. Unfortunately, she has a terrible mother who is abusive. This forces Megan deeper into a world of her own, where she is visited by friends only she can see.
The first chapter of this story is a jumbled mess. Words are repeated and phrases are clunky and hard to read. It needs to be thrown out or re-written. Once I got past that, the story was able to unfold. I wish the story had started at chapter two because I nearly put this aside in the middle of the first chapter.
Megan's backstory is interesting, and we learn why her mother is so strict and strange. Luckily, Megan has a loving father who accepts her gift, believing it to be only her imagination. I was fascinated by this girl's ability to see the auras of the people around her, and she could also detect an illness in an elderly woman. Megan does not appear to be strange, she just has a unique perspective. She is likeable and fairly typically for her age.
What troubled me most was the writing itself. This is a decent story, but the writing has many awkward spots with either too many words, too many errors, or an idea in need of clarification. I think this is a good premise for a story, but the writing isn't ready yet. With a good editor, this could certainly turn out to be a delightful story. In its current state, it isn't really ready to be published. At a mere 27 pages (epub version), I struggled to get through it. This should have been a quick read, but it wasn't.
Don't let the main character's age fool you. This story is not written for children. It is definitely geared to more mature readers.
I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
The first chapter of this story is a jumbled mess. Words are repeated and phrases are clunky and hard to read. It needs to be thrown out or re-written. Once I got past that, the story was able to unfold. I wish the story had started at chapter two because I nearly put this aside in the middle of the first chapter.
Megan's backstory is interesting, and we learn why her mother is so strict and strange. Luckily, Megan has a loving father who accepts her gift, believing it to be only her imagination. I was fascinated by this girl's ability to see the auras of the people around her, and she could also detect an illness in an elderly woman. Megan does not appear to be strange, she just has a unique perspective. She is likeable and fairly typically for her age.
What troubled me most was the writing itself. This is a decent story, but the writing has many awkward spots with either too many words, too many errors, or an idea in need of clarification. I think this is a good premise for a story, but the writing isn't ready yet. With a good editor, this could certainly turn out to be a delightful story. In its current state, it isn't really ready to be published. At a mere 27 pages (epub version), I struggled to get through it. This should have been a quick read, but it wasn't.
Don't let the main character's age fool you. This story is not written for children. It is definitely geared to more mature readers.
I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
August 6, 2025
I have submitted this review after listening to the audio book of this title. (Audible.com)
A child learns that her friends that she can see are not necessarily people others can see. It's the same with the ights swirling around a person. For a small child the reactions to these things by orhis confusing .
A child learns that her friends that she can see are not necessarily people others can see. It's the same with the ights swirling around a person. For a small child the reactions to these things by orhis confusing .
August 13, 2025
Megan is a 12-year-old girl with Supernatural powers. Some of them are still only partially developed and others are working, but she doesn't know how to use them yet.
Her biggest problems for the moment is finding a Teacher who can show her how to use them properly. Another is that she doesn't know anyone who knows anything about Supernatural powers.
In fact, her mother is violently against the Supernatural, as was her mother before her.
The only people who seem willing to help her are dead, not that that makes any difference to Megan.
She embraces their help with open arms
Her biggest problems for the moment is finding a Teacher who can show her how to use them properly. Another is that she doesn't know anyone who knows anything about Supernatural powers.
In fact, her mother is violently against the Supernatural, as was her mother before her.
The only people who seem willing to help her are dead, not that that makes any difference to Megan.
She embraces their help with open arms
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