CRYPTIC SHAMANISM = BULLSHIT! 
 Seriously. I really hate the nonsense riddle talk that happens all too often in fantasy stories. If shit is about to be fucked eight ways to Tuesday, just fucking say so! Its a waste of time to give people riddles to solve. 
 Just once I want the the guy with the answers to just be like "Hey, if you go in that room a monster is going to eat your still beating heart." Instead they usually say something like "If you go forward on your journey you may loose something precious to you." NO ONE NEEDS TO TALK IN FORTUNE COOKIE SAYINGS FOR THE SAKE OF DRAMATIC EFFECT! What I'm trying to say is the plot in and of it's self wasn't bad. I just felt like it was drawn out and executed poorly. But that may be more of a "me" thing... 
 Now, that being said, I gave this 3 stars because although it wasn't particularly executed well, I felt like the story was exactly what it needed to be. The general plot of Girl of Nightmares was really rather engaging but there was just too much filler to get from point A to B. For example: Cas says Anna is still haunting him from the other side and of course no one believes him. BTW, this goes on for approximately 40% of the book. Really, that is the one thing that's not believable? You guys all hunted ghosts together and the Obeahman literally ate people, remember? They've been though way weirder stuff than what Cas is telling them is happening with Anna. But it keeps getting s t r e t c h e d out to fill space. 
 However, when things weren't being stretched, I really enjoyed the story. I loved the ending. It really wrapped things up nicely with a not to tidy bow. Everything really shook out for the best in the end.(view spoiler)[ I liked the fact that Anna stayed dead and on the other side. It would have been a really hard sell if she came back and somehow came back to life. Or if she just came back at all as a ghost, what future would she and Cas really have? It was a little bittersweet but in the best possible way. (hide spoiler)] 
 P.S. I pretty much loved Carmel. She's such a whirlwind of a person. Never a damsel in distress. Usually the voice of reason. (view spoiler)[ I wish the scene where she found out Thomas and Cas went to London was in the book. She probably broke a bunch of Morfran's stuff. I loved that she was breaking Burke's plates at the Order headquarters just because she had no other way to take out her frustration. HA! (hide spoiler)]