Colleen Hoover is a favorite author of mine, even though not all of her books always work for me because she writes in varied genres. This was a new genre for her, and one that I don’t normally read, paranormal romance, at least I don’t usually do adult PR. This book had the ghost story though, not as much as I often expect from a paranormal romance, and I mean that in a good way. But it was also kind of a mystery in trying to figure out just what was going on with that ghost.

I was really kind of blown away by this book. It started out in a way that made me think, wait, is this a paranormal story or a murder mystery or what. But it ended up all tying together in the end perfectly. In fact I love the way Hoover kept me guessing till the end and I didn’t even figure it out until it was obvious that she wanted the reader to get it just in time to make the story even more intense and perfect!

I can’t say a whole lot here without giving away things and I don’t want to do that, because you need to read it and follow the trail of clues yourself. As I started out this review by saying that not all of the different genres that Hoover dabbles in work for me, this one totally did, and I’m still pretty blown away by it.

And I have to share one quote in the beginning of the story that sums up a lot of my life after college, but that I never was able to into words: “I didn’t realize how much harder it would be to get laid in the real world. You don’t even have to make an effort in college, but after college, ugh. . . The problem with sex after college is that I hate dating. It takes too much time. You dedicate an entire evening to a person you can tell in the first five minutes is a waste of your time.”

Review first published on Lisa Loves Literature.