Lisa Taddeo has proven again that she is a wonderful writer. Each story in this collection held it's own distinction, but the stories also carried similar themes. I just love complicated women, and I love when writers don't shy away from exploring raw and varied emotions- because we have them! Ghost Lover is truly a testament to how versatile a storyteller I think Taddeo is.

I did find myself at times feeling like I was just about to hit the climax of a story as it dropped off. Sometimes I loved that the stories felt like snapshots of entire lifetimes, and sometimes I wanted the story to continue, wanted the story to reach a natural ending instead of being whisked away from it. That's the thing, though, isn't it? Life doesn't reach a natural closure- it is constantly happening to us in segments. Maybe that's the feeling this book was trying to invoke.

I felt like this was a worthwhile read, a really great one to get the wheels turning in your head.

Many thanks to @simonandschuster and @netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my two cents