Must Love Ghosts, Book 1
Synopsis: Haunted? Call 1-800-GHOST-HUNK.
Tia McGarry believes love is nothing more than a biochemical cocktail, and she’ll have the research to prove it—as soon as she and her calm, stable, almost-fiancé land a research grant.
Her biggest mistake, bad boy ex-boyfriend Dec Mancini, is firmly in her past. But when the ghost of her long-dead great-uncle moves into her living room, Dec is the only paranormal investigator with the skills to get rid of him.
Dec is used to scorn and ridicule, but he never quite got over Tia’s refusal to believe. With irrefutable proof that ghosts exist manifesting in her house, he can finally earn respect for his profession—and maybe find common ground for himself and Tia to rebuild on.
Tia can’t deny their crazy, chaotic chemistry is strong as ever, but as the ghost’s pranks threaten to put her grant out of reach, she must decide which is the greater risk: letting a ghost jeopardize her career, or falling in love with the man who could destroy her safe, stable life.
Warning: Contains lovesick ghosts wreaking havoc, an absent-minded professor with a repressed wild side, and a hunky paranormal investigator who’s decided the best place to start rebuilding is in the friend zone.
Review: When I started the book, I was very surprised to see that the story had only a hundred of pages. I expected a long novel but it’s true that it’s also nice to have shorter stories to read them in one go. It must be said that the theme is really appealing: ghosts? How not resist to that! But it is true that in the end I have not really been able to hold on to the whole…
Tia is a young woman who believes only about rational and scientific facts, but when she is confronted in with her ex, a paranormal investigator, she is once again rather doubtful about his capabilities. But when her dead uncle appears at home and threatens her career as well as the grant she expects for her research, our heroine is not very happy. Oh not at all. Forced to team up with Dec to get rid of her uncle, their irresistible attraction is reborn and the girl will have to decide what she really wants.
It was an interesting story even if it’s pretty basic but I confess that, as I said, I couldn’t really get into it. I’m not saying that this is not good but I think I expected a little more from it. Not a lot of things and at the same time everything happens fast enough that I could not really appreciate the characters or the story. However, I’m sure the book will appeal to many others.
blodeuedd
Oh, what a shame :/
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
I think that’s one of my problems with novellas – it’s tough to write an engaging story in about a hundred pages, only a few authors have done that and left me satisfied. Usually I like the story, but wished it had more, and it sounds like you experienced something similar here. Sorry that it didn’t meet your expectations!
Melliane
yes complicated thing, I agree. Yes it was a bit like that for me.
Paula M. @ Her Book Thoughts!
Lol! Love that title. Too bad it didn’t work for you : I hope your next read is better Melliane! 😉
Melliane
thank you!
Ken Hughes
A story that short is its own challenge, if you want to to be more than a throwaway.
“I’m sorry this letter was so long, but I didn’t have the time to make it shorter.” –Mark Twain
Melliane
yes short stories are really tricky..
kindlemom1
It is really hard for me to resist a good ghost story as well so I totally would have picked this up too. Too bad it just didn’t have enough umph to it.
Wonderful honest review!!
Melliane
right? I’m so attracted to ghost stories.
Carole Rae
Meh….I shall skip this one.
Silvia
I’m sorry to hear that, Melliane… Unfortunately the same thing happened to me the other day with a different 100 pages story. I’m not bothered by the length of a book at all, but I can’t really stand when things are rushed.
I hope your next read is going to be epic!
Melliane
sorry it was the same for you
Heidi
Too bad that this one didn’t draw you in more. It sounds like a fun premise. Thanks for the honest review.
Ramona
A hundred pages is a little on the light side. Too bad that this didn’t shine, ghosts are such fun to write about, right? But, well, you know what they say: don’t bring a huge sack to the most praised tree 🙂 Awesome review.
Melliane
yes I love them!
Maja (The Nocturnal Library)
Ugh. On the plus side, at least it was short. I mean, since it sucked anyway. I tend to avoid novellas because there isn’t nearly enough development. Unless they’re done by someone awesome, which is rare. This is definitely not for me.
Melissa (Books and Things)
Aw too bad you didn’t enjoy it like you thought. I would have thought fun book as well. Hopefully the next is so much better!
Alise
Ghosts are fun if they are done well and it sounds like there wasn’t a lot of development here. Hope your next read is better!
Melissa (My World...in words and pages)
Hmm. this is new to me. Thanks for sharing it. I haven’t read about ghosts in a while. 😉
Joy (Joyousreads)
Oh well. It happens to me once in a while, too. When I can’t figure out what about it that’s not sitting well with me.
Jennifer Bielman @ Bad Bird Reads
Yeah, 100 pages is just too short. Not enough time to get into the story.
anna (herding cats & burning soup)
Aw that’s a shame. It’s hard with those short ones when they just don’t quite give you everything you need.
Léa Touch Book
J’espère que ta prochaine lecture te plaira plus 🙂
kimbacaffeinate
Well Boo. The cover is cool and I was all excited but nope I need more if I am going to add to my tbr pile.
Sarah @ One Curvy Blogger
I used to be so into ghost stories, I don’t know why I ever moved away from them in fiction! *sob* So sad to hear this one just didn’t do it for you *sigh* It sounds like this one would have been far more enjoyable if the author had slowed it down a bit.
Molly Mortensen
Short stories are nice once in a while. I’m sorry that this one wasn’t as good as you hoped.