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rainnbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Haunted house and reincarnation, love n mystery superb combo for a pleasure read and thts exactly what the book offers. Crafty in getting a man to be haunted by a female ghost! Enjoyable dialogues and side characters. Just loved Miss Odette; and 'sigh' dreamboat hero!
tinman1979's review against another edition
5.0
I have read this book 9 times. I usually read it in October because it is the perfect blend of spooky and romantic. I love the characters are strong and so is the story. It pulls me in every time. Love this book.
jaythereader1's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
bernab's review
2.0
I am not really sure if Nora Roberts is an author for me. I only enjoyed one book from her so far. Although the story was kind of interesting at first, it got weird in the second half of the book. I did not like the writing style or the characters so much either.
nikkivrc's review against another edition
3.0
If this hadn't been set in New Orleans, I would never have read it. As it is, it was an okay mystery.
readermonica's review
2.0
Okay, I'm going to admit to personal bias and a specific idiosyncrasy of mine here that has totally played into how I perceived and reacted to this particular Nora Roberts book. I HATE the term "dusky" when referring to a person's skin tone. I know it's not a racial slur, and I am sure that Roberts in no way meant for it to be offensive. However, for me, and I can't even explain exactly why, it just rubs me the wrong way. It's a perfectly legitimate description, but in my mind it somehow just feels grating. In my experience, I have only ever found dusky used in stories written by authors who are not PoC writing a story set in the south needing to describe a PoC and it's usually used to describe some exotic woman that someone is finding sexually attractive. And yes, that is the case here. So yes, I read this one with a negative attitude and probably should have just put the story down. Which is crazy since I love romance and a woman of color being found desirable should have been a bonus. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Roberts writing and still plan on reading through her back list. This is definitely an "it's me not you" situation because I'm sure that my irritation by that one small thing soured the reading experience.
I am rating this one though, because I did actually finish the book. It was a decent story, but unfortunately I probably won't remember much about it six months from now other than the fact that Lena was described as dusky and that she enchanted Declan from the beginning with her exotic Cajun ways...
I am rating this one though, because I did actually finish the book. It was a decent story, but unfortunately I probably won't remember much about it six months from now other than the fact that Lena was described as dusky and that she enchanted Declan from the beginning with her exotic Cajun ways...
tricky's review
2.0
read this in a night, just wanted a something (again)to forget about the real world. Roberts books have been able to do that. This book was okay but the ending was rather disappointing, in that it wrapped so quickly and there could have been so much more conflict especially with the ghost element.
Look the books are well written and are good to leave the real world behind.
Look the books are well written and are good to leave the real world behind.