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If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun

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littleredmacks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

I adored the premise of this book and I feel like the romance aspect was really well done, though I wouldn’t say it’s enemies to lovers, so keep that it mind. It’s more like bickering/annoying each other to lovers. I do think that it would have been better if we’d gotten more of a background on why they didn’t like each other, but they were still cute.

I feel like I was constantly questioning the world we were in and it never felt concrete. Some more world building could have made this much stronger.

It was also disappointing that this wasn’t a standalone. The main plot wraps up and I think I will leave it there. However, you do get a sneak peak at the conflict the next book will have.

runaps's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5⭐️
A light and fast paced read. It was a sweet take on a “enemy to lovers but not really” that I enjoyed a lot.

pitbulls_and_prose's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Our main character, Cara, is a normal teenager except for the fact that she has a family gift for speaking to ghosts. When her nemesis, Zach, accidentally dies, she has to help him find his way back to the living before his time runs out for good.

This book was only okay. It had an extremely similar setup to Cemetery Boys (which I loved!!!), but with its own swing on things. The beginning and end were decent but the middle was pretty jumbled with all of the obstacles our two main characters had to deal with. There was also a completely random character introduced in the middle that felt very superfluous. The romance was a little rushed, but still cute!

The ending implies there may be a sequel and that this is a larger story being told. I think a second book has a lot of potential, but for me, as I’m questioning how much YA I enjoy these days 😅, I’ll probably bow out here.