Reviews

Ghostly Touches by Salem Cross

bebe4l's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

redbeanbao's review

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

salema's review

There’s a stunning black woman on the cover. Turns out she has 4 “love” interests (which is fine) but all of them are white. At 53% we meet 3 more characters that are also all white. I had to google the author to see if she was even Black. One of her tethers is a violent bully. Two of them are perfectly willing to kill her. And it keeps being mentioned that they want to be together because their tether makes it physically painful to be apart, not because of any emotional attachment. The world was an interesting one so I tried to finish but I found myself frowning the majority of the time and had to stop. 

cinnaron's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

kirstenw13's review

3.0

This book has everything! Ghosts, Fae, monsters, everything for her pleasure (there is natural pop rocks lube and vibrations happening), danger, intrigue, spice in the first 50 pages, curses, magic books and more. Is the story great? No, but I do care about the mission which is nice.

apagewithshay's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

drbuffyfanify's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

deirareadsagain's review

4.0

This book pulled me in from the beginning! Can’t wait to read the others. Also Kwil has my heart ❤️

la_vampiresa's review

4.0

Willow is a necromancer. She dedicates her life to helping ghost reach the otherside. This makes her an outcast in her own coven. When she comes across three ghosts, Kwil, Theo and Viktor AND a monster, Jonah, her life becomes pretty complicated.

Ghostly Touches is the first book in the Broken Vows series and boy, was it a strong start. I was LITERALLY hooked from the very first page! I loved Willow so much. I felt such a connection with her. She is a complete badass with a heart of gold. This story was a perfect blend of action, steam, and mystery. I am soooo anticipating book 2!!

readwitray's review

5.0

I literally read this book in a day! I could not put it down.
Willow is a necromancer just trying to help ghost past to the other side. This is her normal life until 3 mysterious men and a monster show up to turn her life upside down.

This is a Why Choose book. Salem Cross does a absolutely beautiful job at combining paranormal and fantasy worlds together. I was so invested into the plot and smut all at the same time and now I am left needing the second book.

The world Salem has written is so different then books I’ve read and I love it. The creatures in it are so different and descriptive. I can’t wait to see what happens in the second book.