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Ghost Lover: Stories by Lisa Taddeo
4.0

Lisa Taddeo is a great writer, in terms of technique. She formulates phrases with creative wit and linguistic panache. However, in this collection, she could have drawn on a little more of a diverse portfolio of emotions. Ghost Lover is a set of short stories that almost all focus on sex, unrequited love, or some form of one or the other. Sure, I can appreciate a themed collection, but it seemed like the characters were just the same ones with different names in each story. I don't deny that I enjoyed reading this book, not at all. But when you read the synopsis of the title story, and then you read the story itself, you're probably going to be disappointed. No spoilers here, just a word of caution.