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ryann2011 's review for:
If I Stopped Haunting You
by Colby Wilkens
This book did a lot of things right
*Rivals to lovers
*ghost stories come to life
*Steamy scenes
*Mystery subplot
*PNR story with actual paranormal elements
*Native American rep
*queer rep
There were a lot of really swoony moments and the enemies to lovers always hits BUT unfortunately there were some red flags as well.
The relationship went from hate to love a little *too* fast. And Pen was a walking red flag all on her own. Manipulative, victimizing and borderline abusive I almost wants to scream at Neil that he deserved better. I can't help but this if the gender roles were swapped we would be calling Neil every name in the book and questioning why Pen would degrade herself to be with him. The ending makes it up to use with some character growth and the subplots in the story shining bright but the romance was unfortunately not my favorite part and this is a romance book so for those reasons it affected my overall rating.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review