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If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens
3.0

If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens is a thriller rom-com set at a castle in Scotland. I would give this book a 3/5 on the spicy scale. It has some really great spice scenes throughout the book. I was really excited about the concept of a romance with a horror backdrop, however this book didn't fully meet my expectations. I felt like the author had to continually remind us of the enemies to lovers trope even though it was obvious. All spooky scenes were immediately followed by smut which didn't seem appropriate at the time. It might just be me but if I end up in a haunted castle and start seeing ghosts I'm not doing the dirty two seconds later. Overall, there was just a lot trying to happen in this book and I feel like everything was done 65% of the way. The ghost story felt very forced and at times didn't make any sense. It seemed like there were connections trying to be made that never ended up connecting to anything. I would have liked to have had the other characters more involved in the ghost plot as well.