A review by _charliesbookshelf
Haunted Love by Sheridan Anne

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I enjoyed this and I’m thankful for the recommendation but I will admit this book left me a bit conflicted. I don’t believe it's a “dark romance”, it just has dark themes. I loved the plotline and was keen to read but in my opinion the characters were a bit messy. Honestly if the plot wasn’t as good, I would’ve DNF’d. 

The FMC (Aspen) was incredibly indecisive to the point where I wanted to stop reading at times because I was getting whiplash from her. 

The love interest is her brother’s best friend (Isaac) and he is 🔥 but is a bit immature and definitely is a cause to MC’s struggle to communicate healthily. 
Aspen’s brother (Austin) was complete hypocrites for most of the book as well as immature and honestly a bit overdramatic.

For me the plot and spice is the only thing that carried the book. While saying that I also want to point out that the plot was actually great, the timing between drama and complications was good and I did have quite a couple giggle and gasp moments. 

Overall I had higher hope and am I little disappointed but would still recommend.


TROPES:
🖤 Brother’s Best Friend
🖤 Age Gap
🖤 Taboo Romance
🖤 Sex Club
🖤 Unrequited Love
🖤 Forced Proximity 
PSA: Please be aware that this book contains mature themes, triggers and is recommended for readers 18+
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