In Love With A Haunted House (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
**This review originally appeared on Author Alliance.**In Love With a Haunted House is a cute little love story that features a very haunted house. Gray Oaks Manor has just gone on the market. Mallory has just moved home after a bad breakup and losing her job. Blake has just moved to town to try to buy the house that his grandmother lived in so that he can somehow get to know the woman his family kept him from for his entire life. The love story between Mallory and Blake is sweet, if a little bit predictable. In fact, that's how I'd describe the whole book. At 85 pages, there isn't a ton of time to delve deeply into the characters, and as a love story the ending is more or less a foregone conclusion. So why did I rate this book four stars? Because despite this, it made me smile. A lot. Decently written and edited, it had all of the requisite features of a satisfying story. Smart heroine. Strong and smart hero who doesn't try to take over everything because he respects the heroine. A suitably evil foil character. And then there's the house. The house is haunted (of course), but the ghost who lives there is a sassy old bitty that you will fall in love with. She was my favorite character of the entire book. Sure, twists and surprises are nice, but sometimes you want--no, you need--to read something that will make you smile. This short story will do that. Enjoyable from start to finish. Please don't pay money for this book. At best it was a rough draft for a school assignment. It seems the author didn't even bother with spellcheck. I did, however, give the book one star as the premise was intriguing. A real author, or perhaps even this one, could solidify this story into one that is truly magical. I mourn for what could have been. To the author: I encourage you to continue dreaming up such wonderful characters and stories. You would be a terrific asset to a collaborative project.
What do You think about In Love With A Haunted House (2014)?
Loved this book!All the series on TV these days about ghosts makes this book very non-fiction!
—Bess
DNF. Just wasn't interested :( Maybe if it would've been a full length novel.
—Kim
