A review by lisaluvsliterature
Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I really enjoyed this author’s Well Met series, although I still need to read the last one! So this one with the paranormal aspect to it really sounded good and I was excited to read it! I really did enjoy this new series started too!
I loved the idea of this little island town that is a haunted place, supposedly one of the most haunted towns in Florida for the story? But anyway, I totally connect with Cassie and her feelings of her friends moving on and getting married and how you start to feel left out because you don’t have those same things in common anymore. I also liked Nick, and loved his texting with his “roomie” Elmer. The two of them were fun and I enjoyed Nick taking Cassie on a little tour of the town, as well as her official ghost tour with one of the other characters. One I could possibly see getting her own book in this series I’m hoping?
Cassie communicated with the ghost in her house with those little magnetic poetry words, and I loved it! One line that cracked me up, and I heard like it was the Jaws movie line: “She was going to need a bigger fridge.” You know, more room for the ghost to make sentences, etc. All the haunted stuff in her house was so unique, in fact a lot of the things the author used in this story were really good. Like the beach ghost, and leaving him an open beer. The spot in town that was just really really cold, always. The cemetery island, and so much other stuff! And I loved the reason Cassie’s laptop wouldn’t charge when she plugged it in! 
While this story started with our out-of-towner/new resident Cassie, I look forward to seeing some of the regulars/original family characters getting their own HEAs in future books, I hope. The only reason I don’t give this is a 5, is for a little bit of miscommunication, which was kind of cleared up at one point in the story, in a way that it wasn’t really that. And then the third person aspect, as that is never a favorite with me in romance. Other than that, I loved this story!