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A review by bookishlychar
Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Cassie has bought a home in the small town of Boneyard Key, what she didn’t know, was that the town is haunted and ghosts are always around. Cassie has moved, unbeknownst to her, into a home occupied by its previous resident. Nick, the local coffee shop owner has lived in Boneyard Key his whole life. He soon becomes enamoured with Cassie. Nick helps Cassie uncover some of the ghost stories in the town, but are they perhaps working on their own love story?
I enjoyed this quaint seaside town romance. Jen Deluca did a great job transporting me to Boneyard Key, I felt like I was there, exploring the town with Cassie. Nick and Cassie’s romance was cute, but I thought that the romance aspect of the story took a backseat to the rest of the story. I wanted more of the romance since this is dubbed a romance.
There is a bit of mystery here, and I enjoyed that. I would have liked to get more mystery even! I thought it was great that even though it was a mystery, it didn’t veer into suspense territory, and kept itself in the rom-com genre.
I did not expect the paranormal aspect, and I think it didn’t work for me. That is not the author’s fault, but mine, for missing it in the description. If you like a little bit of spooky, but in a cute spooky way, this may be the book for you! Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for a copy of this book. All opinions are 100% mine.