A review by serinde4books
If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens

3.0

I feel like this was a little all over the place.  The ghost with the romance felt chaotic.  I like the idea behind it, but there were parts that seemed stilted. It felt like it was too fast paced and neither the ghost story or the romance was fully fleshed out.  I sometimes caught myself going wait did I miss a step? 
Then it felt like the fact the characters were indigenous was really emphasized.  And I get that is an unappreciated writer population.  But instead of focusing on Native characteristics or cultural references to remind the reader of the indigenous characters, it was just stated repeatedly.  I think the idea was good, it just could have been finessed some on the delivery, for me at least.
The characters themselves were ok, none of them were particularly likable. Probably the mist likable to me was Neil and it was still only lukewarm.
So why did I give the 3 stars?  The setting was amazing, and there were parts that were beautiful written.  I also thought a lot about the mystery when not reading.  I was a little disappointed in the ending mystery wise, but it fit the romance genre ending sooo…I think that if this had been one or the other (preferably ghost story) I would have liked it better.  I wanted the blended genres to work for me, but it was only so so.

*I received this book as an Advanced Reader's Copy (ARC) through NetGalley. I received this copy free in exchange for my honest review.*