Review: Well written love story coupled with one heck of a ghost story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2012
I really enjoyed this book, and I'll be honest - at two different points, it literally gave me chills as something was revealed. I really enjoyed the premise of the novel; I'm not much of a ghost story person, but this was one that was so romantic that anyone could get into it.The plot was very enjoyable. Rachel's dreams are haunted - by both a heart-searing tragedy and an amazing lover. When she meets Nic, she learns that not only are her dreams haunted - but his are too, and better yet...they're haunting each other. The story deepens as they explore the tragedy haunting Rachel's dreams as well, a tragedy that centers around Nic's family and the mansion Rachel has been hired to redesign. As the ghost of a woman long dead reaches out to Rachel, seeking to right a wrong in her love story from 2 generations ago, the tragedy unfolds and breaks your heart the more you learn. Together, she and Nic concoct a plan to right the wrong his family did to the unfortunate woman who died over a hundred years earlier - but at a potentially high cost.While I liked the premise a lot, I have to admit I didn't get terribly attached to either of the characters and I'm not sure why. We don't get to see a lot of them; most of it centers around the ghost story and the characters from then are much more devleoped than Nic and Rachel are, which is unfortunate. We don't know much more than bits about Nic and about Rachel we know very little more - we do know their passion, but even that is only briefly described. While I hardly expected lewd descriptions, at one point an entire sex act that supposedly takes hours is described in a sentence. It just felt...abbreviated.The ending felt a little rushed; I wish the story had been a little more drawn out, as the ending came so fast with first tragedy and then such a fast resolution that you kind of blink about it. I loved most of the book - the ending left me wanting more, but not really in a good way. I did enjoy it though and would recommend it, but it's probably not one I'll read again.