Review: Likable fresh story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 28, 2012
There were bits of this book that worked really well for me and other bits that were lacking.  I really liked the concept of the story.  Lucy grows up being able to see a ghost, Ryan who died when he was 19, throughout her childhood he is a play friend, and as she gets older he is someone to talk to and share things with and when she is in her teens realises she has fallen for him.  But thankfully she also realises the futility of this and tries to date.  Lucy has dated someone in the past for a while but did not fall in love. Lucy meets Jon, and finally she starts to feel something for a guy who is not a ghost.  So the point of this story for me going in is, is the love of the ghost going to win out or the new guy?A really good thing about this book is the fact that Jon is a great guy, so you like him.  I liked that you are meant to like him.  Often in books when it is a choice between two guys one will be a bit of a slime ball, so it is not really much of a choice, but because Jon is a nice guy it makes the reader get more invested in Lucy's choice.  I really like it when they are both nice guys.  Jon has his own secrets too and it is pretty obvious from the beginning that he too can see ghosts.  This is one part that annoyed me.  Lucy works this out early (so this is not a spoiler) and talks to him about it, but does not tell him she can.  Why not? Why keep this secret?As for the ghost Ryan, he was quiet a mystery, he was both a fun sweet guy, but also abrupt and rude.  This is explained well given that you can tell he is keeping his real feelings for Lucy secret, and he feels he is losing her to Jon.  But I needed more of Ryan and Lucy together.  I felt like I was only told half their story and things were being kept for me.  The interaction between Jon and Lucy was brilliant, but between Ryan and Lucy, I felt like I was being short changed, and for me the point of this book was what would happen between Ryan and Lucy.  I really liked Ryan and wanted more of him.The ending of this book is very dramatic, I don't know what I expected, maybe something similar to this but not all of it.  So that made it good, that it was not some completely obvious ending.  But at the same time the ending nearly felt rushed, left me with lots of questions, and I'm not sure how much I liked it.  Having said that, the second book may make me love this series, and give me all the answers I am missing, and this book gave me enough that I want to know what happens next.  Lucy, Ryan and Jon were good likeable characters in a pretty interesting story.  I will be reading the next one.Will I read it again? Before the next oneWould I recommend it? Sure