Review: What a great paranormal read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2014
I want to start off by saying I was given this book for an honest review.Whispering Lake is the introduction to the Ashton Grove series. This is really Cassie and Matthew’s story and they do live in Ashton Grove and become close with the brothers that are introduced in this story. Ashton Grove, Georgia seems to be a small town with a great deal of paranormal activity. You have humans with unusual gifts, wiccans, werewolves; it is the melting pot of paranormal activity. This story plays on the small world scenario.Jessica Coulter Smith introduces Cassie and Matt first. Cassie a young woman who can see ghosts, but more than that she can actually have physical contact with them, she also happens to practice Wiccan.  Without giving too much of the story away she goes on a little vacation with her girlfriends to Whispering Lake and ends up in a cabin with three unbelievably hot guys (all brothers who happen to be from the same small town as the girls) if only we were all so lucky!; two of which are twins. We soon learn that these characters all have something special about them. The three brothers turn out to be werewolves!! One of them is very attracted to her (Colin) but her interest in the ghost she left at home still nags at her subconscious even though she has a number of steamy scenes with the werewolf; it really is too bad she is in love with a ghost.Okay enough with the summary, onto the review. Cassie is an extremely relatable character who has human flaws and doubts that I myself found hit very close to home. In fact, all the characters in the book reminded me of someone I know. I just love that about a story, when I become so invested in a story that I wish I could interfere on the main characters behalf means it’s a good one (I wanted to hit Kari so bad, she deserved a good decking in my opinion).  There were a number of really sweet and cute scenes and some pretty hot scenes.  There are a number of influences that seem to have been incorporated into this story; you have romance, mystery, and paranormal all wrapped into a wonderful package. Believe it or not my favorite scenes were those between Cassie’s father and Matt, her ghostly love interest! The writing was spot on, not a lull moment in the story. Trust me this is a great read. I honestly did not put it down and was able to get lost in the story. If you love romance, and you love paranormal it would be a book to invest your time in, even if you do not love paranormal you would after reading this!!!! It is definitely a 18+ book. I look forward to reading the rest of the series......Back Cover:While on vacation with some friends, Cassie finds herself drawn to a handsome stranger. Hoping she will finally have a shot at a normal life, she allows herself to care for Cole. When things get hot and heavy, Cassie's spectral best friend Matt materializes - literally.Cole is secretly a werewolf... will Cassie be able to handle the truth? Or will the fact that he turns furry turn her off...More importantly, will Cole be able to handle Cassie's psychic abilities? With ghosts popping up here and there, will they have a shot at a real romance?Cassie has a choice to make. Will she choose the hottest werewolf of all, or the ghost of her dreams?