Review: I was expecting more and what I got was an okay YA novel.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2013
I really wanted to love this book. I had high expectations for it, maybe too high. With the title I was thinking it was a more in depth, emotional read. I wasn't expecting it to be a pretty cliché storyline by the end of the novel, especially with the title of the book I wasn't expecting more.Violet is a funny (she made me laugh out loud on several occasions) 17 year-old girl. She is just your average girl, which I loved that she wasn't the outcast OR the popular girl, she was just normal. Violet's mom is marrying a man she just met two months prior who has a gorgeous 20 year-old son Zane. Zane is a player, having a different girl in his bed every night and tons of money to blow. Violet can't help but be attracted to him and the feelings become mutual. The two have a steamy secretive romance not wanting their parents to know they are together even though they are about to be step brother & sister. Zane and Violet begin to get series but Zane is keeping a gigantic secret from her and once Violet finds out everything changes.What I liked: I really liked that the story was humorous. I wasn't expecting to actually laugh out loud at more than a few scenes. I liked the character of Zane, he was mysterious but sexy. He was rich and a player but he was a nice laid back kind of guy. The book started off really strong, in fact I would have given the first 70% a 4 star review. Though it is a little too YA for me, they had a PG-13 relationship and found it realistic of a high school senior girl.What I didn't like: I wasn't a fan of Violet, she was a bit immature. Zane once mentioned he thought she was mature for her age but I found the opposite, especially towards the end of the novel. Zane's secret... first I have to give props to the author because I totally did not see what the secret was coming. I was shocked but disappointed. I was hoping it was something more in depth serious. I do not want to say too much and spoil it for you readers but the secret was totally out of the blue with no clues at all of what it was. When his secret was revealed that is when the book went to a 3 star rating. I just kept thinking "For real? No way! You've got to be kidding me?" I just didn't like that the story became totally impossible at this point.It's a cute YA read. It wasn't bad just not great and the ending left me very disappointed. I enjoyed the humor in the book but overall it was just okay.I give Falling For The Ghost of You 3 Stars.