Review: It had so much potential...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2012
This book started out with so much promise, but then progressively went downhill in some ways for me.  It is set in the past and present and is a paranormal mystery/ romance (emphasis on the romance).  I am not a fan typically of romance type novels and this book reminded me why.  The ghost story part of this book is simply fantastic and I truly enjoyed when the novel reverted to the story of the young lovers of 1919.  The history, the mystery, and the sense of dark foreshadowing were very well written.  The modern day segment and its romantic elements, however I enjoyed way less.  I strongly disliked the personality of Shelly (the main character of the present story), which made it difficult to enjoy those parts of the story.  She was annoying and almost disturbing how she acted about "the closet".  Also the relationship she develops in the story moves so fast and has such dramatic incidents repeatedly occur I find it hard to believe it would have played out as it did and seems hokey.  I also found the activities within the developing closet quite odd (I am not a prude; it just does not seem likely that most humans would be down with this).  Another issue I had with this novel was the grammar and sentence structure.  Words were used incorrectly, mispelled, or in improper order so I would have to re-read the sentence several times before it made sense.  I think with a great editor and fine tuning of the modern story segment it could take this from a good novel to a great one.  It had such an intriguing story line and truly was captivating at times, which made it even more of a bummer whenever Shelly came into the picture to ruin that.