Review: A sweet quick ghost tale
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2013
Arabella had her share of heartache and disappointment when it came to relationships. After her last boyfriend revealed himself to be none other than one of the skeptics she loathed in disguise, she was close to writing off her chances of finding real love.  As a medium using her gift as a paranormal investigator, it's easy to understand why she'd have trouble finding someone to see past all of that and really get to know her.  She certainly wasn't expecting to find the man for her in yet another doubter of her profession, but Lucas Brown wasn't like the closed-minded snobs she had encountered in the past.Lucas came into his investigation of Arabella's company with an open mind, which earned him bonus points from the start.  Unlike others before him, he was actually looking for the real story, not just assumptions based on disbelief.  This alone had Arabella warming up to him right from the start, but his charm and drop-dead gorgeous looks didn't hurt.When the team arrived on the site of Kingston Cottage, there wasn't the typical benevolent spirit and angry visitors from the afterlife I've often come to expect from ghost stories.  Arabella could sense when the ghosts were present, and spoke to them as if they were still alive and well.  It was refreshing to have a paranormal plot that was more about the emotions of the spirits and helping them than any malicious unfinished anger.  The ghosts that Arabella and her team encountered were simply lost souls looking for a little help from the living, and even though there wasn't a great deal of detail or complexity to the plot, it was entertaining and it brought her and Lucas closer in the process.  I liked them together, though to be honest their love story was way to rushed to be believable.  Yes, it's a very short read so things needed to move along quickly, but it went from spark to inferno in the blink of an eye.  It just felt forced, but in the end I was happy with the way things were wrapped up.Overall, despite my reservations, the writing here was good and I'd definitely be willing to pick up something else by Libby Bishop in the future!Quotes:She wanted to fall in love, wanted to be with someone who loved her and eventually wanted a family.  But her gift tended to work against her. ~p. 23Her pulse sped as he leaned forward, slowly, again giving her time to say no.  She met his lips--too slow for her, he was. ~p. 50Watching Seamus and Katie kiss as if they wanted to be one being, to see them holding each other so tightly as if they were afraid to let go, and the love...God, the love that saturated the room was so potent that Arabella couldn't breathe. ~p. 77