Review: The Cover..... What Is He Doing??
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2014
Two important things - One - This was a fun, sexy, fast moving read that I thoroughly enjoyed. Two - That cover.... noooo, noooo, noooo. When I first saw the cover, I thought "fun", and I will admit it did catch my eye, but it kept drawing me back, and the more I looked at it, the more it detracted from the story. Is he playing vampire, is he yelling, does he shave his nipples? It just bothered me, and I know there is little to no author input, but it bothered me enough to mention.  Now on to the book.We have three sisters of magical heritage trying to resurrect the family home into a quaint hotel for both magical and dud (their word for normal humans) persuasion.  They are joined by their deceased aunties in a curse bestowed by the infamous Headless Hessian, or Horseman if you prefer. (IMHO, Hessians are much sexier and intimidating) Each one has to find and declare true love by midnight on All Hallows eve or be doomed to roam the Earth as a spirit and be forever denied passage to the Summerlands. I loved the premise and you couldn't beat the all-star trio of authors with a stick.In SiSH, the reader gets the REAL scoop on Mr. Irving's gussied up tale of horror, romance and betrayal. My goodness, those colonial villagers were a vicious, hateful group. But we already knew that. Still the circumstances that led to the aunties early demise were just brutal, and honestly if I were one of these lingering poltergeists, I would be one mean, mofoing ghost. Mean and vengeful can be cute and cuddly too, under the right set of circumstances. These six females, however are all about the light side of love, magic and the hereafter.Each author deals with two witches, one living and the other not so much. It seems each of these ladies is already acquainted with their "meant to be" mates, but for various reasons things just didn't work out. I'll not go into those reasons, let's just say that each novella is a cautionary tale of not trusting your heart. The many, MANY obstacles the couples have to overcome run the gamut, and were in fact quite hilarious for the most part. Even the cursed Horseman was not as nasty as legend suggested and I did find him to be quite sympathetic. He had a job to do, if he didn't do it, somebody maybe not so understanding would have. In spite of all the lighthearted fun, the ending was quite tearful. Not in a sad, OMG, they all burn in Hell way, but in a touching "awwww, sniffle" kind of way. This is a guaranteed "feel good, smile on your face" book, so why wait. Go grab a coke and a smile (or a glass of wine and a smirk, your choice.). Well done, ladies, well done.