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Love, Like Ghosts (2009)

by Ally Blue(Favorite Author)

4.14 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1605046760 (ISBN13: 9781605046761)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Samhain Publishing

series

Bay City Paranormal Investigations

review 1: This book is related to Ally Blue's Bay City Paranormal Investigations series, but it can be read as a stand-alone.Adrian, the son of Bo, is currently attending UNC-Chapel Hill. After a tumultuous adolescence, he has finally found control over his psychokinesis. This control has come with a price. Adrian is emotionally stunted. His fear of losing that control is keeping him from developing relationships. His brother Sean is constantly encouraging him to date, but his closest relationship is with the non-communicative ghost that is haunting Groome Castle. While working on a haunted house project, Adrian meets Greg, who does not believe that the paranormal exists. Greg is ready to jump right into a physical relationship, but Adrian holds himself back. The two have to... more come to terms with their insecurities, deal with outside conflicts, and settle the mystery of the ghost of Groome Castle before they fully realize their love for each other.I really enjoyed Blue's book. It was great to see a grown Adrian. She turned him into a great person, but she didn't make him too perfect. He still has his issues to deal with. I'm glad that the author showed us how the events of his childhood still affected him. Sometimes when I read a book that takes a character that I've read in other books, I've noticed that an author will use the character in name only. There have been a few times when the character's actual personality was far too different from what I knew of him in the other story. Ally Blue does an exceptional job of keeping the grown-up Adrian true to the child Adrian.Greg is definitely the right choice for Adrian. His natural sociability and extroverted personality act as the perfect foil. These two can live happily ever after.
review 2: This is a sweet book. It is set 10 years after the 5th book and is really the start of a whole new series. Adrian, Bo's son is 21, its 2015 and his in college. The story itself is good. There is of course a paranormal mystery that is being solved by Adrian and Bo is also falling in love for the first time. I know to get him to 21, the book had to be set in a future and that in itself was slightly distracting. I know it's nit-picky but just calling his a generic name like a Toyota electric car or the video chatting (instead of Skype) and the thumbprint technology and door codes instead of keys or even key cards is just a little strange and every time one of those things happened, I stumbled a little mentally and then remember this was written at least 4 years ago about a time that is still 2 years in the future. (And this is just because theater was my profession for so long, there were two small things- Wicked has yet to be released to be performed regionally- I guess it could be in by 2015. And they kept calling it play practice and it's supposed to be rehearsal) I wish there had been more catch up with the old BCPI gang. And while it's nice to know what became of Andre, Dean was noticeably absent. As a whole though, I liked it, and will likely pick up the spin off series. less

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