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Haunted Spouse (2011)

by Heather MacAllister(Favorite Author)

3.07 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

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Romance

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Amazon Digital Services

review 1: This is a coffee break book with very little depth to it. If you want a light and fluffy book then this is the one for you.There are some funny parts to it but on the whole it was quite predictable - I think the most unpredictable part to begin with was that Lizzie literally dropped EVERYTHING to go to her ex-husband's beck and call. But that was only unpredictable the first time. After that, it was pretty much a given that if he crooked his finger, she would go running.The premise was quite good and the book on the whole was enjoyable - just nothing spectacular.
review 2: A man, a woman, and a haunted houseNormally, architect Jared Rutledge wouldn't be caught dead designing a haunted house-he considered them "frivolous structures." But then he was asked to bui... moreld one to raise funds for a physical rehabilitation clinic, and he agreed to do it. After all, how hard could it be?Before long, he realized that building a haunted house could be an absolute nightmare. And when things started to do wrong, Jared was forced to ask for help. That meant calling the Scream Queen, Lizzie Wilcox-a renowned haunted house designer who just happened to be his ex-wife!When I first found this book, my first thought was, Wow! The heroine designs haunted houses! How fun! Well, after I finished the book, my first thought was, Wow! That "hero" is such an asshat. An obnoxiously unthinking, unfeeling, and incredibly dense asshat. And for staying with such an asshat, that heroine must be pathetic and desperate. *Sigh* It's such a shame too. This could have been so much fun. If only the writer could have toned down Jared's insensitivity. He spends the entire time belittling her. Making thoughtless and heartless jibes at her deportment, her choice of attire, her inability to conduct herself in a professional manner, and her unfortunate and lacking choice of career. He even says to her face, as she is running herself ragged for him, if he will ever be able to secure another Very Important designing job after he has been professionally associated with the Scream Queen. But it's okay, because when she mindlessly overreacts to his thoughtlessness, (sarcasm) he comes back with an, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you." Followed by an eyeroll when she's not looking over her silly artistic temperament. When I say the entire book, I mean the entire book. Even as he's making his big speech at the end about how much he loves her and admires her, he still has to throw in a remark about how she could be designing "more conventional designs during her off-season." Maybe that remark would have been fine if it was by itself, but that comment heaped on top of all the other comments just showed me how he will never change his opinion of her. And since Lizzie hasn't changed during the course of the book, we all know how this make-believe romance is going to end up. In another fictional divorce. And since this was the first book I've read in a while, this just pissed me off. I ended up throwing the book down after I was finished feeling disgusted, after realizing I'd just wasted my time on a hero who does not respect his wife. And since this seemed like such a fun, entertaining read, I felt blindsided. Ugh. Humph. Thankfully my husband won't think I'm overreacting in a silly artistic snit when I kick this book across the room. He'll think me weird, but at least he'll still respect me in the morning. less

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