Possibly suffers a bit from the main characters’ immaturityWarning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS. Rating: 6/10PROS: - Adrian’s paranormal abilities make for an interesting physical reaction to sexual stimulation. I chuckled at some of his reactions, like this one: “His head swam with an excitement so intense he felt dizzy and sick. He hoped he didn’t ruin the moment by throwing up.”- I read all of the Bay City Paranormal Investigations books years ago, and I remember very little about them. It wasn’t until I was about 3 chapters into this one that I realized it was a tie-in, but I enjoyed seeing the main couple from the BCPI series again here (as one of the protagonists’ father and his partner). Especially since those men have now been together for 10 years.CONS:- I would have liked to see some scenes from Greg’s point of view, especially since he does some things that hurt Adrian. Seeing those actions from only Adrian’s perspective doesn’t paint Greg in an especially kind light.- Adrian and Greg’s inability to communicate about important issues without one or both of them flying off the handle started to annoy me about halfway through the story. This is possibly because both of the men are so young (early 20s, I’d guess).- I’m sensitive to words and phrases being overused, and in this book the phrase that seemed overly repetitious was “[one guy] buried his hands in [the other guy’s] hair and…[went to town].” A search on my Kindle showed that the phrase actually occurs only six times, but when I think about it, that’s probably about once for every sex scene.Overall comments: Ally Blue’s forte is a slow buildup in sexual attraction and then a decent number of fairly graphic bedroom scenes, with a bit of angst and misunderstanding thrown in along the way. I didn’t dislike this one, but it didn’t particularly work for me either. This is one of those stories where I think the guys are cute together, but I have doubts that they can make a relationship work long-term because they have such a dang hard time communicating with each other. I have been wanting to read this book for a long time, but just recently purchased it.Our main character Adrian Broussard, Dr. Bo Broussard's son, is all grown up. At twenty-one he has come to terms and been through a lot, most of all starting when he was eleven and accidentally opened a portal to another dimension in his moms house. Now we see him in collage, and intrigued with the ghost that haunts a chapel, having grown up with paranormal things being the normal he is determined to solve the mystery of Lyndon Groome's death so his spirit can be at peace. Greg Woodhall (a theater major also Adrian's boyfriend), and Adrian's relationship deepens through his time trying to figure out the mystery, and turns into something much more, and though he wants to stay with Greg, intimacy and his fear's blur together making things much more difficult. I absolutely loved this book, a given for me I new I was going to love it, but having read it I love it even more than I thought I could. Having read of Adrian in previous books, he went from bitter child to a wonderful man in my mind through this book. You can really see how much he has changed and how different things is in his life, with family, and his lover.
Do You like book Love, Like Ghosts (2009)?
Mystery. Ghosts. Sex. Romance. Bit of angst, and a LOVELY ending. What more could I even ask for?
—bigears1701
This book was pretty good. It definitely was not my favorite though.
—Taylor
fast read, light gay m/m romance and sex.
—shali711
