coral reviewed Better Homes and Hauntings by Molly Harper
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3 stars
I enjoyed this, but I think it needs a content warning for several (mostly pretty short) bits that are written from an abuser's point of view. Those were hard for me to get through.
My other complaint (I gave this three stars; I'm going to say nice things, too) is that the only acknowledgment of homosexuality is done in a homophobic way, someone suggesting that the meanest story about the ghost lady is that she had an affair with a female employee instead of a male one. It wouldn't have been so bad if there had been any queer representation anywhere else in the book, but there really wasn't.
Those two things aside, the writing is good. The story is fun. The ending is satisfying. I was honestly so pleased with the last third of the book that I almost gave it four stars and forgot to include the previous …
I enjoyed this, but I think it needs a content warning for several (mostly pretty short) bits that are written from an abuser's point of view. Those were hard for me to get through.
My other complaint (I gave this three stars; I'm going to say nice things, too) is that the only acknowledgment of homosexuality is done in a homophobic way, someone suggesting that the meanest story about the ghost lady is that she had an affair with a female employee instead of a male one. It wouldn't have been so bad if there had been any queer representation anywhere else in the book, but there really wasn't.
Those two things aside, the writing is good. The story is fun. The ending is satisfying. I was honestly so pleased with the last third of the book that I almost gave it four stars and forgot to include the previous paragraph. If you can live with the two complaints I listed above, and you generally like romance and/or ghost stories, this could be a really fun read for you.
If anyone's read other of Molly Harper's books and could tell me that they are not homophobic, I'd read more of them.