vahalasly's review
2.0
Actually not that bad. I was expecting a whole different thing (I was actually looking for inspiration), but that's my fault for not reading the tags. Still not my genre (yet).
kerasalwaysreading's review
3.0
Well, that was... Something.
This book was weird, for sure. Not entirely in a bad way. It was actually quite good if you are into books with A LOT of steam. That wasn't exactly what I was looking for when starting this book, but I finished it for the sake of not wanting to leave such a short book unfinished. I read it in about 3 hours.
Daphne was somewhat of a pitiful character in my mind. She was just lonely, waiting around for her cheating, no good husband to come back. So, she sleeps with guys, both alive and dead while waiting for him to return. All she wants is a baby and just about EVERYONE around her winds up dead in the process.
This book was weird, for sure. Not entirely in a bad way. It was actually quite good if you are into books with A LOT of steam. That wasn't exactly what I was looking for when starting this book, but I finished it for the sake of not wanting to leave such a short book unfinished. I read it in about 3 hours.
Daphne was somewhat of a pitiful character in my mind. She was just lonely, waiting around for her cheating, no good husband to come back. So, she sleeps with guys, both alive and dead while waiting for him to return. All she wants is a baby and just about EVERYONE around her winds up dead in the process.
caffeinatedbibliophile's review
3.0
Full review of this one and the sequel, [b:The Hunted|24322196|The Hunted (Sleeping With Monsters #2)|Cassie Alexander|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1420550937s/24322196.jpg|42251669] on my blog.
I can't remember how I acquired this book, but I think it was from a group here for an event I participated in. The book was lost in the black hole that is my Kindle until this summer when I looked up the description and thought, "What the hell, I haven't read any ghost-y erotica before." So, there's a good chance some of my issues have been corrected because I did have an old copy of this book.
So, there's a young, desperate housewife, all alone in her gigantic new home, while her husband is away on business. All the time. What's she going to do to occupy her time and relax? Well, let the resident ghost (known only as "The Master") have his way with her, of course!
I do have some complaints, but I actually kind of liked this. I probably wouldn't recommend it to many people, but I don't regret reading it and it was a (mostly) fun, quick read.
Despite the amusing/interesting premise of this book, I didn’t love it. Maybe because my copy is so old, it’s since been updated and edited, but my copy needed a bit of work. There were some errors, maybe some typos, and a lot of sentences that just didn’t make a lot of sense without reading them multiple times (and some that never made sense). I found misused words a few times, too.
There were things that weren't explained (I'm ok with minor things, but not something really important for the plot). And there were things that...just...didn't make sense.
I didn't like the characters. At all. I can deal with unlikable characters, but I wanted to hop into the book and kill these characters.
I can't remember how I acquired this book, but I think it was from a group here for an event I participated in. The book was lost in the black hole that is my Kindle until this summer when I looked up the description and thought, "What the hell, I haven't read any ghost-y erotica before." So, there's a good chance some of my issues have been corrected because I did have an old copy of this book.
So, there's a young, desperate housewife, all alone in her gigantic new home, while her husband is away on business. All the time. What's she going to do to occupy her time and relax? Well, let the resident ghost (known only as "The Master") have his way with her, of course!
I do have some complaints, but I actually kind of liked this. I probably wouldn't recommend it to many people, but I don't regret reading it and it was a (mostly) fun, quick read.
Despite the amusing/interesting premise of this book, I didn’t love it. Maybe because my copy is so old, it’s since been updated and edited, but my copy needed a bit of work. There were some errors, maybe some typos, and a lot of sentences that just didn’t make a lot of sense without reading them multiple times (and some that never made sense). I found misused words a few times, too.
There were things that weren't explained (I'm ok with minor things, but not something really important for the plot).
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How the hell did The Master even know about the ritual thing? Seriously, I need to know. It's been 2 months since I read this and I'm still mad about it, ugh. I think there were other things but I've forgotten now.Spoiler
What was up with the threesome with the wife, the husband/ghost of the Master?, and the husband's mistress? That just came out of nowhere and I think I actually yelled, "What the actualfuck?!"I didn't like the characters. At all.
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I am also really not a fan of books in which the wife is desperate for a baby and hangs on to their asshole husband just to get pregnant, with plans to leave them immediately after. Lady, dump him and go find someone better.sigje's review
5.0
Incredibly intriguing story, unexpected ending but only because so often these days monsters are romanticized. Looking forward to the other stories in this series!
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