Haunt Your Heart Out by Amber RobertsMy Rating: ✩✩✩✩✩
This was a really enjoyable contemporary romance that hit a lot of high points. For lovers of holiday reads, this one hits a nice Yuletide note without being overly Christmas-ey. Add in a little bit of manufactured spookiness, strangers to lovers, difficult families, found families and secret pasts...well you have a five-star cozy read.
The characters were well developed past the classic "tragic pasts' and the chemistry felt very natural and real. While a much cleaner/fade-to-black narrative than I have been reading lately, the relationship still sizzles while also being sweet and realistic. Sometimes I found Lex to be a little irritating, but I will chalk that up to age difference and that her maturing was a central theme of the novel, so it serves a purpose beyond being a "quirky cool girl." The cast of supporting characters were equally rounded and added a lot to the world building. That the story features my family's favorite Vermont town certainly helped, though the atmosphere of the story is owed entirely to Roberts' writing.
Overall a genuinely enjoyable read that will be a hit for lovers of the contemporary romance genre.
Published on 08 October 2024 by Alcove Press
Book #24 of 2024
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