I really wanted to like this book as the plot sounded promising but sadly thought it might be better suited to a younger adolescent audience. ( )

This is a nice story that didn't take too much thinking or have too many characters or places to keep track of. I don't mind cursing, but I think there's was too many curse words for such a short book. The "ghost" aspect was a bit undeveloped for me, and I would have thought it would have been more dominate in the book that it actually was. The writing was just ok. Not very memorable, but I was hooked enough to read on to see how it ends. ( )

I liked that this story did not follow the standard romance type of thing that I was kind of expecting. But it did dwell too much on the main characters disagreements with the other characters and feelings of inadequacy. It made me wonder why these people loved her. Maybe if the story had shown a little more of a balance in this area, it would have made more sense. I also had trouble following the timeline. I often had no clue how long had gone on between scenes. ( )

I agree with another reviewer that this book seemed geared to a young adult market. Sarah Markham isn't very likeable, and she seems to avoid getting involved with anyone except the ghost of Lucy Larch who died in the '40's and has yet to move on. She haunts the room over the bookshop owned by Samuel who lets Sarah move into it the small room and gives her a job.

Sarah seems to run from any hint of trouble, or tells herself that people don't want her around so she ends up telling her woes to Lucy. But, Lucy also makes herself known to other people, and one of those is an Irishman named Flynn who she convinces to drop into the bookshop to take part in their book club designed by Sarah.

Sarah isn't very likeable, but it is a change from the books where the woman waltzes through with a few complications and has everything turn out great in the end. Sometimes you get the feeling that Sarah just wants to fade into the shelves of books and not be bothered with other humans. ( )

I liked the plot of this book, but I was disappointed in the writing style and the character development. There were times I felt I was reading a young adult book rather than an adult novel. I enjoyed the story, but there were a lot of loose ends left for me, and the characters were weak. I felt like I never really knew what made them tick. This is a good summer beach read, but left me feeling like it was unfinished. ( )