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288 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2019
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“Here in my house, what you seek is what you will find…I know what you desire…I know what you need…And I know what you deserve” (Ghost to Ava, 62).All the ghost sex is funny/annoying but when Jeremiah introduces whips and billy clubs, it’s like 50 Shades of Grey: the Paranormal Edition. After wrist-shackled sex (“I do not resist as he grasps my hips and uses me like the whore I am. The whore I’ve proven myself to be. I am nothing but flesh, bought and paid for.”), Ava thinks, “No real man can match him. No real man could understand my desires so completely” (139). Really, Ava? Well, let me introduce you to Christian Grey. You just sign a few papers and he’ll handcuff you and whip your ass all you want. He’ll throw in the creepy stalking and possessiveness as a bonus. All of the ghost sex is ridiculous. What’s borderline gross is how often Ava mentions she is wet with desire for her ghost lover: “Even now, I am still wet and aching for him” (62); “I am wet, so wet with desire that I feel moisture trickle down my thigh” (89); “Are you not already wet, your body preparing itself to accommodate what is to come?” (136); (and possibly the worst) “I reach between my legs and feel the slick evidence of my arousal, so wet and copious that it might be his leavings that now trickle down the inside of my thigh” (142). Yes, we get it, you’re hot for ghost. Damn. This is a really short book and about 75% is all about her sexual obsession and longing to be fucked (and fucked again) by this bossy dead sea captain. Tess, is this really the book you wanted to write?
“What would you have me do?” I ask. “As much as you are willing.” “Tell me.” “You are no virgin. You have known men.” “Yes, I have.” “Men with whom you have sinned.” My answer is barely a whisper. “Yes.” (88)
When Ava sees something she didn’t expect: “How can this be? Is this a dream?”
(Ghost to Ava after BDSM-light sex, 108): “And it excites you, does it not? To be taken the way I took you tonight? Ridden hard and given no choice about what I choose to do to you?”
“It’s what whores do, Ava. You learn to please. Because you never know who will walk in the door and what he will demand. Some men just want to ride you. Others prefer to watch. And then there are those who want to see how much you can endure.” (138)
“Tonight you sleep. Be unafraid,” he whispers. “I will let no harm come to you.” And that night I do sleep, safe in the circle of his arms (170).