This was a good read. I liked the suspense and mystery of it. I was expecting more of the ghost, but was still good. ( )

I overall did not enjoy this book. When I first read about it on LibraryThing I had thought that it would be an interesting read. I wanted to know why she had felt the need to flee from her husband that she obviously loved. I thought that it would be a lot like The Parent Trap without the kids. It wasn't.

I like a few things about the book. The author showed that she could work in even the smallest detail and make it seem natural. Then there was the flash backs. These were the only reason that I knew what was happening during the book. I thought that these things were well done.

Then there were the things that I was less excited about reading. The book was not that long to begin with and yet I felt that there were many scenes that were pointless. They should have been cut out during the editing process. The little details that I at first loved so much began to grate at my nerves as they were repeated in every possible way. I still don't really understand why Riley, the female lead, married Tristan, the male lead. Throughout the first half of the book all you hear about is how horrible he is how she only married him because she was young. Now is the place that I take personal offense to. Riley never admits that anything is ever her fault. She blames her age and the people around her but never herself. Being young does not mean that you can't take responsibility for your actions or that you don't have to. She also can't blame Tristan for marring him after knowing him for a few hours. It may be three days after meeting each other but they had only been in close proximity for a few hours on the first day.

I could tell that the book is meant to have a Gothic novel feel to it yet randomly the author would put modern phrases in. It made both the dialogue and the narration awkward for me to read. Especially the female characters because they acted very much the stereotype of Victorian ideals.

The entire book just did not work for me. Tristan hates Riley for betraying, the reason that she left and something that I can't blame him for no matter how much I dislike him, for the first half of the book and then randomly on page 176 he calls her his love.I swear I thought I was reading a different book.

To me this plot could have worked for me more if it was set right after they got married and Glenda was trying to steal Tristan from Riley. I would have been able to feel actual sympathy for Riley that way. Also than it would have seemed more of an outrage that no one believed Riley. ( )

The problem with The Haunting of Wolfe Haven is that it doesn’t know whether it’s a Gothic romance, a supernatural romance, or a crappy paperback romance.

Heaton is a master at creating atmosphere: there are long passages of the book that are deliciously like reading Rebecca. But then a character will come along and say or do or think something that seems like it was lifted directly from daytime TV. Heaton is shockingly inept at creating characters with realistic feelings and motivations.

Ultimately, The Haunting of Wolfe Haven is a disappointment because it was so close to being a great book but wasn’t.

Recieved via Member Giveaway. ( )

Sorry I am giving it a 1/2 because the book was fairly good unntil the last two pages and the porno turned me off completely to the book. Not a romance but selfish people. ( )

This is a gothic wannabe that devolves into a badly written romance. One of the premises of the gothic stories was the power imbalance between men and women. This book is written in the 21st century and takes place in the 21st century. Gothic just cannot work well in this time period. Most of the story is told - we are told Riley and Tristan had a romance, yet the little we are told of it, it seems to me was two people enjoying the history of a place and then for some inexplicable reason, marry. All within one week of meeting! The reader is expected to believe that when Tristan, who is unjustifiably and unreasonably angry at Riley, barges into her motel room and demands that they must get married (no reason as to why) that his attitude and actions are romantic, instead of abusive and irrational. The entire book is like that. From everything the reader is told, I can see no reason why anyone would want to be in a relationship with Tristan or Riley as they are both unreasonably immature and emotionally stunted. And for no apparent reason, at the very end, a graphic sex scene is tacked on. This puzzling and off-putting scene uses language that is inconsistent with the tone of the rest of the book. Rewrite this book and set it in the 1700's when it is accepted that men behave in a controlling, domineering, rude, abusive, and selfish way and women have no backbone. ( )