I have a love for haunted ship stories and that’s what made me pick up this book. The idea of being trapped on a ship, far from a safe harbor, and have to deal with vicious ghosts. I love watching the humans making alliances, breaking them, doing dumb things – all to survive long enough to get to the next harbor.

Absidy needs to go save her sister (Ellison) or at least find out what has happened to her. Her best friend Moon at college helps her come up with a plan to sneak on to a ship and head out into space to find her. The set up was a little silly, but once Absidy got on the ship Vicio and the ghosts started making pests of things, the story really picked up. I loved how the crew try to avoid the ghosts (tho not all are successful) and Absidy has a lot to do with how many survive the encounters.

At first, I liked how Absidy is masquerading as a 14 year old boy in order to avoid the authorities (who are looking for a long-haired, curvy 20 year old woman). Absidy and Moon plan well with a hair cut, clothes, and binding up her boobs. But later in the story, she accidentally leaves her girly panties in the shared bathroom. Ugh! You’re playing the part of a teen boy – why would you even pack girly underwear? Wear some teenboy boxers! C’mon Absidy, I want you to succeed! So, yeah, that was silly.

The romance was OK. It happened quickly. And did Mason ever explain why he was hiding in the dark just waiting to jump out and catch ‘James’ (Absidy’s teenboy name) at something? Turns out, James was showering and Mase got an eyeful of Absidy’s hidden attributes.

There weren’t enough ladies in this story. When there are more than 1 women in the same scene, they are talking fashion or boys…. sigh…. I want a bit more out of my scifi when it comes to the ladies. I often found their shared conversations vapid.

Absidy has a special affliction. She’s got a sensitivity to ghosts, which have treated her very roughly in the past (like broken bones and cuts deep enough to warrant blood transfusions). Her family finds a remedy of sorts which is staying in contact with iron all the time. Iron dissolves in her mouth, so she needs to constantly replenish her iron. This leads to all sorts of difficulties when iron becomes scarce. There was much I liked about this aspect of the story, though I had plenty of detail questions, like: why weren’t her parents ever accused of abuse when she was kid? Why not continue to wear iron in your hair or as jewelry or hidden in clothes? If her mouth dissolves iron, then does Mase really want her to engulf his masculinity?

The story surprised me by getting off the haunted ship and the story continued with daring motorcycle rides and a scary medical clinic. It was a fun tale with a few great scenes. 3.5/5 stars.

The Narration: Kamala Alcantara did well with the voices but had some technical issues with the recording. She had distinct voices for all the characters. Her voice for Absidy was spot on and her male character voices were masculine. I felt she was engaged with the story through out the entire book. However, the volume does go up and down. There are some mouth noises as well. 3.5/5 stars.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Lindsey R. Loucks. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it. ( )