The Ghostwriters

She's funny, cynical, and kinda crazy, but she knows how to tell a story.

A struggling writer living in Manhattan, Jacy McMasters is the first to admit she's a terrific liar and a screw-up. Then the ghost of the famous novelist JD Balinger asks her to "channel" a follow-up to his classic coming of age book, The Watcher in the Sky. Along with her new boyfriend, a bear of a man who has no patience for mind games, the ghost in Jacy's head forces her to confront a lifetime of secrets—dark secrets. Secrets she's been keeping from herself.


Ok so this is not a ghost story, or even a romance. DO not judge a book by it's cover. 

Jacy is a struggling writer, when she is not working she is drinking...ALOT. Most days she wakes up in a strangers bed, with no memory of what exactly happened. And to make matter's worse her pathetic ex keeps coming around because his current girlfriend won't sleep with him, so he keeps coming back to Jacy for one thing and one thing only. This is how we get introduced to Jacy and her wonderful lifestyle of drinking, sex and her attempts at writing which most days are her attempting, failing, and then drinking..

One day Jacy is at the bar, so drunk that she doesn't care anymore, she turns and see's a man sitting at the end staring at her, she looks at him for help- help of any kind, because she is spiraling out of control...
Except when she wakes up the next day she is in her apartment, alone... Suddenly she hears something outside in her living room, when she goes to inspect she finds JD standing there. Quickly we are caught up that JD is dead, he is the ghost of a famous author, who has come to Jacy to write his follow up novel.
So here comes the title of the book- Ghostwriters. Jacy is writing a book for JD, using his style and his words they create what they hope will be the next best seller. 

All the while Jacy is still struggling with her family issues, her own mental issues, and her drinking problem. 
One night after a long, tiring day with JD she goes out drinking and wakes up in a strangers bed with no memory of the night before. So this is where the book get's cute since they do throw in some romance, apparently the guy she slept with the night before, really likes her and it's more than just sex. He likes who she is, because Jacy was so drunk she doesn't remember that she divulged all her darkest secrets and her fucked up family life. 

Throughout the book we learn about her crazy controlling mother, her supportive father, and her loving brother who looks up to Jacy. We think everyone is OK, and Jacy is just overreacting to how things are when she goes home to see her family... The twist at the end will have you shocked, speechless and maybe even crying.. 

I found the writing in this book to be amazing, and the story not to mention the understory that is shown throughout this book was something that should be carried on for many generations. 
You will find mental illness, death, suicide, alcoholism, romance, and much more. I would recommend this book to anyone! 

Divine and Dateless

Eternally Yours # 1

Hey everyone! This is number 1 in the dead and delicious series; (told you i was going to read the first 4 books LOL)..

Ok so in this book we learn how Ash died, we meet her Grim and the perks and downfalls of being dead.

Ash is picked up by her Grim reaper, he tells her she's being sent to the top, she must have been a pretty good person during her life to be sent straight to heaven. As she gets there she see's everyone she has missed, her uncle, grandmother etc.. oh and she has her very own valet who will fill her every need... yes EVERY need ;)..
But her dream life their is quickly taken away when Grim comes back and tells her there has been an error and she was suppose to be on Level 2 not the penthouse, so "god" is being nice and allowing her on Level 13...
We learn all about level 13 throughout the book- and her new job as a "ghoster" and her new found love in Grim.

This was a quick, easy, fun read. Can't wait to start the second book !

The Fear

"Fear is all in the mind ...

But Mia’s nightmares become a reality when she and her troubled sister, Jamie, inherit their deceased uncle’s house and experience phenomena that extends way beyond a typical haunting. Only Mia’s infant daughter is aware of the sinister presence of a man that roams freely about the house, but it’s Jamie who has become the subject of the entity’s torment.

No one’s secrets stay buried for long, and the psychological abuse that the family are forced to endure soon turns physical, with the demon’s attachment to Jamie taking on a sexually violent nature. When the evil spreads beyond the boundaries of the house and wreaks chaos in the lives of those closest to Mia, she knows that she must uncover the house’s past, along with the identity of its ghostly inhabitant, in order to sever his hold on anyone who enters." (Netgalley)

Fear is a perfect title for this book because it will put fear into your mind and heart..

We follow Mia, her daughter Louisa, and Mia's sister Jamie throughout this story of horror. They recently had to put their mother into a care home for Alzheimer's disease, due to a incident at their original house. Once that happened they had to sell their home, and move into their recently passed Uncle's home where they could afford to live and take care of their mother. Except once they move in things begin to happen, strange things...

The first to experience this sinister feeling in the home is the youngest Louisa, who can see what she calls the "shadow man" and listens to him rant and rave about Mia, and Jamie. She begins to draw pictures and begins cursing at people in her life. (mind you she is very young only 5-6 years i believe). Mia works at a catering hall, where one day during a "halloween themed" party, Mia who already had a scare earlier in the day see's someone upstairs where no guests are allowed- as she follows this person upstairs she comes to a window to find her "mother" hanging from a tree- once someone else see's Mia running out of the building toward the tree- they chase her down and calm her down enough to see it is not her mother but an elderly woman who hung herself. 

Now why is this detail so important? We find out later but the scare Mia had earlier that sent her into crazy mode- well she was in the bathroom and see's this figure who appears to be her mother except she's dead and screaming at her "THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" then as Mia tries to escape the horrid image she slips and is forced into the tub which is now filled with blood water and her mother's ghost is trying to drown her...

Sounds insane right? Well this book gives you chilling detail one after another, and the imagery it puts inside your head will have you running for the hills!

A must read for any fan of Horror!!