Book Review: Tie Me Knot

brain candy

And now for a bit more fun and fluff. Last week’s book was a fun read, well-paced and not at all demanding. This one is heavy on the warmth and the sweetness and very very much like consuming a spoonful of marshmallow fluff. You might really enjoy it, but too much is too much, and trying to get the last bit down gets a little sticky…

Again, a warning for those readers who prefer closed-door romances. This is not that.

I wound up reading all three of the Ghost Cupid books. The last one is what led to my comparison of a sugar crash and stickiness. The first one is really fun, and a little different than anything I’ve seen done before in a paranormal romance. The main character, who really isn’t described that I’m aware of until book two, is working for an elderly Chinese lady whose business is to matchmake ghosts. This is, I think? a cultural Chinese thing which is actually done. That’s where we depart from reality.

The language and tone of this book is very young, and I don’t mean children, I mean it reads like talking to my daughters who are in their twenties. Lots of hip lingo slinging around, and casual speech styles. I started to find this tedious as the books went on and it felt like it was being pushed at me, making the story harder to get into. The characterization was also odd, like the main characters were developed well in book one, and book two and three they… regressed? It was weird. Not sure what the author was trying to do. Also, the ‘tie’ in the title of the first book refers to something done to the two main characters which pushed them into their romantic relationship, and there is no real payoff in the series about this. I got to the end of book three, which doesn’t say anything about a book four (and I likely won’t look for one, the third book was a hot mess in terms of story and pacing) and flipped back a little going… what happened?

So this isn’t a whole-hearted recommendation. Read books one and two if you enjoy this kind of fluffy sugary romp and humor like the quote I shared. Don’t bother with book three. I have no idea if the author has done anything else, and am a little hesitant to go looking. Inconsistency isn’t fun for a reader. But on the other hand, the first two books were good brain candy, and sometimes that is just what you need!