Anna Dressed in Blood

I feel really conflicted about my feelings for this book. I liked the creepy factor. I liked the ghost hunting. I liked the ghosts. I did not like the ghost/human love story aspect. It made me feel really awkward and uncomfortable. It's just not my thing I guess? I don't know what I was expecting out of this book, but a romance between Anna and Cas was not it. I also didn't really find the characters THAT enjoyable. Like they were okay I guess, but the book just wasn't really for me. When I first started this book I was unaware that it was supposed to be a duology, but I really don't have any desire to continue on after this one. I read reviews for the second book, which I don't even remember the name of, and I just don't want to spend my time reading it. I don't have the desire to read it, and spend my time on it. So I'm not going to. My journey with Anna, Cas, Thomas, and Carmel is done. I'm fine with the way this one ended.

It is times like this I wish half star ratings were available. There were moments in the book I liked and moments I REALLY liked, and if I could give half star ratings I'd say this was actually a 3.5 star book. I liked the story of Cas the ghost hunter and Anna the ghost he's hunting. I actually loved the sidekick characters of Thomas and Carmel and wished there had been a bit more with them. I know whySpoiler Cas couldn't kill Anna, but I didn't understandhow he went from just wanting to kill her to wanting to kiss her. I think that is my problem with the book was that I wanted more ghostbusting supernatural story than I got. I'm fine with paranormal romance as long as it isn't over the top, and this wasn't, but maybe it was just too much teen angst mixed in with the paranormal romance that stopped me from just liking the Anna and Cas love story into REALLY liking their love story.

Anyway, overall good book and I definitely plan to read the second in the series just to see what happens next in Cas's story.