What I love about this book:
Very creative, with plenty of twists, mystery and action. I adore the fact that the main male character was Asian and a total hottie. How cool is it when the way Hannah starts to see ghosts begins when she accidently inhales the ashes of the recently departed after being struck by lightning while at the guys funeral. Like I said very creative!

What I did not like:
Lots of bad stuff happens to Hannah and as crazy as the premise sounds, the stuff that happens to Hannah almost sounds unbelievable. She already has inner ear problems resulting in Vertigo (and cant hear from one ear) but as the story progresses, she develops a heart problem, has low blood pressure problem add in quite a few physical assaults, a dash of emotional trauma, one part ******** (cant tell you it is a spoiler) and you have one seriously traumatized chick.
In addition to Hannahs list of ailments, she is annoyingly insecure. Yes, I know, lots of us chicks have serious self-esteem issues (including me) but come on? By the end of the book, I was almost hoping Takeshi would dump her butt because she was so insecure. He needed a woman not a meek mouse.

What saves this book:
Takeshi, Takeshi, Takeshi. Did I mention Takeshi? My goodness, the guy is hot. I am not talking looks (though after The Last Samarai and Ken Watanabe, I have a serious crush for tall Asian men). I am talking his attitude. He was the perfect Alpha hero. I loved his character!

The storyline was good too. It has the perfect part mystery, paranormal elements, and hot sex.

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This book was well-written and thought out, and was an original idea. It was also a slight bit longer than the norm, so that was also a plus in a well-written book.

Tasheki is great, although I almost felt as if we didn't see him enough. The story is told in first person from Hannah's point of view, and I would have preferred a point of view switch-off so that we could see more of Tasheki. We are told much about Tasheki's Japanese heritage, his martial arts training, etc, but we see little of it in the book. More details on this would have enriched the story.

The only real negative about this book is that Hannah is such a downer. She has been hurt before, but she goes almost overboard in her refusal to get emotionally attached to Tasheki. Also, she's extremely self-conscious and vain. She obsesses about her age, every extra pound, her facial bruises when she's beaten by the bad guys, and her health problems. It was almost to the point of my screaming at her and/or throwing the book across the room. Almost, but not quite.

Was this book worth the read? Overall, yes. There was enough original story material in here to keep most any reader interested, and enough of the hot sex we all love in this genre.

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