Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places by Claire Kann: Review
Welcome to my review of Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places by Claire Kann. This was my first audiobook in a long time, but it revived my love of them. They can really bring a story to life.
Title: Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places
Author: Claire Kann
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Berkley
Pub Date: 5/21/24
Description
Love brings down the haunted house in this captivating romance from the acclaimed author of The Romantic Agenda.
Lucky Hart has a special affinity for the supernatural but almost no one takes parapsychology seriously. She’s estranged from her family, lost her friends, and has been rejected from graduate school. Twice. But her big break finally arrives when she gets insider info about a troubled production company. Every actor on their new show mysteriously quits after spending three nights inside Hennessee House, an old Victorian with a notorious reputation.
After scheming her way onto the show to investigate, Lucky meets Maverick Phillips and chemistry instantly crackles between them. He tempts her in ways no one ever has, challenging and supporting her, and making her finally feel seen. Their connection is so palpable everyone notices it–including Hennesee House.
Now Lucky and Maverick’s relationship has a challenger: the lonely, sentient house desperate for her undivided attention. As love begins to clash with career, Lucky refuses to choose one over the other because everyone deserves a happily ever after, even houses with haunted hearts. But when all her plans begin backfiring one-by-one, she realizes that if she wants to have it all? She’ll have to risk everything.
Review
I adored Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places. The audiobook was the perfect way to go because it made the story and the house feel so alive. I could not stop smiling to myself as I listened, especially whenever Lucky and Maverick interacted.
I’ve realized recently that I really love romances with children involved as it requires a whole different set of responsibilities and precautions that don’t exist in other stories. But Lucky’s interactions with Maverick’s daughter, Rebel, were as lively and authentic as her interactions with Maverick. I appreciated that Lucky never saw Rebel as a burden or an obstacle in her relationship with Maverick.
And don’t get me started on the aceness of the story! This might be my favorite ace romance I’ve ever read. I loved the conversations Lucky had about her feelings and experiences, and how open her friends and Maverick were to listening and understanding her. It’s everything you could ever want. And though Lucky and Maverick were taking it slow over the course of the book, the sensuality was on point and delightful.
The paranormal aspect of the story intrigued me, especially the conclusions Lucky came to. I really enjoyed reading about her experiments with the house, and I’m a sucker for sentient objects, so I totally understood the draw she had to solve the mystery. And for someone who’s never been into ghosts or haunted houses, I weirdly got the desire to search for the paranormal while reading. There’s something about the way Lucky describes her passion and reasoning for it that makes it sound appealing, even though I would probably be the person running in fear.
Overall, there are a lot of elements to love in the story, but the unabashed aceness of it sold me. This is my second Kann read, but now I’m very interested in reading some of her other books because she does a great job at crafting authentic characters.
Author
Claire Kann is the author of several novels and an award-winning online storyteller. In her other life she works for a non-profit you may have heard of where she daydreams like she’s paid to do it. She loves cats and is obsessed with horror media (which makes the whole being known for writing contemporary love stories a little weird, tbh).
Where to Buy
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