HAUNT ME, by Liz Kessler

The story: Erin meets Joe after his family moves out and her family moves in...to the house where he died. He's tied to this place, and she's the only one who can see him. He can't remember how he died, and she's got her own issues to work through--so it only makes sense that they fall in love. What doesn't make sense are her feelings for Olly, Joe's brother...the person responsible for Joe's death. How can she ever choose between them?

June Cleaver's ratings: Language PG; VIolence G; Sexual content PG; Nudity G; Substance abuse R; Magic & the occult PG-13; GLBT content G; adult themes (guilt, mental illness, mean girls) PG-13; overall rating PG-13.

Liz's comments: I feel like I enjoy a good teenage romance story as much as the next middle-aged lady, but my suspension-of-disbelief-o-meter just couldn't buy into this one. It wasn't so much that a girl would fall in love with a ghost, cuz that's kind of a trope, but that this ghost is always doing stuff like crying tears, having his head pound, and wishing for a night's sleep on a good bed because his muscles ache. It's like, dude! You're dead. You have no body, and therefore no muscles, no tear ducts, no way to experience a headache. I realize that this probably won't get in the way of any emo girls who fancy the whole "kissing a dead guy" thing, but it was very distracting for me. :P