The Reason is You

This author has a distinctive style but I'm afraid her mash-up of several genres - small-town contemporary plus ghost, plus a little bit of reincarnation - doesn't quite work within 300 brief pages. There's never a dull moment, but there's not enough commitment to any one theme to make it successful. I never felt either the lifelong connection that Dani had with Alex (her ghostly love interest), or the burgeoning connection that she develops with Jason (her very much alive love interest). The tone varied wildly and often uneasily between light humor and deep melodrama. I did appreciate the family dynamics, especially the realistic relationship between Dani and her 16 year old daughter Riley. The Reason is You might appeal to fans of Kristan Higgins who are interested in a paranormal twist on contemporary romance.