2.5 
 I have been on a huge ghost story kick, and by ghost story I mean a good Gothic one about a big creepy mansion and a ghost. This book was very much "meh." 
 The parts with the scary vengeful ghost; Isobel, were pretty good. They were described well, decently creepy and her vengeful spirit and actions had a pretty good back story. 
 However there were some really big problems with this book for me. 
 1) Chloe's mom dies and without asking his two kids the dad ships them off to live in England for the winter break with their grandma. When you have kids, not matter how much grief, you do not shut down, forget to pay bills and stop feeding them simply because your spouse died. It's a horrible thing, but as a mom I would never send my kids away without at least talking to them about it before. 
 2) Why does Chloe see ghosts? It is NEVER explained where she got her gifts. I hate that. She was just simply all the sudden uber powerful ghost whisperer. 
 3) Chloe and Alex's relationship. Insta-love to the MAX. And Alex is not a good guy. Can't give it away because of SPOILERS, but Chloe spends the entire book making excuses for his bad behavior and choices when he was alive. Not to mention that they are madly in love after a day and his love for her puts not only her in danger but everyone else. Chloe doesn't seem to care that loving a dead boy is putting her grandma and little brother in danger, she wants Alex to "fight" for their love...Ummm. He.Is.Dead. 
 4) Love triangle crap. There is a totally adorable stable boy with a huge crush on Chloe and at the end (even after he has risked his life for her) she is all, "Sorry I just want to be friends." And he says something like, "I just wanna be in your life in any way possible." Barf Then she goes home to California. 
 5) Ugh...the ending...the ending *moan* What the fuck was up with the ending.... 
 So not the best book, but not the worse book either. Ghost story not half bad, but really Isobel was the best part of the whole book.