1.5⭐️
I won a copy of this book from a giveaway on LibraryThing in exchange for a review.

For the first 200 pages, this book was a 3-star for me. I liked the idea of it. I had fun hearing Arthur Morgan's voice from RDR2 as Mac. 215-470 was a 2-star (maybe less than 470). The rest of the book was a 1-star. By page 514 all the characters were irritating me except the horses. There were crows. (?) I don't understand their relevance, especially near the end. I think I'm just missing the reference for this one.

I think this book was a good draft. It did not need to be as long as it was. Especially since I see it's supposed to be 7 books somehow? This book could have easily been cut in half. There were many overused words. For example: "soughed" and "A smirk scarring their face." We had excessive punctuation with exclamation and question marks (?????!!!!!!!). Some words were IN ALL CAPS!!!!! The characters were either muttering or using their outside voices.

The romance was a square. Which, I hated. Will gave me the ick. Will's POVs could have been completely cut out. They did nothing. Did not encourage character growth. They just made the book drag (in my opinion.)

Charlotte had zero character development throughout the story. She continuously reliably flip-flopped between the 3 men in her romance square (and not in a reverse harem kinda way). Charlotte experienced some harrowing situations and came out unscathed with little to no trauma. You'd think she'd be a lot less trusty of men.

I liked Mountain Man Mac. I like how the flashbacks to the past were done for him. I didn't like the random anonymous "murders" throughout the book. They just upped the word count.

There was something off for me throughout the action scenes. It felt like it was missing a sense of urgency and stakes. They didn't feel Western- if that makes sense? (If not, same).

This book would have been better if it stuck with only 3 POVs: Charlotte's, Mac's, and Sherif Dorman's. These 3 were the core of the story. Charlotte's and Mac's character development could have improved through fewer perspectives. The Romance Square should have been a triangle before becoming a pair. I must say I'm a little bitter about the ending. This was not my cup of tea. What happened in the last chapter should have happened in book two. Or, we should have had more time before what happened. My OG feelings for this scene were WHAT A WASTE OF MY TIME. I have zero reason to read book two now. If, we had gotten more before what happened at the end. My heart would have been ripped out of my chest. Which could have been *cheifs kiss*. And maybe I would have an interest in continuing.

Overall, The idea is there. But not the execution.

This book began very interesting, tapered off during the middle and then picked back up at the end. Definitely stick with it through the end because the story is worth it!

The writing style is endearing and paced well. It takes time to visualise the story, despite the copious amount of descriptions provided, since the story predominantly revolves around Charlotte's character and mindset as opposed to the events that take place. The book is not for the faint of heart as the story features dark topics and graphic interaction between characters, as declared at the beginning of the book.


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Thank you to StoryOrigin and author. ( )

This book was interesting at first. But I never thought of the twists and turns within this book.

I was ready when I read the trigger warnings but I never expected it to be this way.

The book did had a lot of parts that made you question a lot of things. Especially when you get towards the end of it.

I never read a book like this before but I didn't expect it to be this way. I did enjoy it.

The only reason why I rated 4 stars is because of how some parts are. It seemed like there were some parts that were confused.

Over all, this book was good. ( )

Haunt was much better than I expected and I loved that Charlotte chose to flee as her mom was killed with her not knowing who her dad was as her mom had entertained many men. She and her beloved horse, Finn, had traveled from one town to the next until she thought that she would be safe with her going hungry when she had ran out of canned goods, and then she met a refined gentleman named Will, but she learned that he was married. I loved that Mac, a wanted man, had save her life AND her her horse when they fled from a bear. It seemed as everyone in town wanted her. Book one left me panting for more, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO READ THE NEXT BOOK! ( )