Red-Haired Ash Reads

Ellis is determined to save his beloved Ashton-Drake Manor House. Him and the staff have come up with a Valentine themed weekend to bring in guests based on the Legend of the Lovers Hollow. A legend about a forced marriage, a furious lover, and murder that happened on Valentines Day. 

This was an enjoyable adventure with Ellis, Morgan, and the motley crew of ghosts. The ghosts are still being investigated by the Bureau of Domestic Hauntings, but their guidelines have changed this time. They can haunt, but are not allowed to be seen by humans, which as you can imagine, doesn’t last. Like the first book, I enjoyed Bertie and the other ghosts’ perspective and their hijinks. 

Ellis and Morgan’s relationship doesn’t have a lot of progression in this one, but I still enjoyed what we got. There is a brief hint at both of them starting to really feel love for each other, but I assume that discussion will happen in a future book because they both were not ready to discuss it. These two are still really cute together and I look forward to seeing how their relationship progresses. 

The Legend of the Lovers Hollow was interesting at first because it involved the deaths of three people, but it ended up being a bit anticlimactic in the end for me. I was expecting a bit more tension when the ghosts finally arrived and for Ellis or the paranormal team to deal with them, but that didn’t happen. The situation is resolved by Death, which I think cuts into some potential character development for Ellis and his house of ghosts. 

Overall, I still enjoyed this one but wished the end had been a bit different. I do look forward to reading the next one and seeing how Ellis and Morgan save the manor and their home. 

TW: murder discussed; dying parent briefly mentioned; child death discussed

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Previous books and reviews for the series:

1. The Haunted Hotel