The Warm Hands of Ghosts

2.5 stars!!!

I really wanted to love this but I was mostly just bored the entire time. The cover is beautiful and it's unfortunate that I don't love this book enough to buy it because I love the cover so much. I think I'm just tired of World War books, both 1 and 2. I do think this author has a beautiful writing style that keeps me interested because though I feel generally ok about this book, I never once wanted to stop reading. The touch of paranormal was nice, but overall this book just wasn't for me.






Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Del Rey, and NetGalley for providing me with an eBook copy to review.

I loved this author's other books, so I was really excited for this one. I know I'm in the minority, but I did not like this at all. The generous 2 star rating is just because her writing style is beautiful as always, I just hated the story.
There was no character development at all. I didn't connect with them, so I didn't care what happened. Based on all the high ratings, this book is obviously appealing to a lot of people, but it did not work for me. It deals with war, grief, death, ptsd, with paranormal twists.
I was bored and thought it was way too long. If you're looking for another Bear and the Nightingale, you will be disappointed.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for an e-arc.

The plot, location, characters were all good. What the author wanted you to think about was clear. However, this is a slow book. It took .25 of the book for one of the protagonists to get to the correct country. I wanted to love it. I love all of the ingredients used, but just struggled to get through this book.