Book Review: The After House by Michael Phillip Cash

I have currently read a few of Michael Phillip Cash's books: The After House, The History Major, The Flip, and Monsterland. 

Each boasts enough merit to warrant its own review despite my receiving a couple of them as bonus books. I have not finished Pokergeist yet but that will be posted within the next couple weeks also.

In order to adequately review The After House some details pertinent to the plot are revealed, potential spoilers are ahead. If you wish to avoid this skip ahead until the summary ends.

Summary

Remy Galway moved into the house formerly belonging to Eli Gaspar after a failed marriage. Eli was a whaler before his death. He causes some trouble for Remy and her daughter Olivia initially. This results in guilt on his end. 

He ultimately decides to help her when her yoga studio is vandalized and she is nearly killed driving home. Strangely, she never lists anyone as the potential culprit, which was quite obvious in my opinion.

Along the way, she meets Hugh after her mom pesters him into asking her on a date- with good intentions.

Review

Instead of being a ghost story like I expected from the book's summary it essentially becomes a romance with a little danger thrown in when it starts to get dull.

I enjoy Michael Phillip Cash's descriptions throughout the book. I know little about ships and whaling but you do not need to know much to follow the flashback styled sequences.

I am a big fan of the occasional terrible yet funny joke, but using the same joke several times just became annoying.

This was not Cash's best work in my opinion.

Find it here: The After House

I received the book for free in exchange for my honest review, all opinions are my own.