I received an ARC from the publisher but will not be reviewing this title since it was pulled from publication until further notice.

I will not be reading this book as the author had faked their whole identity. Thanks for the opportunity to read this arc.

I will be DNFing at the 35% mark due to recent allegations against this author.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy.

If I Stopped Haunting You is a horror-adjacent romance: While the book effectively delivers genuinely scary moments, the transitions between the romance and horror aspects feel a bit awkward.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press / St. Martin’s Griffin for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Even if I could ignore the violent assault that sets up this supposed "romcom", I cannot ignore that it's come to light that the author cannot make claim to the Indigenous heritage she's been using to promote this book from the start. Both the real life drama and the content of this book hurt Indigenous writers who are legitimately writing good work - this isn't that to begin it, and is problematic through and through.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Due to the current standings of this Author I do not feel comfortable reading or providing a review at this time.

Enemies to lovers slow(ish) burn romance that occurs in a haunted castle. Great read for spooky season. Colby Wilkens utilizes many romance tropes to build the romance between Penelope and Neil. The horror aspects of this book could have been a turn off for me, but it was less intense than I feared. The sexy scenes were very spicy! Her next book comes out in March and I look forward to reading it!

Due to what has transpired with this author, I will not be reading or reviewing this book. Doing this so it gets off my list.

Due to the controversy regarding Colby Wilkens, I have decided not to review this title.

Thank you St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the ARC nonetheless.

I will not be reading this book because of recent events that transpired regarding this author. I am not comfortable reading or reviewing.

This one just did not do it for me. I ultimately DNFed at 79% because I quite literally didn't care what happened in the final 20%. Our story starts with an act of violence is excused because 1. she's a woman and 2. they're gunna fall in love eventually. For the most part I was just disinterested in the story and its characters.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. I tried to pick this one up multiple times, but wasn’t able to get drawn into the story and DNF at 20%. I rated it a 2/5 due to DNF.

I forgot to give feedback for this one, but I really love the cover, and I can't wait to read it when my TBR gets less unwieldy!

Edit 10/29/2024 More information has come to my attention regarding the author. I said what I said below with the understanding the author was writing in ownvoice. Now that I know what I know, I want to keep myself transparent/accountable so I will be leaving this review here while highlighting the fact this book, at the time I received it back in the spring, was advertised as written by someone of Native descent. That is not the case and would hate for anyone else to be misled because of my review.

This was a wild enemies to lovers, in that they went from enemies to lovers in .02 seconds. Like the most they hated each other was before the book so I guess to the reader it felt more like strangers to lovers? But I still really enjoyed the chemistry between Penelope and Neil. I loved the dialogue about how to go about writing Native stories by Native authors. And how much they try their best to break stereotypes and how to go about that, right or wrong. I also really enjoyed the spooky aspect and this story is perfect for October/Halloween/spooky season. But because they are snowed in, it is a great winter story as well. It was a good balance of serious topics and giddy romance and spookiness. I can't wait to see what else Colby Wilkens comes out with next!

Unfortunately, this was miss for me. I wanted to like to this book because spooky romances are my jam, but I just didn't like the style. DNF at 37%

The FMC is awful, rude, and abusive to those around her. I really didn't like how she threw a book at Neil's head in the beginning of the book and that she made him bleed. I feel like the characters weren't well fleshed out, the whole book just felt kind of rushed. Some of the spooky parts were kind of good but nothing worth remembering.

One of the main things I liked about this book was that Pen and Neil were both Native American authors and I like how it showed some of the struggles that Native writers can face in the publishing industry. This all feels cheapened now after everything that has come out about the author and how she faked coming from indigenous heritage. Overall it was very disappointing. I hope that something can come from all of this controversy and we can get some good books by actual indigenous voices.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martins Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review

This book was not for me. I found some aspects of it very problematic and made me uncomfy. I do want to thank NetGalley for the chance to review this ARC, but this very much missed the mark for me.

Fun, sexy, and a little spooky! Perfect read for a chill October night. Really love the LGBT+ and indigenous representation.

The moment I was going to read this it has come to light that the author has not been truthful with her audience. Because of this I will not be reading this story that features a native character. When the author is not. Very disapointed with this.

This was a fine read and had a cool premise upon requesting it. The premise fell a little flat for me as the author potentially shouldn't be telling indigenous stories?

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review.

Did we not read Yellowface?