Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli

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👻 Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli

Dating red flags, ghost vengeance, and the creepiest cat cameo in fiction

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ (4.5 out of 5 stars)

So here’s the deal.
I picked this book up expecting your classic psychological thriller with red herrings, unreliable narrators, and some morally gray drama.
You know. The usual.

Instead?
Ghosts. Full-on ghosts.
AND I LOVED IT.

Seriously, what a ride. If this book were a rollercoaster, it’d be one of those twisty, loop-de-loop coasters that also suddenly drops you into a haunted tunnel of trauma. 🎢

☠️ Plot Summary: Where the Dead Don’t Stay Quiet

This story follows three murdered women:
Brecia, Skye, and Meghan — all victims of James, a textbook internet predator with fake names, fake accounts, and enough smug energy to power a gaslight factory.

Now, they’re dead.
But they’re not done.

The entire story is told from their ghostly POVs as they try to:

  • Warn other women

  • Stop James from killing again

  • Cope with the fact that being a ghost means you can’t even slap a man who deserves it

At the start, Meghan spots a sign in a bar that says:
“Ask for Andrea” if you feel unsafe.

Spoiler: None of them ever asked for Andrea.
Because James was just soooooo charming.
(Until the whole, you know, murder thing.)

🐾 Ghosts, Guilt, and a Demonic Cat

The ghosts discover:

  • They can’t communicate with the living.

  • They can’t move things, scream, or call 911.

  • But they can slightly disturb James’s cat. Which is… adorable but unhelpful.

Things pick up when James goes on another date and Brecia’s ghost tries to stop it.
She hovers over the girl’s drink.
Nicole, the woman, senses something, gets freaked out, and doesn’t drink it.

SUCCESS! (Sort of.)

Then Nicole reports James, and his dating account gets suspended.
But guess what?
James already knows the system.
He makes a new account and starts reporting every woman he meets, so they can’t report him.
Chilling. Realistic. And depressingly accurate.

👀 Blogger PSA: If your dating app has more burner accounts than a celebrity divorce, RUN.

🏚️ Plot Thickens: Family Cabin from Hell

Once James realizes the authorities are catching up, he decides to take his wife April and their kids off the grid to his stepmother Marjorie’s cabin.

Sounds cozy.
Except:

  • Marjorie is evil.

  • Marjorie abused James.

  • Marjorie also helped cover up his murders.

Seriously, what is in the water at that family reunion?

Meanwhile, April is suspicious.
She:

  • Starts digging through James’s things

  • Notices inconsistencies

  • Connects the dots

  • Finds out her husband is, in fact, a serial killer

And yes—the ghosts follow them. They’re not letting this monster hurt anyone else.

💥 Climax: Ask for Andrea (Again)

April takes the kids to a restaurant to lay low.
BUT GUESS WHO’S ALREADY THERE?

James.
Yes, another James.
Or possibly… ghost James? Doppelganger James? Ghost timeline James?

Wait—plot twist:
April realizes James didn’t see them come in.
She hides the kids in the bathroom.
A woman tries to come in, and April whispers something like:
“Go to the bar. Ask for Andrea.”

AND SHE DOES.
And THEN—a female bartender shows up like a badass angel and rescues them all.
James is finally arrested, and the ghosts?
Well, they finally get to rest knowing their stories were heard.

👏 Final Thoughts: Paranormal but Practical

Okay listen—
I’m not usually a fan of the paranormal genre.
Ghosts make everything unpredictable. Like, what are the rules? Can they fly? Possess iPhones? Time travel?

But this book?
Did it RIGHT.

The paranormal elements:

  • Enhanced the urgency

  • Added depth

  • Never felt cheap or gimmicky

And the writing?
🔥 Fast-paced.
🔥 Emotional.
🔥 Unputdownable.

Also, let’s not forget that this could totally happen.
Online predators using loopholes, exploiting apps, and flying under the radar?
Terrifyingly real.

I finished this book in a single sitting, then immediately Googled “Ask for Andrea bar sign” just in case I ever needed it. (It’s a real thing, btw. The phrase is "Ask for Angela".)

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📚 Read These Next (If You Can Handle It)

  • The Collective by Alison Gaylin – Revenge gone morally gray.

  • The Chain by Adrian McKinty – A thriller where YOU become the villain.

  • The Housemaid by Freida McFadden – Because sometimes the house isn’t haunted, the people are.

✍️ Final Rating:

4.5 out of 5 stars
For spine-tingling suspense, heart-pounding “what would I do?” moments, and the rare gift of making ghosts feel like girlfriends you’d text at 3 a.m.

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