If you have read and
enjoyed Halfway
to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) by Jeaniene
Frost, Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine
Harris, and One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) by Janet Evanovich
then you are going to LOVE this book!!
Basic Summary
This whole grim reaper thing should have come with a
manual. Or a diagram of some kind. A flow chart would have been nice.
Charley Davidson is a part-time
private investigator and full-time grim reaper.
Meaning, she sees dead people.
Really. And it’s her job to
convince them to “go into the light.”
But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances
(like murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to
justice. Complicating matters are the
intensely hot dreams she’s been having about an entity who has been following
her all her life…and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else
entirely. But what does he want with
Charley? And why can’t she seem to
resist him? And what does she have to
lose by giving in?
With scorching-hot tension and
high-octane humor, First Grave on the Right is your signpost to paranormal suspense
of the highest order.
What I Loved
Okay first of all
Charley Davidson is completely bonkers and hilarious. The things she says to people and the random
crap she thinks had me cracking up every other page. She’s awesome on so many different levels I
can’t even explain how awesome she is.
From the very beginning of this book I was instantly team Charley and I
have a feeling throughout this series that will only grow stronger.
There is so much going on in
this book, and apart from the various different plots this book also lays it
all out for you. Darynda has a very
colorful way of explaining what Charley is and what that means, as well as
showing you parts of her childhood and past.
You don’t just get to see the all the useful stuff Charley does by being
the grim reaper, you also see the downside of it; what it was like growing up
with this gift and how lonely she was because of it. Her life has been put in danger time and time
again throughout her past, so when it happens about a dozen times in just this
one book it starts to become kind of funny.
Not only is she a beacon for dead people, she’s a beacon for trouble and
it’s hilarious and suspenseful.
While this murder investigation
is going on, she has these very sexual and heated dreams that turn into the
mystery that is Reyes Alexander Farrow.
At the very end of the book you finally figure out just what he is, but
there is still so much mystery involved with him. He never seems to give a straight answer and
whenever his soul is around Charley he’s more into sex than talking. I don’t know what it is about Reyes but I
want more of him! I got so giddy
whenever he was in a scene and I couldn't wait till I got to see him
again. There are no words to explain
just how sexy this man is, and just how dangerous he really can be. I hope I get to find out more about him as
the books go by and in turn find out more about Charley.
Not So Much
This book was freaking
awesome, I loved it. I loved Charley, I
want Reyes naked immediately, and Cookie is bestest friend a girl can
have. But there was just so much going
on in this book. It seemed a little
chaotic at times. I kind of wish they would've maybe stripped away one of the storylines or made it simpler that
would have been great. There were so
many different directions this book went in I didn't know what to concentrate
on.
Also I did feel like some of the
schemes Charley thought of were a little too ridiculous and I found it a hard
to believe a police officer would okay it.
I get that Charlie’s Uncle is aware of Charley’s talents and is in his
position because of her, but there is no way a cop would allow some of this
crap to happen. It just made it all a
little too hard to swallow and unrealistic.
Another not so negative, just an
element of the story that made me angry was Charley’s dad. I do not like him at all!!! I get that she believes Charley and in her
immediate family was the bright light in the darkness because her sister
ignored her and her step-mother hated her but he did nothing. The book goes back to Charley’s childhood a
couple times but I can’t stand a parent that would put their spouse before
their children and to me that’s what he did and does presently. He’s just a passive weak man to me and it
gets on my nerves.
Overall
Yes!!! I usually only like paranormal books that
involve vampires but I am the number one fan of the grim reaper now! Charley Davidson is probably one of the
funniest women I have ever encountered and I hope this series only gets
better. Reyes Farrow is one of the most intriguing
characters I have ever read about and I just need more of him in my life. The sexual chemistry between the two is truly
electrifying and I just pray that he is good for Charley and not some evil
entity that will kill her. I don’t want
to hate Reyes but if he tries to hurt Charley I totally will hate him. The character development in the book was
pretty good; by going back to Charley’s past you got see how she grew to be the
person she is. This book had a lot of
funny moments in them but also had a lot of touching moments and even though
Charley drips with sarcasm you also see how loving she can be and even though
she is the grim reaper she can have hurt feelings too. I loved her banter with her Uncle Bob and
especially Garrett Swopes, he is definitely another intriguing character in
this book and if Reyes can’t treat Charley right I know he can step up and take
over. The pace of the book was great,
even when the book would talk about Charley’s childhood I never felt like it
got slow or boring. This book really
laid the ground work for the rest of the series pretty well, outlining Charley’s
abilities without giving too much away.
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