Hello guys! Happy Friday! Even if I work this weekend and I work morning shift, today is a good day, cause it's my day off! ;)
In this week's Friday Reads I have a book that's part of my 2014 Book Blogger Summer Reading Program challenge list and that's part of one of the very few adult series that I still follow (along with the Fever series and the Chicagoland Vampires).
Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Since I discovered the Charley Davidson series it has become one of my favourite urban fantasy/paranormal series, and one of the very few adult ones that I'm still following, preordering and reading almost religiously.
There is still so much of the world building in this series that is to come, cause we're still left with quite a few questions unanswered, even if we get a few twists and reveals in this book (a pair of them quite on the BIG side) but the biggest strenght of this series are the characters and the humour.
I love Charley and her very peculiar self, she's quite unique and hilarious and even though sometimes I wish she wasn't quite so heads-first into things, cause she's got enough bad run-ins with bad guys to try and get some caution and a bigger sense of self-preservation, but when she is on the path of helping someone, she tends to lose perspective easily. I love her relationship with Cookie and Amber and I love Cookie and Amber themselves! I also adore her relationship with Reyes and how she can be clueless and infuriating and also how she tries to put him in his place on occasion.
Reyes is one of those alpha bad boys that aren't hard to find in paranormal books, but given that he's the son of Satan, some evilness of character seems to be granted. He's changed sides because of Charley and despite his very aggresive tendencies, and how infuriating it can be for him having Charley running head-first into situations, he's always there for her, no matter what.
Their chemistry is totally off the charts, and that's as present as ever in this booka and after having him send Charley a curve ball in the shape of a proposal, here we see them learning to work more as a team and Charley making a choice that might not be the best one for the universe (apparently) but it's the right one for her.
There are a lot of threads and stories going on at the same time now, since this is the sixth book, some are more fate-of-the-world related than others, and some show more connections between them than others, but all seem to get a little of time in this book. We see Charley playing match-maker with Cookie and Robert (Robert who? Uncle Bob!), we get some really strange vibes off Charley's dad and step-mother (there's something else in there that we don't know about) and by the end of the book we get TWO big things happen, one of them quite ENTIRELY unexpected, at least for me!
Now I'm even more excited for book 7 (Seventh Grave and No Body) and I'm wondering if is it the last one, or are we getting an 8th one?? Either way, cannot wair for more Charley and Reyes!! Well deserved 4 stars!
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In this week's Friday Reads I have a book that's part of my 2014 Book Blogger Summer Reading Program challenge list and that's part of one of the very few adult series that I still follow (along with the Fever series and the Chicagoland Vampires).
Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda JonesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Since I discovered the Charley Davidson series it has become one of my favourite urban fantasy/paranormal series, and one of the very few adult ones that I'm still following, preordering and reading almost religiously.
There is still so much of the world building in this series that is to come, cause we're still left with quite a few questions unanswered, even if we get a few twists and reveals in this book (a pair of them quite on the BIG side) but the biggest strenght of this series are the characters and the humour.
I love Charley and her very peculiar self, she's quite unique and hilarious and even though sometimes I wish she wasn't quite so heads-first into things, cause she's got enough bad run-ins with bad guys to try and get some caution and a bigger sense of self-preservation, but when she is on the path of helping someone, she tends to lose perspective easily. I love her relationship with Cookie and Amber and I love Cookie and Amber themselves! I also adore her relationship with Reyes and how she can be clueless and infuriating and also how she tries to put him in his place on occasion.
Reyes is one of those alpha bad boys that aren't hard to find in paranormal books, but given that he's the son of Satan, some evilness of character seems to be granted. He's changed sides because of Charley and despite his very aggresive tendencies, and how infuriating it can be for him having Charley running head-first into situations, he's always there for her, no matter what.
Their chemistry is totally off the charts, and that's as present as ever in this booka and after having him send Charley a curve ball in the shape of a proposal, here we see them learning to work more as a team and Charley making a choice that might not be the best one for the universe (apparently) but it's the right one for her.
There are a lot of threads and stories going on at the same time now, since this is the sixth book, some are more fate-of-the-world related than others, and some show more connections between them than others, but all seem to get a little of time in this book. We see Charley playing match-maker with Cookie and Robert (Robert who? Uncle Bob!), we get some really strange vibes off Charley's dad and step-mother (there's something else in there that we don't know about) and by the end of the book we get TWO big things happen, one of them quite ENTIRELY unexpected, at least for me!
Now I'm even more excited for book 7 (Seventh Grave and No Body) and I'm wondering if is it the last one, or are we getting an 8th one?? Either way, cannot wair for more Charley and Reyes!! Well deserved 4 stars!
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