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One of my goals in 2016 is to finish Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Underworld series so I'm re-reading the first 6 books that I originally read years ago. Going into Haunted, I knew that it was my least favourite book in the series so far but I was re-reading it to A) remember what had transpired in the book so future books would make sense and B) hopefully get a better connection with Eve.

For the first third of the book I really enjoyed it and found it fast-paced. I started to wonder why I hadn't loved it the first time around. But then the pace got really bogged down and for the remainder of the book it was a struggle to finish ... again.

I had two big issues with this book both times I read it. First, the story hinges on the reader understanding Armstrong's description of the afterlife. I found her descriptions quite convoluted with various afterlife dimensions including ghost/demon hell and even an island of ghost pirates. Wha? There's also the confusing issue of ghosts being able to harm each other in the Afterworld. How does one land a punch with a ghost if you're also a ghost? Angels also make an appearance into the melee but the angel that Eve deals with is no avenging angel. He comes off as kind of a wuss who is constantly making mistakes and leaving Eve and Kristoff to pick up the pieces so it was really hard to like him.

The other issue is that I never felt like I really got to know Eve. When she was mentioned in previous books she was a hell raiser but in this book she felt like a different person. Not as tough. I liked seeing her maternal side but thought she'd bring more energy and sass to the story.

I hate to give a book in this series a low rating but this one missed the target (twice) for me. That said, I'm really looking forward to moving on in the series with my favourites, Elena and Clay, in Broken.

My Rating: 2.5/5 stars (increased to 3 stars for this site)


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Waking the Witch Kelley Armstrong 9780525951780 Books Reviews

How did I ever get behind in this series? Kelley's BITTEN was my first Paranormal read and I have loved her books. WAKING THE WITCH is just as good as the previous books in the TOTOW series.

Savannah is alone while Paige and Lucas are on vacation and Adam is at a conference. Being 21 now she is all about proving herself and becoming a full acting PI with the firm. So, when Lucas' old friend Jessie shows up asking for assistance on a murder case she jumps at it. She will do field work while he's involved with another case and then he'll join her.

There were two girls murdered earlier at the same location. It's thought that the little dying town may have a serial murdered. So Savannah begins at the murder site. What she finds is the daughter of one of the first murdered girls there. She's nine and doing her own "detective" work since no one has found or even seems to be looking for her mother's killer. Savannah can relate to the girl and is very good in her dealing with her.

All appears good as she tracks down information and messes with the detective brother of the woman whose case she is working on. He's in from Texas and also trying to figure out her murder and at first doesn't like Savannah being involved. He soon changes his tune. The two even become attracted to one another.

This is SO good. I must admit that I had part of the story solved mid way through but not all of it. Kelley does a great job bringing all of the past together with out rehashing all the earlier books.

I now have to get caught up on a few quick reads so that I can get on to SPELLBOUND - Can't wait )!
This is 5th in the series and I've enjoyed every one of them. Each installment is really a separate book with its own characters. In this book we follow a ghost. She hangs around with a guy ghost and she keeps watch over her living daughter. The guy ghost happens to be the father who never knew he had a daughter when he was alive. The problem is a demi demon who takes over personalities, does terrible things, then arranges for the one she inhabits to be prosecuted while she goes off to the next inhabitation. The fates want her to help an angel catch the demi-demon - again. She's managed to get free. In the process, her own daughter is endangered. The ghost is being considered to be an angel - but she is more devilish in a practical way. This is told from the point of view of the ghost and she is quite the rascally ghost. I enjoyed the story and the main characters.
One of my goals in 2016 is to finish Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Underworld series so I'm re-reading the first 6 books that I originally read years ago. Going into Haunted, I knew that it was my least favourite book in the series so far but I was re-reading it to A) remember what had transpired in the book so future books would make sense and B) hopefully get a better connection with Eve.

For the first third of the book I really enjoyed it and found it fast-paced. I started to wonder why I hadn't loved it the first time around. But then the pace got really bogged down and for the remainder of the book it was a struggle to finish ... again.

I had two big issues with this book both times I read it. First, the story hinges on the reader understanding Armstrong's description of the afterlife. I found her descriptions quite convoluted with various afterlife dimensions including ghost/demon hell and even an island of ghost pirates. Wha? There's also the confusing issue of ghosts being able to harm each other in the Afterworld. How does one land a punch with a ghost if you're also a ghost? Angels also make an appearance into the melee but the angel that Eve deals with is no avenging angel. He comes off as kind of a wuss who is constantly making mistakes and leaving Eve and Kristoff to pick up the pieces so it was really hard to like him.

The other issue is that I never felt like I really got to know Eve. When she was mentioned in previous books she was a hell raiser but in this book she felt like a different person. Not as tough. I liked seeing her maternal side but thought she'd bring more energy and sass to the story.

I hate to give a book in this series a low rating but this one missed the target (twice) for me. That said, I'm really looking forward to moving on in the series with my favourites, Elena and Clay, in Broken.

My Rating 2.5/5 stars (increased to 3 stars for this site)