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leonareads's review
4.0
A series of bizarre, violent murders shocks London. The victims all seemingly unconnected, apart from the brutality of their deaths. Each demise is more gruesome than the last. A card, perfectly red on each side, is discovered with every corpse.
Jenna, a young crime blogger, begins to investigate. But what she finds seems beyond comprehension. A supernatural demon summoned from the pages of an old horror novel, who will kill eight people across eight nights in increasingly horrific ways. Jenna is about to discover a far more terrible truth. That if you investigate deep enough, and gain his attention, you can add yourself to his bloody list…
As he is The Caller, and when he visits, it means death!
Jenna, a young crime blogger, begins to investigate. But what she finds seems beyond comprehension. A supernatural demon summoned from the pages of an old horror novel, who will kill eight people across eight nights in increasingly horrific ways. Jenna is about to discover a far more terrible truth. That if you investigate deep enough, and gain his attention, you can add yourself to his bloody list…
As he is The Caller, and when he visits, it means death!
jugglingpup's review
4.0
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I got an ARC of this book.
As you know, I am a huge Jameson fan. There are only a few things he has written that I have not reviewed here, those will happen eventually! I am not a murder mystery fan. So I am always torn when I start a Jameson book that has any hint of murder mystery to it. Thankfully, I didn’t read the description I just immediately said yes to wanting to read. I almost missed my chance to read another instalment in the series that should truly be called Ravens instead of Ghostly Shadows.
Ravens is my favorite mystery man, his widow being my absolute favorite Jameson character. The moment that Ravens came up I was sold on this book. I was so into it. I knew it would only get bloodier and more terrifying from that point on. Not to say that the book doesn’t start out horrific.
There are many violently graphic murders in this book. That is a bit of a warning. There is blood everywhere. A lot of the horror relied on that gore, which I wasn’t super happy about. It was well written and gross, but I didn’t want Jameson to rely on this shock value. Thankfully the mystery portion gave the horror some more weight, more like what I was expecting. I love that the gore is never the sole method of horror. This relied a lot on despair, anticipation, and gore. Mixing those together was just deliciously terrifying at times.
My biggest complaints are one word and a lack of character depth. I have been learning more about racist language and the more I learn, the more I see it in books. This book is no exception. White people don’t have tribes. The characters were mostly flat, most of their emotions and character built around the horror instead of other things. Near the end of the book there was a bit more depth, it just took a little while to get there. Considering the issues are one word and it taking a long time before getting character depth in a book that I really enjoyed, these are minor complaints.
I am still a fan of Jameson’s. This is not my favorite Ghostly Shadows book, but it stands up well in the series. Scary, bloody, and a really fun read!
I got an ARC of this book.
As you know, I am a huge Jameson fan. There are only a few things he has written that I have not reviewed here, those will happen eventually! I am not a murder mystery fan. So I am always torn when I start a Jameson book that has any hint of murder mystery to it. Thankfully, I didn’t read the description I just immediately said yes to wanting to read. I almost missed my chance to read another instalment in the series that should truly be called Ravens instead of Ghostly Shadows.
Ravens is my favorite mystery man, his widow being my absolute favorite Jameson character. The moment that Ravens came up I was sold on this book. I was so into it. I knew it would only get bloodier and more terrifying from that point on. Not to say that the book doesn’t start out horrific.
There are many violently graphic murders in this book. That is a bit of a warning. There is blood everywhere. A lot of the horror relied on that gore, which I wasn’t super happy about. It was well written and gross, but I didn’t want Jameson to rely on this shock value. Thankfully the mystery portion gave the horror some more weight, more like what I was expecting. I love that the gore is never the sole method of horror. This relied a lot on despair, anticipation, and gore. Mixing those together was just deliciously terrifying at times.
My biggest complaints are one word and a lack of character depth. I have been learning more about racist language and the more I learn, the more I see it in books. This book is no exception. White people don’t have tribes. The characters were mostly flat, most of their emotions and character built around the horror instead of other things. Near the end of the book there was a bit more depth, it just took a little while to get there. Considering the issues are one word and it taking a long time before getting character depth in a book that I really enjoyed, these are minor complaints.
I am still a fan of Jameson’s. This is not my favorite Ghostly Shadows book, but it stands up well in the series. Scary, bloody, and a really fun read!
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