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hoosgracie's review against another edition
4.0
Very good story in the Women of the Supernatural series. In this one we follow Eve in the afterworld on an assignment from the fates to catch a wayward spirit. This is one of the best in the series.
arcania's review against another edition
2.0
"Trop de gens passent leur vie à s'assurer une bonne place dans la suivante au lieu de profiter de celle qu'ils possèdent. Ca empeste la paresse. Si votre vie craint, réglez vos problèmes au lieu de tomber à genoux en priant pour que quelqu'un rende la prochaine meilleure."
thelarlbookworm's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Love this book. Have read multiple times and still come back to reread as just as goof as the 2st time I read it!
hemloc's review against another edition
4.0
Four reasons to read Haunted:
1) This series has a lot of vile villains, but the ones in this book are by far the worst. It makes rooting for the heroes that much easier and allows for some chilling scenes.
2) I loved getting to know this set of characters better, especially those brief moments with Sean and Bryce and seeing what Kristof is like as a father. The relationship between Kris and Eve is unexpectedly great, which was a nice surprise.
3) In my review for Dime Store Magic, I commented on the weak character motivation for Kris. I should have known better. This book explains everything in a heart-wrenching scene.
4) The thing about this series is that I become a glutton for information. I want to know everything. Every aspect of the lore is amazing and worth obsessing over, and this book gives readers a version of the afterlife that I can definitely get behind. It has pirates!
Three drawbacks to Haunted:
1) The story mentions that all physical infirmities disappear after death, which is a dangerously ableist take.
2) Some scenes include moments that the story could do without because they don't add anything of value and slow everything down. The big finale has a lot of that.
3) This book is my least favourite in the series, not because it's bad, but because it's never wowed me the way the others have. A big reason for that is because it feels like a pause. It's clear with the other books that they're leading up to something, but this one feels like taking a step back from the overall plot.
1) This series has a lot of vile villains, but the ones in this book are by far the worst. It makes rooting for the heroes that much easier and allows for some chilling scenes.
2) I loved getting to know this set of characters better, especially those brief moments with Sean and Bryce and seeing what Kristof is like as a father. The relationship between Kris and Eve is unexpectedly great, which was a nice surprise.
3) In my review for Dime Store Magic, I commented on the weak character motivation for Kris. I should have known better. This book explains everything in a heart-wrenching scene.
4) The thing about this series is that I become a glutton for information. I want to know everything. Every aspect of the lore is amazing and worth obsessing over, and this book gives readers a version of the afterlife that I can definitely get behind. It has pirates!
Three drawbacks to Haunted:
1) The story mentions that all physical infirmities disappear after death, which is a dangerously ableist take.
2) Some scenes include moments that the story could do without because they don't add anything of value and slow everything down. The big finale has a lot of that.
3) This book is my least favourite in the series, not because it's bad, but because it's never wowed me the way the others have. A big reason for that is because it feels like a pause. It's clear with the other books that they're leading up to something, but this one feels like taking a step back from the overall plot.
littlefoot10's review against another edition
4.0
I love Eve. She is bad-ass and takes nothing from anyone. She is full of life (even though she is dead), and full of piss and vinegar. She does what she needs to do to keep her family safe! What an interesting character !
linbee83's review against another edition
4.0
I had trouble getting into the story at first, and set this down for a few months before I was able to pick it back up. I am glad that I did. While not enraptured by the story and finding myself thinking about it constantly, I did enjoy the book. I am glad to get to know Eve a bit better, as she was only mentioned in previous books. There was an interesting interpretation of the ghost world, and a take on Angels.
jeepgirllori's review against another edition
3.0
This was my least favourite so far of the series. Loved Eve, but had a hard time with the Ghost world
mleetm's review against another edition
3.0
I don’t know what, specifically, irritated me so much about this book. But I can hazard a few guesses: shallowness, long-windedness, overcomplicated theories of ghosts/demons/angels.
Prime example:
“Next we had to discuss a more detailed plan of action. As for the "killing Jaime and bringing her back to life" part, we were leaving that for now, knowing it was better to let me suss out the situation first, and build a plan of action on the fly rather than preplot when I didn't yet know all the variables involved.”
Haunted
Kelley Armstrong
Prime example:
“Next we had to discuss a more detailed plan of action. As for the "killing Jaime and bringing her back to life" part, we were leaving that for now, knowing it was better to let me suss out the situation first, and build a plan of action on the fly rather than preplot when I didn't yet know all the variables involved.”
Haunted
Kelley Armstrong
starknits13's review against another edition
3.0
I wasn't sure that I would like this book. But really I did enjoy getting to know Eve, and her motivations. But my heart broke that she couldn't do more with Savanah.
catpingu's review against another edition
3.0
Despite Kelley Armstrong's enchanting voice in this series and her ability to write from different POVs of already-known characters, I couldn't help but be leery of reading this book. And because of this leeriness, it took me much longer to actually read it. I had to force myself to read through this, and I still don't really like it at all. So basically, 2 stars for plot and 1 more star for the consistently incorporating great dialogue into the book.
Eve Levine is dead, but she's never been closer to being alive. After helping Paige and Lucas get out of...uhm, is "limbo" a good word to use here? It's more like "a separate ghosts-only dimension," not exactly "purgatory" or anything. But anyway, Eve's promised the Fates a favor, and they're cashing it in. Eve has to track down the elusive serial-killing Nix, a body-hopping demon who's about to start threatening her dear daughter in the living world. Between demon-hunting and passive-aggressive angel support (yes, angels are real and they could be anything but helpful!), how is Eve going to rise above all of this?
Armstrong is literally shoving a lot of stuff into this book. Sorry, but true. Witches, sorcerers, demons, ghosts, and necromancers are a given. But now Armstrong's added angels to the mix, in a desperate attempt to fix an over-crowded character story. They do literally nothing. Armstrong's trying to make the angels do something, but the bottom line is, they're practically useless and more of a downside than an upside to the situation.
There are a lot of underlying plots because of the Nix's body-jumping which take a lot to get used to, and a certain willpower to wander through a stranger's mind that lacks the sarcasm we love so much in Armstrong's protagonists. While the plots are overall helpful in the way Eve tracks that demon, I can't help but feel totally and entirely exasperated with them. The switching between POVs that are not the characters I like/follow is not pleasant when you do it more than 3 times in a single book.
Eve Levine is dead, but she's never been closer to being alive. After helping Paige and Lucas get out of...uhm, is "limbo" a good word to use here? It's more like "a separate ghosts-only dimension," not exactly "purgatory" or anything. But anyway, Eve's promised the Fates a favor, and they're cashing it in. Eve has to track down the elusive serial-killing Nix, a body-hopping demon who's about to start threatening her dear daughter in the living world. Between demon-hunting and passive-aggressive angel support (yes, angels are real and they could be anything but helpful!), how is Eve going to rise above all of this?
Armstrong is literally shoving a lot of stuff into this book. Sorry, but true. Witches, sorcerers, demons, ghosts, and necromancers are a given. But now Armstrong's added angels to the mix, in a desperate attempt to fix an over-crowded character story. They do literally nothing. Armstrong's trying to make the angels do something, but the bottom line is, they're practically useless and more of a downside than an upside to the situation.
There are a lot of underlying plots because of the Nix's body-jumping which take a lot to get used to, and a certain willpower to wander through a stranger's mind that lacks the sarcasm we love so much in Armstrong's protagonists. While the plots are overall helpful in the way Eve tracks that demon, I can't help but feel totally and entirely exasperated with them. The switching between POVs that are not the characters I like/follow is not pleasant when you do it more than 3 times in a single book.