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firefox_83's review against another edition
3.0
I honestly don’t know how I feel about this book. It’s an intriguing storyline, but there were several parts that were just nonsense. I liked that the ghosts were involved more in this book than they were in Phantom Evil. The ending was so rushed it left me more irritated than anything.
Ashley runs a plantation that does civil war re-enactments and one of the actors gets murdered. She starts seeing ghosts of her ancestors. The ghost of Marshall Donegal is some sort of comedian, he tells her he’s a powerful ghost who can protect her, but when she needs to be saved his great and powerful ghost sword goes right through her kidnapper. Surprise, surprise. So much for his protection.
When she goes missing Jake starts barking commands (I thought Jackson was the unit leader??????).
Unable to fight her attacker, Ashley gets placed in a tomb, but while Jake and the killer are fighting she’s able to push the cement slab off the tomb and “rise” (that’s literally how Heather Graham describes it in the book.) She can’t fight the attacker to save her life, but she has the strength to move a cement slab. Okay. Jake stops fighting the killer to try to help her out and you guessed it he gets hit from behind. Grandpa saves them by shooting the killer and Ashley says, “you go, Grampa!” And then she collapsed in Jake’s arms. And that’s how the book ends. Probably the corniest ending to any book I’ve ever read.
Ashley runs a plantation that does civil war re-enactments and one of the actors gets murdered. She starts seeing ghosts of her ancestors. The ghost of Marshall Donegal is some sort of comedian, he tells her he’s a powerful ghost who can protect her, but when she needs to be saved his great and powerful ghost sword goes right through her kidnapper. Surprise, surprise. So much for his protection.
When she goes missing Jake starts barking commands (I thought Jackson was the unit leader??????).
Unable to fight her attacker, Ashley gets placed in a tomb, but while Jake and the killer are fighting she’s able to push the cement slab off the tomb and “rise” (that’s literally how Heather Graham describes it in the book.) She can’t fight the attacker to save her life, but she has the strength to move a cement slab. Okay. Jake stops fighting the killer to try to help her out and you guessed it he gets hit from behind. Grandpa saves them by shooting the killer and Ashley says, “you go, Grampa!” And then she collapsed in Jake’s arms. And that’s how the book ends. Probably the corniest ending to any book I’ve ever read.
sinadria's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
catladylover94's review against another edition
5.0
loved the second book, did not figure out the killer until almost the last of the book, was awesome
salene27's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked the historical aspects of this book, and HG did a great job as always of discribing the landscape that I felt like I was there. I like the hero, Jake, but the heroine severly got on my nerves, so many times she went rushing into situations that were not believable.
readwithchey's review against another edition
3.0
What I liked: the paranormal elements, Civil War backdrop/history, the characters, and the narrator.
What I disliked: the 40,000 characters.
I enjoyed this audiobook in the context that it was a nice, comforting listen while I did chores and my puzzle, etc. It was nice it see the team again and I loved all the Civil War aspects (I grew up going to Gettysburg like once a year). However, there were literally SO many side characters I had trouble remembering/distinguishing them all. It made it a little confusing. Also, this book was very slow to start, which was fine BUT not as fun right off the bat.
I would call this a good mix of her novels Deadly Night and Ghost Shadow. Not my favorite, but I still enjoyed listening.
What I disliked: the 40,000 characters.
I enjoyed this audiobook in the context that it was a nice, comforting listen while I did chores and my puzzle, etc. It was nice it see the team again and I loved all the Civil War aspects (I grew up going to Gettysburg like once a year). However, there were literally SO many side characters I had trouble remembering/distinguishing them all. It made it a little confusing. Also, this book was very slow to start, which was fine BUT not as fun right off the bat.
I would call this a good mix of her novels Deadly Night and Ghost Shadow. Not my favorite, but I still enjoyed listening.
wildflowerz76's review against another edition
3.0
Before Reading: Damnit! I picked this one up and clearly inside the front cover it says "The chilling Krewe of Hunters trilogy..." and below it shows pictures of the covers of 3 books: Heart of Evil (Available Now), Sacred Evil (On sale August 2011), and The Evil Inside (On sale September 2011). Last time I checked, a trilogy meant 3 books. So why is it that Heart of Evil is listed as the second in this series and there's yet another book listed as first here? And since Graham's on Goodreads, wouldn't you think the info here would be correct? Grrrrr!! This isn't starting out well.
After Reading: This was an okay book. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great. It seemed to drag along a lot. I found it off to believe that Ashley would tell one of Jake's friends that she was seeing her ancestor's ghost before she told Jake. She seemed to wrestle with it and then just popped it out one day. Once you actually get the scene where the suspects are interviewed instead of just hearing about how they're interviewed, it's quite obvious who the killer is. Meh. With the fuck up on the inside cover and the mediocre content of the book, I won't be reading any more of these. Meh.
After Reading: This was an okay book. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great. It seemed to drag along a lot. I found it off to believe that Ashley would tell one of Jake's friends that she was seeing her ancestor's ghost before she told Jake. She seemed to wrestle with it and then just popped it out one day. Once you actually get the scene where the suspects are interviewed instead of just hearing about how they're interviewed, it's quite obvious who the killer is. Meh. With the fuck up on the inside cover and the mediocre content of the book, I won't be reading any more of these. Meh.
robbie81's review against another edition
4.0
not as interesting as the first but it did have civil war history so I liked it a lot
knboereads's review against another edition
4.0
I gave this four stars because it was entertaining and interesting.
I liked the premise, although the detailed description of the re-enactment was, admittedly, a little boring and honestly I've never understood the mania with Civil War re-enactments anyway.
I like Jake as a character, although I felt Phantom Evil did more of a good job giving each team member 'page' time than did this second one. Angela was just plain annoying, to be perfectly honest. While her reason for leaving Jake in the first place may have been understandable, I felt that the execution of her character made the excuse seem flimsy and her constant running around in her nightgown was a little melodramatic for my taste.
However, it was still a pretty fun read. If anyone is reading the series I'd stick with it, because I already started the third book and it seems Graham got her stride back pretty quickly in that one.
Not bad, entertaining, which is what I was looking for.
I liked the premise, although the detailed description of the re-enactment was, admittedly, a little boring and honestly I've never understood the mania with Civil War re-enactments anyway.
I like Jake as a character, although I felt Phantom Evil did more of a good job giving each team member 'page' time than did this second one. Angela was just plain annoying, to be perfectly honest. While her reason for leaving Jake in the first place may have been understandable, I felt that the execution of her character made the excuse seem flimsy and her constant running around in her nightgown was a little melodramatic for my taste.
However, it was still a pretty fun read. If anyone is reading the series I'd stick with it, because I already started the third book and it seems Graham got her stride back pretty quickly in that one.
Not bad, entertaining, which is what I was looking for.