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A review by divapitbull
Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones
5.0
4 ½ stars rounded up.
Eighth Grave After Dark picks up with pregtastic Charley and her band of merry men and women holed up on the consecrated grounds of an abandoned convent – awaiting the arrival of Beep and avoiding the 12 hell hounds sent to tear her limb from limb. There are only a couple of brief mysteries of the day with the majority of the book advancing the overall plot and answering burning questions like: what is Charley and why is she here, who are the 12 sent, who summoned the 12 hell hounds, what exactly is Mr. Wong’s deal and who is the Thirteenth Warrior and how will he tip the scales. FINALLY!
Charley is coming into more of her powers and in this installment she was somewhat less annoying than usual. Her “sense of humor” (and I use the term lightly) seemed toned down a tad – although she still takes some unnecessary chances and does some stupid things (I mean for a God and all – just sayin’). I still don’t feel the chemistry or romance between her and Reyes – but I like Reyes as a character. I like all the secondary characters. (And how about that Denise? Did NOT see that coming.)
I knew I loved Osh from the moment he graced the page as “The Dealer”. In the romance department I’m all set with Charley and Reyes and I would LOVE to move on to Osh and (an age appropriate) Beep.
Overall the pace was steady, there was a good amount of action and some of my questions were finally answered – so – it was all good
Eighth Grave After Dark picks up with pregtastic Charley and her band of merry men and women holed up on the consecrated grounds of an abandoned convent – awaiting the arrival of Beep and avoiding the 12 hell hounds sent to tear her limb from limb. There are only a couple of brief mysteries of the day with the majority of the book advancing the overall plot and answering burning questions like: what is Charley and why is she here, who are the 12 sent, who summoned the 12 hell hounds, what exactly is Mr. Wong’s deal and who is the Thirteenth Warrior and how will he tip the scales. FINALLY!
Charley is coming into more of her powers and in this installment she was somewhat less annoying than usual. Her “sense of humor” (and I use the term lightly) seemed toned down a tad – although she still takes some unnecessary chances and does some stupid things (I mean for a God and all – just sayin’). I still don’t feel the chemistry or romance between her and Reyes – but I like Reyes as a character. I like all the secondary characters. (And how about that Denise? Did NOT see that coming.)
I knew I loved Osh from the moment he graced the page as “The Dealer”. In the romance department I’m all set with Charley and Reyes and I would LOVE to move on to Osh and (an age appropriate) Beep.
Overall the pace was steady, there was a good amount of action and some of my questions were finally answered – so – it was all good