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A review by thenia
Unclean Spirits by M.L.N. Hanover
3.0
Original paranormal world, where Unclean spirits (aka demons, vampires, you-name-it) from the Next Door (aka the demon world/other dimension) can enter the heroine's world and inhabit human bodies after ridding them of their original owners.
The plot and the secondary characters were interesting, but I did not like the main lead, from her name, Jayné, that everyone pronounced wrong, to her childish attitude and decisions. The situation is hard, since she's dropped into a world she has no idea how to handle and facing a task she's unprepared for at best.
In a nutshell, she's in way over her head and continues in ignorance for most of the story, up to the point where she decides she's the boss and that everyone should listen to her because her uncle left the reigns to her. The shocking thing is that they do listen to her and although it's a very close call, she manages to do what they set out to do, with a lot of help from her new friends and allies. She does manage to grow up a bit in the course of the story, but I still don't really care for her.
The writing is pretty decent, if one can ignore the repetition of a couple of the author's favorite phrases and the rehashing of how impossible the task is and Jayné's well founded worries of inadequacy.
I'm not sure I'll pick the next book in the series, since I find myself not interested enough in what happens next in the heroes' lives.
The plot and the secondary characters were interesting, but I did not like the main lead, from her name, Jayné, that everyone pronounced wrong, to her childish attitude and decisions. The situation is hard, since she's dropped into a world she has no idea how to handle and facing a task she's unprepared for at best.
In a nutshell, she's in way over her head and continues in ignorance for most of the story, up to the point where she decides she's the boss and that everyone should listen to her because her uncle left the reigns to her. The shocking thing is that they do listen to her and although it's a very close call, she manages to do what they set out to do, with a lot of help from her new friends and allies. She does manage to grow up a bit in the course of the story, but I still don't really care for her.
The writing is pretty decent, if one can ignore the repetition of a couple of the author's favorite phrases and the rehashing of how impossible the task is and Jayné's well founded worries of inadequacy.
I'm not sure I'll pick the next book in the series, since I find myself not interested enough in what happens next in the heroes' lives.