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anneliseb23 's review for:
The Reanimator's Soul
by Kara Jorgensen
As with the first book, this was a fun and easy read. Oliver and Felipe have the chance to investigate the murder of a necromancer who was employed at a hospital that seemingly 'cures' magical people of their magical abilities, because such abilities are frowned upon by God. Oliver wants to find who did this because he himself has felt like an outsider his whole life, even in the magic world, because necromancy is frowned upon by even his fellow magic users.
I continue to adore Oliver. We are introduced to an ex of his, Ansley, in this book and I thought he was overall handled well. It could have been really played up for drama and been tedious but Ansley's antagonism towards Oliver lead to great moments of character development and the story didn't dwell on the past too much. We learned more about Felipe's family too and got to see his internal struggle of spending time with them while keeping the big secret that he can't be too far from Oliver because of their bond keeping him 'alive'. Oliver has to continue to compromise for Felipe and spend time out in public when he would much rather be in his room and Felipe is beginning to feel different due to being a reanimated corpse, but there is never resentment between the men and they communicate really well. I have a theory about Felipe and I want to be correct and I suppose we'll see in book 3.
The plot again is pretty light, but it did feel creepier than the first book. Any hospital fronting as place to heal people but is actually murdering its patients is truly creepy. What the bad guy is doing and why made more sense in this book and the overall murder mystery felt stronger than in the first book. The climax again comes and goes pretty quickly, I think it would have been more satisfying if the resolution had been a bit drawn out. The appeal of this book is definitely the characters and the developing relationship between Oliver and Felipe. The plot is simple and a bit predictable, but enjoyable.
I continue to adore Oliver. We are introduced to an ex of his, Ansley, in this book and I thought he was overall handled well. It could have been really played up for drama and been tedious but Ansley's antagonism towards Oliver lead to great moments of character development and the story didn't dwell on the past too much. We learned more about Felipe's family too and got to see his internal struggle of spending time with them while keeping the big secret that he can't be too far from Oliver because of their bond keeping him 'alive'. Oliver has to continue to compromise for Felipe and spend time out in public when he would much rather be in his room and Felipe is beginning to feel different due to being a reanimated corpse, but there is never resentment between the men and they communicate really well. I have a theory about Felipe and I want to be correct and I suppose we'll see in book 3.
The plot again is pretty light, but it did feel creepier than the first book. Any hospital fronting as place to heal people but is actually murdering its patients is truly creepy. What the bad guy is doing and why made more sense in this book and the overall murder mystery felt stronger than in the first book. The climax again comes and goes pretty quickly, I think it would have been more satisfying if the resolution had been a bit drawn out. The appeal of this book is definitely the characters and the developing relationship between Oliver and Felipe. The plot is simple and a bit predictable, but enjoyable.