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Post Mortem, Parish Mail #2 by Kira Snyder
5.0
In the previous book, Dead Letter Office, the psychic equilibrium was thrown into a state of unbalance Halloween night when someone opened the gates separating the world of the dead from the world of the living. Now ghosts are roaming about in corporal form and crimes from the past are being mirrored in the present with lethal results. Celia Jane Macarty, newly moved to history-rich New Orleans after the death of her father, begins having weird dreams and starts finding mysteriously appearing letters in the mailbox-shaped hollow of the bonewood tree in her grandparent’s backyard – letters from the past asking for help and providing Celia and her friends – a witch, a ghost, and the son of a police detective – with clues to solve the modern mysteries taking place.
In Post Mortem, Celia receives a letter from the past asking for help with a murder from Civil War times – a crime which she’s worried is being mirrored in the present with her new friend Kate as the victim. Problem is, the clues aren't fitting right and Celia has more than just the mystery on her plate. Homecoming is approaching and Celia is on the committee, Donovan is acting strangely around his ex, a girl from Luc’s past begins making waves, and some dangerous-looking guy is hanging around Celia’s mom. New allies are made, new enemies are found out, and some horrifying truths are revealed.
I’ve got to say, this Active Fiction thing may be growing on me a little. Okay, a lot. I really enjoyed Post Mortem, more so than Dead Letter Office. As in the first book, the reader gets to make decisions throughout the book, but I felt like in this book the choices had more far reaching consequence (the reader gets to choose the love interest – Love that!). Some choices made no difference (all choices took you to the same page) and some choices had right and wrong answers (you pick A instead of B, but then the characters do A and realize they should have done B, so they go and do that instead).
Post Mortem is a little darker than Dead Letter Office and the mystery was more twisted and, I think, fun to follow. The writer of the Parish Mail series really does a fabulous job of laying out clues and putting together an interesting mystery for the characters (and the reader) to solve.
The writing in the Parish Mail Series is fantastic and the storyline is really intriguing and I think I've been sucked in against my earlier objections into becoming a fan. I recommend giving it a shot now more than ever – I think they may really be on to something here with this series.
*I received a free copy of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.
In Post Mortem, Celia receives a letter from the past asking for help with a murder from Civil War times – a crime which she’s worried is being mirrored in the present with her new friend Kate as the victim. Problem is, the clues aren't fitting right and Celia has more than just the mystery on her plate. Homecoming is approaching and Celia is on the committee, Donovan is acting strangely around his ex, a girl from Luc’s past begins making waves, and some dangerous-looking guy is hanging around Celia’s mom. New allies are made, new enemies are found out, and some horrifying truths are revealed.
I’ve got to say, this Active Fiction thing may be growing on me a little. Okay, a lot. I really enjoyed Post Mortem, more so than Dead Letter Office. As in the first book, the reader gets to make decisions throughout the book, but I felt like in this book the choices had more far reaching consequence (the reader gets to choose the love interest – Love that!). Some choices made no difference (all choices took you to the same page) and some choices had right and wrong answers (you pick A instead of B, but then the characters do A and realize they should have done B, so they go and do that instead).
Post Mortem is a little darker than Dead Letter Office and the mystery was more twisted and, I think, fun to follow. The writer of the Parish Mail series really does a fabulous job of laying out clues and putting together an interesting mystery for the characters (and the reader) to solve.
The writing in the Parish Mail Series is fantastic and the storyline is really intriguing and I think I've been sucked in against my earlier objections into becoming a fan. I recommend giving it a shot now more than ever – I think they may really be on to something here with this series.
*I received a free copy of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.