Poltergeist

In her second book of the Greywalker series, Kat Richardson revises Harper Blaine's character to solve the mystery of a ghost-haunting that doesn't involve a real ghost. However, since Harper's client doesn't believe in ghosts, despite the fact that the group created one, Harper is charged to prove that the ghost does not exist. The plot thickens when one of the group members is murdered.

Utilizing the help of her friends Mara and Ben, as well as that of Carlos, a necromantic vampire, Harper needs to find and stop Celia's ghost from hurting others, as well as conceal her abilities from Solis, the human detective on the case of the murdered group member.

In this book Harper is more adept at sliding into the Grey and can actually slip through time (only the ghostly timeline; if there is a building in Harper's time but not in an earlier one, she can slip through time to go "through" the building instead of around).

Harper's relationship issues still haven't been resolved at this point. She chats with him briefly on the phone a couple times and then at the end he shows up. I think he offers her a companionship that she needs but doesn't want the relationship that goes with it.

I still liked this book and series, but I honestly stopped reading it for a month when I was about 85% of the way through, simply because I had a paranormal overload and needed a break. The story drags on a little and most of the action happens in the beginning and near the end. The middle of the book is just fact-finding and sleuthing that is necessary for a private investigator to solve a crime.

There is still a third book in her series called Underground, which I will get around to reading eventually. :)

Greywalker

I just finally finished reading Greywalker by Kat Richardson. Loved it.

Harper Blaine, the heroine, is a private investigator who in the course of work died for 2 minutes. As a result, the paranormal realm "sticks" to her allowing her to walk with one foot in the daylight and one foot in the Grey.

As a heroine, Harper is witty and smart. You learn about walking in the Grey as she does, but the author doesn't dumb it down, and she also doesn't make the main character seem like a ditz or idiot in order to explain everything. In fact, since Harper's mentors include a two university professors (one of which is a witch - haha!) and so they have a tendency to overdo it with the science jargon.

Another thing I like: Harper catches on fast. There were times when I was practically yelling at the book, because the forshadowing was so strong that I was worried Harper was an idiot. Nope - instead, she was figuring it out as well, and was, in fact, two steps ahead. You don't follow all of Harper's moves, despite it being written in the first person.

One of the things that I found I didn't like was the action scenes. Things are flying out of nowhere and maybe it's a lack of imagination on my part, but I found myself lost when she was in the Grey and battling creatures. I'd have to wait until she spoke with her mentors to be able to actually understand what was happening.

Also, I found her a little hard to relate to, and even emotionally barren. She's a PI and thus needs to be able to keep her mouth shut on certain issues, but she does it at the cost of friendship. She also shuts out her (then - and maybe later) boyfriend, Will. Personally, I would've been a wreck, but she takes it in stride. She expresses fear and anger well enough, but not her softer side. But, that could just be me.

Overall? Loved it. I liked the paranormal suspense and liked the characters.

PS - I have a prediction: Quinton is a werewolf. Let's see if I'm right when I read the next book by Kat Richardson in her series: Poltergeist!

*** Fun Fact: Kat Richardson is on twitter! ***

The Wayfinders: Update

Heya! So, I've finally finished The Wayfinders by Wade Davis and the review is written. It's in the process of being edited by my wonderful friend Vyxen and once that's done and posted on the Books & Co website I'll post it here too. :)

Wonderful news! Devon Monk's book, Magic in Shadows, is in my grubby little hands! Well, not literally, at least not yet, but tomorrow! I have seen the future and it is at Books & Co!

The next series of books to be reviewed will be the Greywalker series by Kat Richardson.

Stay tuned....