Book 34 of my 2021 Reading Challenge
First Grave on the Right
by Darynda Jones
Summary
book 1 of the Charley Davidson series
published 2011
Charley Davidson is a part-time private investigator and full-time grim reaper. Meaning, she sees dead people. Really. And it's her job to convince them to "go into the light." But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (like murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice. Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she's been having about an entity who has been following her all her life...and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely. But what does he want with Charley? And why can't she seem to resist him? And what does she have to lose by giving in?
First Impressions/Judging a Book by Its Cover
No first impression because I've already read this book. I gave it 4 stars on Goodreads when I read it in December 2012. I rarely re-read books but I want to continue this series and it's been so long ago that I don't remember much about what I'd already read so I decided to start over.
My Opinion
3 stars
One of the things I like most about this series is that Charley is already somewhat familiar with her powers so it's not as "fish out of water" as other first books in a series would be. Although she doesn't know everything, that's mostly because she doesn't have anyone else with her abilities that she can talk to; as she finds people she can trust she opens up and learns more about herself as she shares with others.
Although it is a little jumbled and sometimes the jokes are too much, like she's trying too hard to be quirky, I like the main characters and her attitude. I will continue the series, both re-reading the ones I've already read and moving on to the ones I haven't.
Original Review (December 2012)
Mystery with a supernatural theme, but very unique. First book in a series, and I'm interested to see where these characters go.
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