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Spectra (2008), Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, 544 pages
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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. Thriller. HTML:In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, bestselling author Kelley Armstrong creates a present day in which humans unwittingly coexist with werewolves, witches, and other supernatural beings. Now, in this spellbinding new novel, a beautiful necromancer who can see ghosts must come to terms with her power�??and with an evil she never thought possible. It�??s the most anticipated reality television event of the season: three spiritualists gathered together in one house to raise the ghost of Marilyn Monroe. For celebrity medium Jaime Vegas, it is to be her swan song�??one last publicity blast for a celebrity on the wrong side of forty. But unlike her colleagues, who are more show than substance, Jaime is the real thing. Reluctant to upstage her fellow spiritualists, Jaime tries to suppress her talents, as she has done her entire life. But there is something lurking in the maze of gardens behind the house: a spirit without a voice. And it won�??t let go until somehow Jaime hears its terrible story. For the first time in her life, Jaime Vegas understands what humans mean when they say they are haunted. Distraught, Jaime looks to fellow supernatural Jeremy Danvers for help. As the touches and whispers from the garden grow more frantic, Jaime and Jeremy embark on an investigation into a Los Angeles underworld of black magic and ritual sacrifice. When events culminate in a psychic showdown, Jaime must use the darkest power she has to defeat a shocking enemy�??one whose malicious force comes from the last realm she expected. . . . In a world whose surface resembles our own, Kelley Armstrong delivers a stunning alternate reality, one where beings of the imagination live, love, and fight a never-ending battle between… (more)
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LibraryThing member Shawnna
Even though I read this novel while under the influence of Lortabs, a time when your mind tends to wander all over the place, this book managed to sink its hooks into me and wouldn't let go for the love of god, country, or money - so you know that it must be damned good!
On the set of a TV special,
The process of investigating is a big adventure for them, because neither Jaime or Jeremy have ever been allowed to truly take part in the Council's investigations. Jaime has only been asked for a summoning when needed, and Jeremy has always been too protected by Clay and Elena to do much more than research problems as they come up. This book allows both of them to shine in a way they never would be able to with the other characters around. And the, er, "romance"? Perhaps it was tame, but it was about time that Jeremy got some. ::grins::
Bravo to Ms. Armstrong for another fine novel!
On the set of a TV special,
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Jaime stumbles upon a garden full of ghosts that can touch her, but cannot speak or be summoned. Puzzled and disturbed, she asks Jeremy to help her investigate. Interrogations of ghosts, skulking about in alleys and sex toy shops, and calling upon help from beyond all ensue, at times to the immense hillarity of the reader.The process of investigating is a big adventure for them, because neither Jaime or Jeremy have ever been allowed to truly take part in the Council's investigations. Jaime has only been asked for a summoning when needed, and Jeremy has always been too protected by Clay and Elena to do much more than research problems as they come up. This book allows both of them to shine in a way they never would be able to with the other characters around. And the, er, "romance"? Perhaps it was tame, but it was about time that Jeremy got some. ::grins::
Bravo to Ms. Armstrong for another fine novel!
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LibraryThing member amf0001
Kelley Armstrong is surprisingly hit or miss with me. I loved, loved, loved Bitten but then didn't like her next few books. I figured that I just loved Clay. But then I read this book, and my new conclusion is that when she writes about werewolves, I somehow buy into her books, but when she writes
So this book is about the alpha werewolf, Jeremy, and Jaime Vegas who has lusted for him from a far for some years now. There is magic and evil and plain stupidity mixed up into it too, with a good mystery, though I always hate the idea of children suffering, and these villains are truly villainous. I enjoyed it and was pleased to find another Armstrong book that I readily liked again..
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about witches I don't. (don't ask me why...) So this book is about the alpha werewolf, Jeremy, and Jaime Vegas who has lusted for him from a far for some years now. There is magic and evil and plain stupidity mixed up into it too, with a good mystery, though I always hate the idea of children suffering, and these villains are truly villainous. I enjoyed it and was pleased to find another Armstrong book that I readily liked again..
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LibraryThing member reannon
Book 7 in Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld. This volume stars one of my favorite of Armstrong's characters, the necromancer Jaime Vegas. She sees ghosts, and makes her living as a medium, traveling the show circuit. She and two other mediums are tapped to do a reality show which is supposed to
Strong entry in a strong series.
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end by contacting Marilyn Monroe. Meanwhile Jaime is being contacted by ghosts that she can't quite hear or see, and she believes are the ghosts of children, and she determines to understand them and free them from whatever bond is holding them. Meanwhile, her relationship with the Alpha of the wolf pack, Jeremy, becomes the intimate one she dreamed of from when she first met him.Strong entry in a strong series.
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LibraryThing member lewispike
A book that mainly focusses on Jaime the necromancer and Jeremy and their burgeoning (and finally consummated) relationship.
Set in a TV show set, where they're trying to do a reality TV exposé of fake mediums, unbeknownst to the mediums of course, and not realising they've got the real thing right
They find ghosts, but odd ones, tied to a human group trying to do magic.
Fun and games ensue, and the story romps along at a fair pace as usual, but it feels a bit thin this time for some reason.
Set in a TV show set, where they're trying to do a reality TV exposé of fake mediums, unbeknownst to the mediums of course, and not realising they've got the real thing right
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there.They find ghosts, but odd ones, tied to a human group trying to do magic.
Fun and games ensue, and the story romps along at a fair pace as usual, but it feels a bit thin this time for some reason.
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LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
Interesing addition to the series. Jaime Vegas is a necromancer working as a medium. Trying very hard not to expose too much on TV and to anger her co-stars on a program designed to see if they can find out how Marilyn Monroe died. Things don't go to plan and she finds herself embroiled in a
It's an interesting read but it lost the push to complete it a few times. I found myself dipping in and out of it without any real trouble. It could have been better but it could also have been much worse.
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trickly murder mystery with supernatural overtones, which brings out several other supernaturals to help. Can she keep her career on track and keep enough of the truth hidden to save the people she cares for?It's an interesting read but it lost the push to complete it a few times. I found myself dipping in and out of it without any real trouble. It could have been better but it could also have been much worse.
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LibraryThing member ErasmusRob
Not a bad book. The plot of the novel was interesting, the conceit behind it clever (and what if they're right? A disturbing notion...), the seduction scene was delightful, and the protagonist's response the final situation-of-mortal-danger was inspired, although the setup for it was perhaps a
The characterization was fairly good: I did find myself sometimes losing track of who was whom, but I'll lay that down to not having read the rest of the series.
However...
If I'd wanted to read a Laurell K Hamilton book (female necromancer romantically involved with a werewolf in a contemporary urban setting, y'know), I'd have picked up a Laurell K Hamilton book. If the author had found a different set of characteristics for her character, so to speak, or had done it before Ms. Hamilton, I'd be more inclined to read more of this series.
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trifle contrived. The characterization was fairly good: I did find myself sometimes losing track of who was whom, but I'll lay that down to not having read the rest of the series.
However...
If I'd wanted to read a Laurell K Hamilton book (female necromancer romantically involved with a werewolf in a contemporary urban setting, y'know), I'd have picked up a Laurell K Hamilton book. If the author had found a different set of characteristics for her character, so to speak, or had done it before Ms. Hamilton, I'd be more inclined to read more of this series.
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LibraryThing member Unreachableshelf
Jaime Vegas steps into the narrator's shoes for the first time in this book after having appeared as a secondary character in books three to six in the Women of the Otherworld series. On the set of a television special meant to be about contacting the ghost of Marilyn Monroe, Jaime instead finds
Armstrong continues to show an ability to distinguish the voices of her different first person narrators which surpasses any other author whom I have read. Jaime has been something of a damsel in distress in her previous appearances, and the kind of character to whom you usually want to shout "DON'T GO INTO THE BASEMENT." Yet she is sympathetic and likeable from her own narration, and still recognizable as the same person she was in earlier books, only growing in confidence. Although some say that Jeremy is out of character in this book, I would say that it's a matter of us never having seen him in a sexual situation before. Most of what we knew about Jeremy before this book came through the eyes of Clay and Elena, who see him as a father figure.
I read all of the Women of the Otherworld books, to make sure I am up to date on the lives of all the characters, but I only buy the ones with narrators that I like. I read this book from the library not long ago, and bought it the day that it came out in paperback.
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strange ghosts who seem to have been victims of human sacrifice.Armstrong continues to show an ability to distinguish the voices of her different first person narrators which surpasses any other author whom I have read. Jaime has been something of a damsel in distress in her previous appearances, and the kind of character to whom you usually want to shout "DON'T GO INTO THE BASEMENT." Yet she is sympathetic and likeable from her own narration, and still recognizable as the same person she was in earlier books, only growing in confidence. Although some say that Jeremy is out of character in this book, I would say that it's a matter of us never having seen him in a sexual situation before. Most of what we knew about Jeremy before this book came through the eyes of Clay and Elena, who see him as a father figure.
I read all of the Women of the Otherworld books, to make sure I am up to date on the lives of all the characters, but I only buy the ones with narrators that I like. I read this book from the library not long ago, and bought it the day that it came out in paperback.
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LibraryThing member AtrixWolfe
Not bad, but pretty slow going. As with the rest of Kelley Armstrong's books, this is internally consistent fantasy - she doesn't play fast with the rules that she has set up for her world.
LibraryThing member BookWhisperer
Jamie Vegas, a clairvoyant, actually pretending for television. Is brought to a haunted home that her and others like her are to work together to unravel the past of the home. Jeremy Danver, alpha pack leader, comes to help Jamie when she starts hearing actually voices that it causing problem for
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her to pretend nothing is actually there. Jamie has been drawn to Jeremy, but without much acknowledgement from Jeremy. Jeremy may have been hiding a few things from Jamie, and she is set to unravel herself. Show Less
LibraryThing member teharhynn
I was very glad to see this book on a prominent book end at the book store when I went to pick it up. It was a really find installment to the series and I love Jamies character. I reccomend it to all paranormal fans.
LibraryThing member maribs
The 7th book in Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series focuses on necromancer and public spiritualist, Jaime Vegas. Jaime joins a team of spiritualists for a t.v. show attempting to "talk" to Marilyn Monroe. She gets paired with a Brit (who is very similar to a certain psychic on the
I really enjoyed this one. I was waiting for Jaime to get her own story. She has always seemed like the weak one comparatively in the other books. Here she gets to be strong and show her abilities more. Plus she finally gets Jeremy on his own and away from his Pack. Leads to some...fun.
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Travel Channel's Most Haunted. Actually, not sure he is still on there.) and a young newcomer. While on set, Jaime discovers real ghosts and a mystery that only she and her friends in the council can solve.I really enjoyed this one. I was waiting for Jaime to get her own story. She has always seemed like the weak one comparatively in the other books. Here she gets to be strong and show her abilities more. Plus she finally gets Jeremy on his own and away from his Pack. Leads to some...fun.
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LibraryThing member onyx95
Hollywood psychic Jaime Vegas had been asked to take part in a TV special. What none of the others knew, Jaime was the real thing and during her time in the Brentwood house (rented for production of the special), she discovered several ghosts that left her (the necromancer delegate to the
Book 7 ….. Interesting, the interaction between characters was good, I really liked all of the characters, there are a lot of them too. I am not sure Jaime’s sexual displays were needed, but they were interesting. I may have to read some of the previous books (it may answer a few questions), but the author did a good job of telling enough of the other stories that this can be a stand alone book but I am just the type that once other adventures (like being kidnapped before) are hinted at, I need to know more about them. I will be putting Kelley Armstrong on my tbr (to be read list), but not necessarily on the top.
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supernatural council) stunned and confused about what had happened to these children. With the help of Jeremy (a werewolf she is attracted to) and Eve (a half-demon ghost), she attempts to free the spirits and find the monsters who could have done this to them. Book 7 ….. Interesting, the interaction between characters was good, I really liked all of the characters, there are a lot of them too. I am not sure Jaime’s sexual displays were needed, but they were interesting. I may have to read some of the previous books (it may answer a few questions), but the author did a good job of telling enough of the other stories that this can be a stand alone book but I am just the type that once other adventures (like being kidnapped before) are hinted at, I need to know more about them. I will be putting Kelley Armstrong on my tbr (to be read list), but not necessarily on the top.
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LibraryThing member autarkia79
Some Kelley Armstrong books I like more than others, depending on the narrator. I like Jamie the necromancer. She's a mature woman of the world. She's funny and, in spite of the supernatural things that happen in the story, her character is very real. The story and charcters were interesting. I
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like that the ghost Eve is in the story, as well as Jamie's romantic interest -- Jeremy the werewolf -- is in this tale. Great action, romance, supernatural stuff, and spots of humor. Show Less
LibraryThing member hailelib
An interesting mix of genres - paranormal plus suspense plus a little romance. I think I may have read a previous book from this series and, since this was better than average for its type, I'll definitely be looking for others by this particular author. The main character is a supernormal who sees
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and talks to ghosts and one of the important secondary characters IS a ghost. Show Less
LibraryThing member AzhriaLilu
I loved this. It added even more information to the background of a lot of the characters and it was a joy to see Jeremy lose that laid-back cool of his to Jaime's teasing. Blinding story! Can't wait for the next one.
LibraryThing member silentq
This book focuses on Jaime, the necromancer, and Jeremy, the werewolf alpha. Clay and Elena are present via phone, the latter having given birth to twins and busy taking care of them. Jaimie is bound and determined to convince Jeremy that a relationship will work, and she's using all her wiles to
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tempt him (some very hot scenes more suited to an Anita Blake book in there :) ). But at the same time, she's signed up for a reality tv show that aims to raise the ghost of Marilyn Monroe. The only problem is that other ghosts keep butting in, and she has to solve a mystery in the backyard of the house she's staying in. I liked seeing things from Jaimie's perspective, she's been in the background, and chafing at it, for a while, though I kept conflating her with the woman in Beyond Black and wondering at her unbridled sexuality. The plot kept me turning pages, and it was good to see Jaimie come into her own. Lots to look forward in the next book ... [ dig dig dig ] hrm, Personal Demon is told from the perspective of Hope, the half demon in this book. I didn't connect with her as much, but the other narrator is Lucas Cortez, so that could be interesting. Show Less
LibraryThing member Ilithyia
The Women of the Otherworld series is peppered with supernatural species (either well researched or well imagined). Armstrong is very thorough in her construction of this world that the average human has no notion of. In this most recent addition, Jamie Vegas, resident necromancer, gets herself
Although Jamie really can see and talk to the dead, she puts on her shows helping people to find closure with their lost loved ones, but fakes the connection - think Crossing Over with John Edward. But when Jamie participates in a reality show special in Hollywood, she makes contact with the real ghosts of dead and missing children. And only she can put them at rest and help to make sure that more do not join their ranks. Helping her along the way is Jeremy, Alpha of the only American werewolf pack (seen in Armstrong’s previous books).
Jamie has been in love with Jeremy since she first met him four years before, but could hardly say two words to the strong and quiet leader without tripping over her own tongue, and he seems oblivious to her feelings. Now their friendship is developing and she invites him to join her for the show. Will she finally get Jeremy to see how much she cares? I think I’ll leave that for you to find out. But let’s just say, it’s about time that Jeremy finally gets what he deserves and has secretly wanted - which is some loving of his own.
This was a nice addition to the series, Jamie is not my favorite character, but it was time that her story was really told, with a great mix of mystery, magic, romance, and danger thrown in. And anything that brings Jeremy more into the forefront and develops his character is certainly okay by me…I wouldn’t mind if Armstrong defied the title of the series a bit and wrote a Man of the Otherworld book featuring Jeremy *sigh*.
Anyway, good read, worth the effort.
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into a bit of trouble - and it’ll take some quick thinking, a lot of luck, and one very hot werewolf to get her out of it.Although Jamie really can see and talk to the dead, she puts on her shows helping people to find closure with their lost loved ones, but fakes the connection - think Crossing Over with John Edward. But when Jamie participates in a reality show special in Hollywood, she makes contact with the real ghosts of dead and missing children. And only she can put them at rest and help to make sure that more do not join their ranks. Helping her along the way is Jeremy, Alpha of the only American werewolf pack (seen in Armstrong’s previous books).
Jamie has been in love with Jeremy since she first met him four years before, but could hardly say two words to the strong and quiet leader without tripping over her own tongue, and he seems oblivious to her feelings. Now their friendship is developing and she invites him to join her for the show. Will she finally get Jeremy to see how much she cares? I think I’ll leave that for you to find out. But let’s just say, it’s about time that Jeremy finally gets what he deserves and has secretly wanted - which is some loving of his own.
This was a nice addition to the series, Jamie is not my favorite character, but it was time that her story was really told, with a great mix of mystery, magic, romance, and danger thrown in. And anything that brings Jeremy more into the forefront and develops his character is certainly okay by me…I wouldn’t mind if Armstrong defied the title of the series a bit and wrote a Man of the Otherworld book featuring Jeremy *sigh*.
Anyway, good read, worth the effort.
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LibraryThing member susanbevans
What can I say - No Humans Involved is another great installment in the Women of the Otherworld series. From her appearances in several of the other books in the series, I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy Jamie's story, but I pleasantly surprised. The plot is original, with fantastic witty
My only gripe with the book (and it's a small one) is that the romance between Jamie and Jeremy really is secondary to the plot. After all the build-up in the past few books, I was hoping for a bit more. Don't get me wrong, the plot twists were compelling and the characters, well-drawn and entertaining, but the "romance" was lacking something.
Overall, No Humans Involved is another solid foray into the paranormal romance genre. I am so happy to have discovered Kelley Armstrong! She is an amazingly creative and delightfully diverting author, and I can't wait to get my hands on book 8!
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dialog. Jamie is a strong, engaging and sassy character.My only gripe with the book (and it's a small one) is that the romance between Jamie and Jeremy really is secondary to the plot. After all the build-up in the past few books, I was hoping for a bit more. Don't get me wrong, the plot twists were compelling and the characters, well-drawn and entertaining, but the "romance" was lacking something.
Overall, No Humans Involved is another solid foray into the paranormal romance genre. I am so happy to have discovered Kelley Armstrong! She is an amazingly creative and delightfully diverting author, and I can't wait to get my hands on book 8!
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LibraryThing member LisaMaria_C
I'm a fan of Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. One thing that makes the series different is that its told from different perspectives--usually female and written in first person. The first two books are narrated by Elena, a werewolf, the next two by Paige, a witch and so on. I
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rather like that--I suspect its part of what keeps this series fresh. This particular book is focused on and narrated by Jaime Vegas, a necromancer (she sees dead people). I like Jaime, and moreover it's refreshing to see a mature heroine for once (She's 44 years old). As with all of Armstrong's books in this series, the plot presents plenty of suspense and more than a dollop of romance. I think the novel could stand on its own, so you could start here, but I did enjoy and recommend the other books and if you read this one first, it would act as a spoiler on some points for the earlier books. Show Less
LibraryThing member KaeJay
Another great Women of the Otherworld story! This one adds depth and background to Jaime and Jeremy's relationship. Has a very memorable sex scene that is smoldering hot because it fits the main characters personalities to a 'T'. I've read over 200 books since this one and the scene I am referring
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to has set the bar for the books I've read since (not many have met the bar). Do yourself a favor and listen to the audiobooks of this series...it gives the reader a the feeling of being immersed in the Otherwold universe. You'll thank me later! Show Less
LibraryThing member ladycato
Celebrity medium Jaime Vegas is on the set of her newest media endeavor, a reality show in which she and two other mediums will try and summon the spirit of Marilyn Monroe. Jaime has a bit of a problem, though: she's the real deal. She's a necromancer and sees ghosts on a regular basis. So when the
I read this as an old ARC given to me by a family friend. I've heard great things about Kelley Armstrong, and I'm torn after reading this book. The writing here is fabulous. The plot is fast and suspenseful, and it was hard to put the book down. Jaime was an interesting character and I loved how she handled the seances and tried to "help" her not-so-gifted fellow mediums. The problem for me? The book was way too dark for my tastes. Obviously with the lead character as a necromancer, the dead are going to show up. Some of the instances were extremely creepy. The sex scene was also too crude for my taste. Quite simply, it's not my sort of book--but the writing is fabulous, and I can see why Armstrong is well-regarded. I'd like to read more of her work--just on slightly different subject matter.
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spooks in the house's garden start to spook her, Jaime sets on on an investigation to find out what happened to mute these lost souls and how to bring their murderers to justice.I read this as an old ARC given to me by a family friend. I've heard great things about Kelley Armstrong, and I'm torn after reading this book. The writing here is fabulous. The plot is fast and suspenseful, and it was hard to put the book down. Jaime was an interesting character and I loved how she handled the seances and tried to "help" her not-so-gifted fellow mediums. The problem for me? The book was way too dark for my tastes. Obviously with the lead character as a necromancer, the dead are going to show up. Some of the instances were extremely creepy. The sex scene was also too crude for my taste. Quite simply, it's not my sort of book--but the writing is fabulous, and I can see why Armstrong is well-regarded. I'd like to read more of her work--just on slightly different subject matter.
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LibraryThing member RebeccaClareSmith
I read this first out of all the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong. I have to admit that it is my favourite because it includes werewolves and necromancers. Dangerous animals and people who can talk to the dead somehow go together perfectly.
LibraryThing member WinterFox
I've been a fan of Kelley Armstrong since I was in Yamagata, when I read Dime Store Magic. For the most part, she's been very consistent and very good, with compelling characters and twisty but realistic enough plots, along with good dialogue.
She switches her first person narrators around, though,
Here, there are seances and a ring that seems to be going into sacrificing people, and so having the necromancer front and center does make sense. Like her other books, there're a lot of characters floating around, and I think increasingly, you need to have read the other ones to enjoy them at this point. But the plot is still twisty and fun, and I guessed the wrong culprit; it's always nice when that happens realistically.
The main problem I have with it is that she's gone back to having rather more sexual content; this fit the Jaime character, but I personally feel sorta meh about it. And the love interest character, who's been around for a long time, felt out of character at points to me, mostly to accomodate the love interest plotline. So I felt particularly meh about it, but maybe she'll mesh it in better in later books.
All in all, still the same fun, fast, slightly guilty novel that I expect and enjoy from Armstrong, and definitely better than the last entry in the series.
She switches her first person narrators around, though,
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and they're of varying quality. The one for this book, Jaime Vegas, has been around for a while, but has this as her first main novel. Turns out, she's better than Elena (the werewolf who did books 1, 2, and 6), but not as good as Eve (the ghost/witch from book 5) and certainly not as good as Paige (the witch who's the center of 3 and 4). That she still feels like a different character from the previous narrators is nice, though.Here, there are seances and a ring that seems to be going into sacrificing people, and so having the necromancer front and center does make sense. Like her other books, there're a lot of characters floating around, and I think increasingly, you need to have read the other ones to enjoy them at this point. But the plot is still twisty and fun, and I guessed the wrong culprit; it's always nice when that happens realistically.
The main problem I have with it is that she's gone back to having rather more sexual content; this fit the Jaime character, but I personally feel sorta meh about it. And the love interest character, who's been around for a long time, felt out of character at points to me, mostly to accomodate the love interest plotline. So I felt particularly meh about it, but maybe she'll mesh it in better in later books.
All in all, still the same fun, fast, slightly guilty novel that I expect and enjoy from Armstrong, and definitely better than the last entry in the series.
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LibraryThing member wealhtheowwylfing
I've read most, if not all (it's hard to distinguish them from each other, after the first few) of Armstrong's "Women of the Otherworld" series. The series began by following Elena, a tough, conflicted woman who is also the only female to ever survive being made into a werewolf. Since then,
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Armstrong has written numerous witches, werewolves, vampires, half-demons, warlocks, necromancers, etc. All of her many characters get at least a chapter in this book, which is supposedly about Jaime Vegas, who can see and control the dead, and her boyfriend, the Alpha of the werewolves. Periodically Armstrong remembers that Jaime is supposed to be the main character, but mostly she's just a tool to get Paige, Eve, Elena, Hope, et al into the story. The plot (a group of humans are killing children and using their ashes for magic) could have been interesting, but so much time is spent rehashing all the other books and telling us the other Women of the Otherworld's tales that there's little time left for the actual story. Jaime's a pretty good character, but her romance with Jeremy left me completely cold, and all the scenes were she was oh so sexy read as very forced. I think this might be the end of me and Armstrong. Show Less
LibraryThing member AverysBookNook
As soon as I read "Bitten", the first book in this series, I was grabbed. I had to honestly run out the next day and buy all of the remaining books in the series. My hands down favorite books in this series are the books containing the Pack (found predominantly in "Bitten" (book 1), "Stolen" (book
Jamie wasn't my favorite character by any means, she came off in the other books as the flaky necromancer who had a school girl crush on Jeremy. But after reading this book, she is actually growing on me a lot more (unlike Paige who I cannot wrap my head around even after reading 2 of her books). But then again, I may like this book more so because it involved Jeremy...
Regardless, I love the passion in Jamie and Jeremy's relationship, I find it to be more real than the relationship between Paige and Lucas, but not quite on par with Elena and Clay's relationship. I find it refreshing that Jeremy isn't always surrounded by his pack in this story, therefore letting his true character shine. We learn much more about Jeremy, even more than what is revealed about him in "Men of the Otherworld", though I still have no idea what his mother is and that aspect of him does play quite a large role in this book... Jamie, however, does shine as a strong female character in this book, well as much as she can without having the ability of a werewolf or a witch. She uses her powers to the full extent and even pushes them further than she ever thought possible. I also didn't mind Eve in this story, I found her growing on me more so than in her own novel "Haunted".
Overall, I would say that because this is the 7th book in the series (not including obviously the other 5ish books that come after it), that this is the 3rd best book by far.
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2), "Broken" (book 6) and "Frostbite" (book 10)). I personally find the Pack to be entirely enchanting, I cannot get Clay, Elena or Jeremy out of my head. When I read the other books in the series, "Haunted", "Dime Store Magic", "Industrial Magic", etc., I had a difficult time really getting into the books because I personally felt that I did not connect to the characters of Paige, Lucas, Jamie, Savannah, Eve, etc., as well as I connected to the wolf pack. However, this book changed this...Jamie wasn't my favorite character by any means, she came off in the other books as the flaky necromancer who had a school girl crush on Jeremy. But after reading this book, she is actually growing on me a lot more (unlike Paige who I cannot wrap my head around even after reading 2 of her books). But then again, I may like this book more so because it involved Jeremy...
Regardless, I love the passion in Jamie and Jeremy's relationship, I find it to be more real than the relationship between Paige and Lucas, but not quite on par with Elena and Clay's relationship. I find it refreshing that Jeremy isn't always surrounded by his pack in this story, therefore letting his true character shine. We learn much more about Jeremy, even more than what is revealed about him in "Men of the Otherworld", though I still have no idea what his mother is and that aspect of him does play quite a large role in this book... Jamie, however, does shine as a strong female character in this book, well as much as she can without having the ability of a werewolf or a witch. She uses her powers to the full extent and even pushes them further than she ever thought possible. I also didn't mind Eve in this story, I found her growing on me more so than in her own novel "Haunted".
Overall, I would say that because this is the 7th book in the series (not including obviously the other 5ish books that come after it), that this is the 3rd best book by far.
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