Better than I expected - Jaime is a fab central character!
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Although I've enjoyed most of Kelley Armstrong's 'Women of the Otherworld' series, I have to say that the change of central character doesn't always work out great - for example, after the fast paced and fiesty novels featuring the werewolf Elena, I found Paige, a witch, to be a bit of an anti climax for the 3rd and 4th novels.
However, in this the 7th book, she is properly back on form with Jaime, the TV medium (a Necromancer). The book is a fast paced page-turner, with a good plot and an exciting romantic backstory. Jaime is probably the character I have been able to relate to most, and I found Jeremy, her werewolf love interest, a very sexy sideline (although at 58, he is practically old enough to be my Grandad, which is a bit weird but it works!).
Great book, great characters, please can we see more of Jaime in the future?
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Necromany versus Werewolves versus Witches versus...
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I love the women of the otherworld series, and i liked this book.
We meet Jaime Vegas again, a necromancer in Hollywood (mostly) pretending to be a medium, trying to get her own TV show, chasing a sort of stardom. She's hired, with two other mediums, to contact the ghost of Marilyn Monroe and the three (plus crew) are put up in a big house. Whilst in the garden she feels the spirits trying to contact her, but is confused why she can't see or speak with them. Sensing the spirits are children and as a new member of the council she wants to investigate. And so the story goes on from there. She is some time into developing a relationship with Jeremy (werewolf pack leader from Bitten etc) whilst trying to appear like a star on camera and fighting backstabbingness (word?) and speaking to real ghosts in hollywood (I don't recognise the names, it's not cheesy).
Had i have read this as a stand alone book i might have given it 5 stars, but compared to the others in the series (in which i love the werewolf pack above all else) i had to give it 4 stars. But it's a good book, one to keep.
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What's lurking in the haunted house?
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This book is another episode in Kelley Armstrong's acclaimed "Women of the Otherworld Series" and features Jaime Vegas, a necromancer TV star whose stardom might be waning as she approaches middle age. When given the chance for a shot at a new TV pilot staying in a house with two other spiritualists and trying to find out what happened to the house's former owner, Jaime takes the opportunity, not realising that more has gone on in the house than anyone yet knows.
Jaime finds that there are more spirits present than the other spiritualists realise - spirits that can't seem to speak directly to Jaime, as others can, but who let her know they are there. She decides it's important to find out who they are and enlists Jeremy, Alpha of the wolf pack and someone she's interested in, to help her. Jaime also seems to go off half-cocked on her own much of the time and has to be rescued by various spirits as well as witches and other people. But she and Jeremy begin to uncover a very sinister series of events which involve child sacrifice and people discovering powers that they really shouldn't have.
Many characters in Armstrong's previous novels appear in this one, including Hope Adams who is the heroine of the next novel, "Personal Demon". However it isn't necessary to have read the others in the series to follow events in this book. Fans of Armstrong will no doubt enjoy the book but this reader felt that at times it was rather aimless, the background story of the TV show seemed incompletely drawn and the whole plot wasn't as tight as the author can write. It was, however, a good read and had an interesting angle on the challenges for an older woman who seeks to find a new place in the world as her career is ending.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © 2008 Helen Hancox
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Not Kelleys best.
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Kelley hits the big time with book seven of her Otherworld series in its first hardback edition. Carrying on with the true darkness from Haunted, we see the return of child murder with links to Muti appearing throughout the novel with the chance for of her supporting characters to take the lead role.
Whilst highly anticipated Jamie seemed to lack some of her trademark humour electing to promote letchiness of her feelings for a certain Alpha male to ease through the story. Whilst entertaining the opportunity to take the Spiritual World by storm seems to have passed sadly by although certain comments alluded throughout the tale that would have made the book more interesting. Although a certain tip of the hat has to go to certain spiritualists that appear on UK television that many readers will recognize.
As I've said, entertaining but she seems to be going a tad LKH and I hope that it won't be the case, I'll still await her next Otherworld offering but really do hope that Tae or Zoe make an appearance, both deserve their own tale.
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life outside the pack
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I loved this book although I found it hard to imagine jermery as impulsive when in all the other books he's been the quite and understated character. The focus of this book is about jamie coming to terms with who and what she is as she fears she's going mad. I thought this book was well written and it was a nice change to see life outside of the pack. Jamie comes across as a determined clutz who really does care about the people she can help. A great book and a fab read.
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