Title: First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1)
Author: Darynda Jones
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages: 321
Release Date: 1st February 2011
Blurb from Goodreads:
This whole grim reaper thing should have come with a manual.
Or a diagram of some kind.
A flow chart would have been nice.
Or a diagram of some kind.
A flow chart would have been nice.
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?
My Review:
-Contains spoilers!-
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley*
Charley Davidson has her hands full being a private investigator as well as the grim reaper.
Especially when the dead ask Charley for help before they will go into the light a.k.a. Charley herself.
Then there are the steamy dreams Charley has been having lately - are they merely dreams or something more?
Ever since I joined the bookish community I remember seeing people gushing about the Charley Davidson books. So when I finally started reading First Grave on the Right, I was rather excited. Now, however, I wish I hadn't read it.
Charley is supposedly funny and witty. I didn't think she was either. I don't recall laughing at anything she said, but I did roll my eyes several times.
My big problem with First Grave on the Right is the whole Reyes thing. Charley met him once and, on that occasion, Reyes threatened to rape her. Yes, rape. Yet Charley becomes obsessed with finding out more about him and tracking him down. This rang alarm bells for me. Huge Big Ben bells. Every time Charley thought about him I wanted to pull my hair out.
The plot was average and I wished that there was more actual grim reaper related story instead of Charley getting her ass kicked several times and swooning over Reyes.
I'm so disappointed that I didn't like this, but I just don't understand the appeal of a guy who threatened to rape you.
Overall this was a disappointing read that I did not enjoy.
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