Genre: Paranormal, Horror, Romance
LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian
Reviewer: Jay
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About The Book
What’s worse than being hunted by a horrifying entity of darkness? Oh, wait, I know—falling in love with the woman you’re supposed to protect, and who annoys the hell out of you.
Rory:
Listen. I enter prizefights in my spare time and hunt ghosts for a living, so I know a bad idea when I see one. And the moment I set eyes on Layla St. James, the gorgeous, bossy, and mean heiress who wants to hire me as a bodyguard, I know she’s a very bad idea. I mean, the whole situation, but especially the part where the first moment I set eyes on her I went completely non-verbal. Why the hell did she have to be my exact type?
But…something killed her father. Something that’s not human. And now it’s hunting her, and she’s desperate.
I’ve always been a sucker for a sob story. And hell, guess I’ve always been really good at bad ideas.
Layla:
I do not like people in general. I especially do not like people who are loud, chaotic, and just a little bit goofy. Enter exhibit number one: Aurora West (or Rory, as she calls herself)—snarky, orange-dyed hair, unbelievably annoying, an attitude the size of Vancouver Island. Oh, and also disturbingly hot. However, she is the most experienced ghost hunter I could find, and possibly the only person who might be able to keep me alive. But I’m coming to realize there’s a lot about Rory I didn’t know: the fact she has some connection to a mysterious society of supernatural hunters that calls itself WRAITHS. The fact that the thing hunting me also has an interest in her. The fact that, despite my best efforts, I think I might be falling for her.
Which is stupid, of course, and I am absolutely going to tell her that.
If we survive. Which I am beginning to doubt.
Warnings: -Alcohol consumption/intoxication -Blood/gore -Child abuse (mentioned) -Death -Internalized ablism -Involuntary intoxication -On-page sex scenes -Violence
The Review
Aurora (Rory) is a ghost hunter, tracking down malevolent ghosts, the kind that might try to kill you. Layla is being hunted by malevolent ghosts so she needs a ghost hunter. Enter Rory as her new bodyguard.
Whilst the pair battles ghosts and other entities, they are surprised to find themselves in the middle of a slow burn romance.
The writing is good, and the characters are almost instantly three dimensional. There is plenty of supernatural action and horror, and there is the sweetness of a slowly developing relationship. The story comes to a satisfactory conclusion, at the same time leaving things wide open for sequels.
I understand this is the first volume in what is intended to be at least a trilogy. For anyone who enjoys either ghost hunting or ff romance (or both), this promises to be a very engrossing series. Recommended.
5 stars.
The Reviewer
I’ve been doing book reviews on my website, crossposted or linked to various social media, for a few years. I read a number of genres but I really enjoy all kinds of speculative fiction so thought I’d like to share my views with you. I love sci fi and other speculative fiction because of the way it can, at its best, make us see ourselves in a new light. Quite apart from the exciting stories, of course! I used to be an English teacher, and I’m a writer (fantasy) so I can be quite critical about style etc. but I hope I can also appreciate properly some books that don’t appeal to me personally but might be simply perfect for others. I have, obviously, read widely, and continue to do so.