My Rating: 3.5 Stars
Publisher: Harlequin Audio
Series Title: Krewe of Hunters
Number in Series: Book #28
Narrator: Luke Daniels
Media: Audiobook
Length: 8 Hours
Genre: Fiction, Crime, Supernatural, Romance, Thriller
Kerri Wolf has joined the crew of The Seekers, a show that searches for paranormal phenomena, as they explore a supposedly haunted old inn on the road between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. The place is famous for its warm welcome—and infamous for being the site of an ax murder rampage in the 1920s. They’ve barely begun when a very real dead body is discovered in the basement. As a nonfiction author, Kerri is supposed to be the rational one, but she can’t explain a terrifying apparition that seems to be both a threat and a warning.
Former detective Joe Dunhill knows what she’s going through—the strange gift of being able to see and talk to the dead is a struggle he shares. A new member of the FBI’s Krewe of Hunters, he’s on the team investigating the disturbing death. The town is steeped in old-fashioned superstition, and the deeper Joe and Kerri plunge into the dark secrets of the inn, the closer they get to a devastating truth. Will a bloody history be repeated? Or can the spirits of the past reach out to stop a killer? (Goodreads)
I enjoyed this book but it was way too easy to read. There was no guessing, surprise or suspense and everything was spoon-fed to the readers as though we could not come to our own conclusions, or that we didn’t understand what we were seeing. This occurred, especially in the end. As a YA novel, I would expect to be given some of the information and be helped along. But since it wasn’t a YA, I only gave it 3.5 stars.
This book was unique in that the Krewe Hunters are actually FBI agents that can see and communicate with the dead. It is a great mix of rational meets the unexpected. What I didn’ t know is that this is number 28 in the series of 31.
There was a bit of romance in this book and it was tastefully done. Sorry, some like to read all the crude words to get a good visual but for me, holding hands means something. The romance seemed more real in this story with the subtle glances and the wishing and hoping going on inside their heads. It gave me a fuzzy warm feeling of love instead of lust.
There wasn’t a ton of romance but it was between our main characters Kerri Wolf and Joe Dunhill, so it was noticeable. I also enjoyed the way Kerri refused to believe what she had seen, it made her seem like a real person who is skeptical and not wishy-washy and ready to believe everything and anything.
I was not prepared for who did the killing. The villain threw me for a loop. This book may have been easy to read but uncovering the source of the killings made it a page-turner.
Have you read any of the books in this series? Did you feel they were YA or are some of them just easy to read? I think I will start at the beginning and check out the other books. How about you? Leave me a comment in the section below.
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