Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones

"A typical day in the life of Charley Davidson involves cheating husbands, missing people, errant wives, philandering business owners, and oh yeah...demons, hell hounds, evil gods, and dead people. Lots and lots of dead people. As a part time Private Investigator and full-time Grim Reaper, Charley has to balance the good, the bad, the undead, and those who want her dead. In this eleventh installment, Charley is learning to make peace with the fact that she is a goddess with all kinds of power and that her own daughter has been born to save the world from total destruction. But the forces of hell are determined to see Charley banished forever to the darkest corners of another dimension. With the son of Satan himself as her husband and world-rocking lover, maybe Charley can find a way to have her happily ever after after all"--

So this was by no means bad or unenjoyable, but it was forgettable. I only put this book down once since this series is usually a quick, fast-paced read for me. And this time it was the same, but that small pause took me out of the “rolling with the punches” plot long enough for me to take a moment to realize that there wasn't anything stand-out about this installment. Like always, there's a million different mysteries that Charley is trying to solve and by the end they are all wrapped up fast enough for Charley to get a new shock to her personal life (usually via Reyes or someone else close to her). I usually get a kick out of this formulaic series (Charley never fails to get quite a few chuckles out of me) but this time the ending was so lackluster. The emotions didn't really fit, and the shock that Charley got this time was not a shock to me.
I never really remember the million different mysteries that Charley's wrapped up in for the majority of the book, I'm just along for the fun of it. It's usually the personal moments Charley has with her friends and family that keep me invested. This time the wrap-up of the mysteries was a bit muddled and whenever anything supernatural happened I had a hard time imagining it because there was no build up to it. It just happened and then everything was fixed. Since it's Charley herself, and her miraculous abilities, and her relationships with the people close to her that keeps me tied to this series, I'm sad to say that overall this book was ultimately very forgettable. (So much so, that as soon as I got on my laptop to mark the book as read and write my thoughts, I spent a good 20 minutes just exploring emails/Youtube/social media before I remembered why I turned my computer on in the first place.)

I received a copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

OH MY GOD!!!!
What is this cliffhanger?!

Okay, so I'm a little late getting back to this party. I was also nervous that I wouldn't like the series anymore or that it would feel flat now 11 books in.
I was wrong.

Well, okay, I was kinda right. Reyes does his whole lean-against-doorways thing and tells Charley not to do her job, as per usual. Also, because we know the characters so well by this point, there isn't much to evolve– in terms of side characters. I miss Charley and Cookie interactions, but in a way... it is how life goes. They are both super busy with their ways of saving people.

We did get more information on the prophecy and Charley's...powers. There is seriously so much to this book and I'm amazed at how I still laugh at it, but am totally hooked.
I blew through this book. I wouldn't have moved from my reading spot if I didn't need to pee or make food.

Once again that stupid ass cliffhanger!! I am in such need for the next book. At the same time, I could totally go for Beep's story now too. I am a huge sucker for Osh. Quentin and Amber? I ship it hard. I need the next generation's story too and this series is really setting that series up. We just need to know all about Charley and all that jazz.

So, 11 books in and I'm still in love with this series. If you like PNR or UF with lots of silly humor and badass villains, this is definitely a story you should be checking out.