The Curse of Tenth Grave
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Ratings13
Average rating4.4
If one door closes and another one opens, your house is probably haunted. —Bumper Sticker As a Part-time PI and fulltime grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who is the hot supernatural entity following me? How do I get gum out of my sister’s hair before she wakes up? But, “How do I trap not one malevolent god, but three?” was never among them. Until now. And since those gods are on earth to kill her daughter, she has little choice but to track them down, trap them, and cast them from this dimension. There’s just one problem. One of the three stole her heart a very long time ago. Can the Razer, a god of absolute death and destruction, change his omniscient spots, or will his allegiances lie with his brothers? Those are just a few of the questions Charley must answer, and quick. Add to that a homeless girl running for her life, an innocent man who’s been charged with murdering the daughter of a degenerate gambler, and a pendant made from god glass that has the entire supernatural world in an uproar, and Charley has her hands full. If she can manage to take care of the whole world-destroying-gods thing, we’re saved. If not, well... Those are just some of the questions Charley must answer, and quick. Add to that a homeless girl on the run for her life, a man who's been framed for murdering a woman who is still very much alive, and a pendant made from god glass that has the entire supernatural world in an uproar, Charley has her hands full. If she can manage to take care of the whole world-destroying-gods thing, we're saved. If not, well...
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Jones's writing is so freaking brilliant. I cannot believe that an author can whittle me down so hard then build me back up so fantastically. It's amazing!
Okay so halfway through this book I was ready to take a break from it because it reintroduced a motif that ran through the entire series that I didn't particularly care for. Basically, the fact that in every single book there's always a lack of communication between Reyes and Charley. There's always too many secrets and it was really starting to tear me down in the sense that I wanted a break if the book series was going to continue on this way. But oh, what a surprise I was in for! Once I decided to stop being a coward and keep reading the second half of the book, I was able to see the deviousness behind Darynda Jones and her amazing writing skills.
There was a second thing that really fascinated me about this book and that was the character development. No doubt it goes hand-in-hand with what I mentioned before but Charley was almost like a–should I dare say it?–an adult in this book. She didn't lose any of her quirks–thank god–but even Reyes was proud of her. She was able to be objective about certain things that involved the people closest to her while not losing any of her fiery passion. She's able to see the consequences of her actions and either face them and apologize when she's in the wrong or fight for what she believes in and confront the risks.
Reyes grew a lot as well because he's able to open himself up and express his insecurities. For lack of a better word, it shows the humanity in him and the utter depths of his soul that have nothing to do with his hellish background but how he was able to rise up from the ashes, so to speak.
Overall, another awesome installment in a wonderful series.
(Can someone tell me if there's a blog out there that's collected all the little quotes that are posted at the beginning of every chapter? I'd love to revisit the ones from past books because they just keep getting better and better.)
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13 primary books21 released booksCharley Davidson is a 21-book series with 13 primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Darynda Jones.
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