Wednesday Reads and Happy Thanksgiving

Thank you for all the condolences. It was much appreciated. Someday I might be able to write more about my dad without getting teary-eyed. Or AS teary-eyed. Yeah, that’s probably more like it.

Here’s what I read the past week:

Book #59

Dates read: November 15-20
Title: “The Trouble with Twelfth Grave”
Year of publication: 2017
Author: Darynda Jones
Genre: Urban fantasy
Series: Charley Davidson #12
# of Pages: 289
Paper or plastic: Hard back
How obtained: Purchased
Blurb from book: Ever since Reyes Farrow escaped from a hell dimension in which Charley Davidson accidentally trapped him, the son of Satan has been brimstone-bent on destroying the world his heavenly Brother created. His volatile tendencies have put Charley in a bit of a pickle, but that’s not the only briny vegetable on her plate. While trying to domesticate the feral being that used to be her husband, she also has to deal with her everyday job of annoying all manner of beings—some corporeal, some not so much—as she struggles to right the wrongs of society. Only this time she’s not uncovering a murder. This time she’s covering one up.
   Add to that her new occupation of keeping a startup PI venture—the indomitable mystery-solving team of Amber Kowalski and Quentin Rutherford—out of trouble and dealing with the Vatican’s inquiries into her beloved daughter, and Charley is on the brink of throwing in the towel and becoming a professional shopper. Or possibly a live mannequin. But when someone starts attacking humans who are sensitive to the supernatural world, Charley knows it’s time to let loose her razor-sharp claws. Then again, her number-one suspect is the dark entity she’s loved for centuries. So the question is, can she tame the unruly beast before it destroys everything she’s worked so hard to protect?
My thoughts: Darynda ended this book on a cliff hanger (grrr), but she’s done it enough times that I’m not all that surprised. Still irritated, but not surprised. Let’s just say, I’m invested in this series enough to forgive her. A little. I just hate that I have to wait so gosh darn long for the next book to come out. But I love this series, I really do. Charley is funny and Reyes is…Reyes, even when he’s not. It’ll be a sad day for me when the series really does end, which I recently learned is the next one (#13). Boo hoo!

For all of you who celebrate: Happy Thanksgiving. Got any plans for the big turkey day? We’ll be spending it with my friends in Columbus. I’ll be gobbling up her food for sure. Can’t wait!

Happy Reading!

Stacy