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The Vengeful Dead (2011)

by J.N. Duncan(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0758255640 (ISBN13: 9780758255648)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Kensington

series

Jackie Rutledge

review 1: Gore at the beginning and edge-of-your-seat anxiety at the end makes this a NON-bedtime story. STILL, it was a fun read. I love the characters, corporeal, ethereal, or vampireal who are a mixture of them all. And how evil is it to include a section of the next book in the series? Now I can hardly wait to get into that one!Great job, J. N. Duncan! You have turned a reading-wimp into vampire of bloody novels!
review 2: Jackie is a FBI agent who is recovering from her partner’s death. If recovering wasn’t enough she soon finds out that she has paranormal abilities. Meanwhile, a ghost is on a murder spree that Jackie gets wrapped up in. The dead are very vengeful in this book. The scenes of murder are harsh and bloody. I have to give it props for the murder sce... morenes. They are awful in the best ways. If you do not have a strong constitution, this might not be for you. Jackie also swears a lot, but it is feels like a part of her character, so it really didn’t bug me. This is the second book in the series, and it started slow for me. I didn’t understand the relationships between the characters at first. This might not have been a problem if I had read the first book. It starts with a murder, and then the reader sees Jackie. She is wallowing after her partner’s death. While that seems very natural, everyone around her is throwing out the counseling card, and telling her that she needs help. Her needing ‘help’ got very annoying, very fast. Nick and Shelby, the paranormal investigator/vampires, work along with the FBI on cases. They find that a string of murders might be caused by a ghost. Nick and Shelby have a past with Jackie, and were around when her partner was killed. They want to help Jackie, so Nick invites her to come to a crime scene with him. This is when they discover her new powers. Instead of taking her mind off how sad she is her new powers only make her depression worse.Realistically I got to thinking about this. I don’t think anyone would okay her going to a crime scene while she was on leave, or chained to her desk with paper work. This fact is kind of waved away in the story, which bugged me a little. There are a few more eyebrow lifting moments, especially her new partner’s reactions. There is a romantic sub-plot between Jackie and Nick, but it doesn’t rate very high on the steam meter. It more seems like a relationship that will grow throughout the series, which is something I do enjoy. Because I didn’t read the first one, I might have jumped in on them at the wrong time, because I wasn’t really feeling it. I just didn’t have any true feel of chemistry between them. The main action is left out until the end. I wasn’t a fan of the buildup and thought Jackie’s wallowing was a bit much, but enjoyed some of the details. If it had been focused more on the rampaging dead, and not so much on the struggling-to-accept Jackie, I would have enjoyed it more. That might not have been true if I had read the first book. This is a paranormal crime story with lots of dirty words, ghosts, and drinking so much coffee - it is a wonder nobody’s heart exploded.-Beth (Guest Reviewer) less

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