An Alex Craft Novel, Book 1
Roc
October 2010
978-0-451-4638-7
Urban Fantasy
Mass Market Paperback
Reviewed by Dawn
(love2read28@gmail.com)
Obtained by Self-Purchase
Obtained by Self-Purchase
Grave Witch Alex Craft, speaking to the dead is as normal as can be for her. She
just doesn’t have to like what they say half the time. When a routine job goes
south, Alex finds she is drawn into a murder investigation that reeks of dark
magic. But as Alex races to find the answers, she has to work with hunky
homicide detective Falin Andrews, who just has as many secrets as Alex and then
when an attempt is made on her life, Death seems to save her life. Now the race
is on because the danger is striking closer than Alex even imagines and she
finds herself not in just a battle for her life but also for her soul.
GRAVE WITCH is one wild ride from start to finish. With a heroine
who isn’t afraid to get down and dirty to two fascinating love interests, Falin
Andrews and Death himself. This is a new author for me to read I found their
first book in the Alex Craft series to be an entertaining ride from start to
finish. The characters are multi-dimensional, intriguing and quite life-like. I
enjoyed the different characters and they meshed well with one another. But the
main character, Alex, is one bad ass grave witch and one I fell in love with.
She has issues, who doesn’t, but she tries to do the best she can while trying
to solve cases for her clients as the best of her ability. What I really
enjoyed about Alex was how she just kept on chugging away, trying to get
answers to the myriad of questions that always seemed to pop out of nowhere and
try to stay one step ahead of the evil that was determined to make sure she
never solved the case. The author does a great job in creating a world where
you can’t help but think about visiting, filled w ith normal people and magical
people alike. What really set this first book apart from other first books in
series was there was a gradual procession of information around Alex being
given. There was no massive information dump at one time. That right there
cemented this series as a one to read for me. I like first books in series but
if an author does a major information dump through the whole book, it turns me
off in a flash. Ms. Price does it gradually and subtly, I found myself
intrigued even more by the spare moments where we got to see who Alex was and
why she was like this.
GRAVE WITCH is a fun, entertaining ride that will keep you spellbound from start to finish. With the right amount of mystery, sexual tension and more, the author delivers a slam dunk introduction into her Alex Craft series. If you enjoy kick-ass heroine who can wield grave magic, fight bad guys and it’s minions and figure out just what one love interest steals her heart, well then give GRAVE WITCH a try. I guarantee you won’t want to put it down.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement
GRAVE WITCH is a fun, entertaining ride that will keep you spellbound from start to finish. With the right amount of mystery, sexual tension and more, the author delivers a slam dunk introduction into her Alex Craft series. If you enjoy kick-ass heroine who can wield grave magic, fight bad guys and it’s minions and figure out just what one love interest steals her heart, well then give GRAVE WITCH a try. I guarantee you won’t want to put it down.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement
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