Wednesday 19 August 2009

URBAN FANTASY REVIEW: Living with the Dead - Kelley Armstrong


BOOK BLURB:

Robyn Peltier has always lived a normal life. So when her boss is murdered and she is named prime suspect, she is way out of her depth. As the bodies pile up only her friend Hope, and Hope’s somewhat spooky boyfriend Karl, are on her side.

Hope, meanwhile, has a few secrets of her own. Namely that she is half-demon, and her ‘spooky’ boyfriend is actually a werewolf. Hope also knows that Robyn has accidentally stumbled into a bloody supernatural turf war. And the only way she can keep her friend alive is by letting her enter a world she’s safer knowing nothing about . . .


REVIEW:

As a long standing fan of Kelley's work I always love it when a new book lands. For this reason I tend to get to it fairly quick. Yet to be honest after the wonder of Personal Demon I felt that this one was a little half hearted. Why?

Well for a book we followed a "normal" human about and it really did feel like it dragged, the suspense for me was missing, the principle protagonist uninteresting and whilst the cast from the previous novel made an appearance it really didn't do enough to save the book. Especially when there’s a precog that takes a lot of the mystery and hunting skills out of the equation. Its a great shame to be honest and I just hope that with two other series on the go that Kelley isn't taking up too much of her time and limiting how long she has for each project to their detriment.

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