Give Up the Ghost
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The bigger they are, the harder they maul. Immortal not-ghost Wes Cooper and his vampire partner, Hudson Rojas, have it all—rewarding private investigation work, great friends and, most important, a love that’s endured. But ever since Wes sent a demon screaming back to the beyond, his abilities have grown overpowering and overwhelming. He’s hiding the fact that he’s losing control the best he can, but it’s hard to keep anything a secret for long when your partner’s a former cop…and especially when your partner’s a former cop who wants to move in together. When all hell literally breaks loose in Toronto and superstrength ghosts are unleashed on Wes and his friends, he and Hudson are thrown into a case unlike any they’ve seen before. To save the city, Wes needs to harness his new power…and find some answers. But when he gets them, the solution to fix it all could mean losing everything. Not Dead Yet Book 1: Not Dead Yet Book 2: Give Up the Ghost Book 3: Graveyard Shift Ashes and Dust Book 1: All Fired Up Book 2: House on Fire Book 3: Out of the Ashes Chaos Station by Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen Book 1: Chaos Station Book 2: Lonely Shore Book 3: Skip Trace Book 4: Inversion Point Book 5: Phase Shift
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3 primary books#2 in Not Dead Yet
Not Dead Yet is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Jenn Burke.
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I think Jenn Burke is onto a good thing here, as Give Up the Ghost feels like a marked improvement on [b:Not Dead Yet 41435160 Not Dead Yet (Not Dead Yet #1) Jenn Burke https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1541418561s/41435160.jpg 64662177], the first book in the series. Although it contains one of my least favorite tropes, MC Keeps Secret From Lover Because Reasons, the world building is imaginative, the romance is sweet/hot (once the Secret was revealed about a third of the way in), and the secondary characters provide richness and depth. Personally, I think baby vampire Evan is stealing the show, and I hope the author gives him a love story of his own. And I'm also partial to business partner Iskander, largely because I'm primed from Jordan Hawk's [b:Widdershins 16128152 Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin, #1) Jordan L. Hawk https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1352121658s/16128152.jpg 21952704] series to be partial to any character by that name. Wes is not always an easy MC to love - he's sometimes selfish and of course there's that aforementioned secretiveness - but he wants to help the people (alive and dead) he encounters, and he is learning to deal with a whole new set of powers that emerged at the end of book #1. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the action from Hudson's POV; at times he seemed to get a little lost in the shuffle, especially when another member of Wes' found family is endangered, and I want to see his own struggles to come to terms with the new roles he's taken on from a closer vantage point. But overall, this was a page-turning installment in what I hope will be a continuing series. The last few chapters especially brought a lump to my throat and then a happy relieved sigh. ARC received from Net Galley in exchange for honest review.
