Seventh Grave and No Body

Darynda Jones

2014 • 322 pages

Ratings24

Average rating4.2

The New York Times bestseller from Darynda Jones, Seventh Grave and No Body, puts Charley Davidson in the line of more fires than she may be able to handle... Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out the jugular of Charley Davidson and serve her lifeless, mangled body to Satan for dinner. So there's that. But Charley has more on her plate than a mob of testy hellhounds. For one thing, her father has disappeared, and the more she retraces his last steps, the more she learns he was conducting an investigation of his own, one that has Charley questioning everything she's ever known about him. Add to that an ex-BFF who is haunting her night and day, a rash of suicides that has authorities baffled, and a drop-dead sexy fiancé who has attracted the attentions of a local celebrity, and Charley is not having the best week of her life. But all of that combined barely scratches the surface of her problems. Recent developments—and a few distressing prophesies—have forced her to become a responsible adult. Exactly the kind of adult she's never aspired to be. To conquer such a monumental task, she's decided to start small. Really small. She gets a pet. But how can she save the world against the forces of evil when she can't even keep a goldfish alive? A tad north of hell, a hop, skip, and a jump past the realm of eternity, is a little place called Earth, and Charley Davidson, grim reaper extraordinaire, is determined to do everything in her power to protect it. We're doomed.

Genre

Urban Fantasy

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Series

13 primary books21 released books

#7 in Charley Davidson

Charley Davidson is a 21-book series with 13 released primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Darynda Jones.

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Hikarujen

Ohhhhhhhhh Charley. And Reyes. This book was very fun. Charley and Reyes have some interesting communication problems to overcome. Ya know, with Charley being all pregnant and stuff, which you find out at the beginning of the book, no spoilers here. And the 12 hellhounds are after her, which apparently are bigger than normal hellhounds, so Reyes insists on being her sexy bodyguard.

The chemistry is great, the action is great. This is a great book. I keep thinking I am going to get tired of this series, and boom, the next installment just keeps me interested.

We find out more about Charley's celestial being! Not a lot, but its enough. And she is really starting to come into her powers. There are more appearances from Rocket and Strawberry Shortcake, and obviously there is Ubie, Cookie, and Amber. And there is a really funny scene where Amber is asking about grown up things and Charley gets a little flustered.

Yep, another great installment.

August 26, 2017

Lili V

This was such a satisfying installment in the series. I can't get enough of Charley and her humor. I love the author's writing especially because she knows how to manipulate words and make them her bitch.

Only thing that was a little off to me were the multiple cases that Charley was working on. There were too many for any one of them to be memorable; as is true for the other books as well. While sometimes the pacing may be off, the writing more than makes up for it. In this book especially, I appreciated the fact that the author gave us more background about Charley godly powers. I love her bad-ass-ness.

SPOILER AHEAD

Can't wait to see how she handles living in a convent and her new married life. Also, how she handles her father's death, which I totally saw coming. Mostly.

February 19, 2015