I'm pretty disappointed in this book. I want to start out by saying that I loved this series. Charley and the gang always made me laugh, had great adventures, and her and Reyes were hot! But then came book seven, I felt like the story line took a hard left turn without warning. I hated it, raged about it, even called up my friends, that are fellow fans, and cried to them. And book eight came out, I felt vindicated, total redemption! Characters were back to their crazy, snarky, entertaining selve...

My Blog Melissa Martin's Reading ListSigh......I really loved the first book but I didn't like this one :-(I read the first book and I loved it. I loved Charley and her snark and all of her friends and most definitely Reyes! I do own some of the other books, but I haven't read them as yet. This one book is not going to change me from going back and reading the prior books since I did love the first one. Charley has amnesia and going by the name of Janey Doerr. Something terrible happened in the

This series is unfortunately a bit hit or miss for this reader. I love the paranormal elements and the unique pairing that dominates but just sometimes I find myself rolling my eyes. This book follows on from the tragic events that kind of messed with not only readers minds but that of the heroine as well! Charlie has lost her memory and now we catch up with her working in a diner and calling herself Janey. Janey quickly realises that she is not quite like other folks ( I mean seeing dead people...

i am not humanly capable of waiting this long.... after that power packed finale of the 8th book.. dear god, save me. oh i love ms jones. this new arc to the series has me up in knots. this is going to be so very very awesome... i have never read a story so beautifully evolved as charley davidson. i can't wait to meet the royal baby again in this one..or ... see the love story unfold all over again...and .. most importantly... this might be a little far away in the future still.. i can't wait to...

Reviewed by: Rabid Reads.The pacing of this series has been gaining speed with every new installment, so although I did find myself wishing that Darynda Jones would just get on with it already, overall I enjoyed the breather that THE DIRT ON NINTH GRADE provided. Also, what reader hasn’t wished for the power to turn back the clock, and re-discover their favourite characters all over again? This book allowed fans to do exactly that, well until the ending catapulted us into an oh-shit free fall th...

With no memory and no real life outside of work, Jane struggles to understand this world and the other that no one else seems to see. She feels a sense of deep loss and as if she tries hard enough she can get a glimmer of what she seems to have lost. Jane also has a drive/compulsion to help people. Something within that makes her want to lend a helping had and fix a wrong.You can read the blurb for a more, but my review from this point on is going to be soley based on my emotions after reading T...

Felling silent for now, waiting for # 10Bittersweet.Charlie, was so lost in this book, but still held her sense of humor and care for others. In the last book she lost so much, it is amazing that she is still alive. She feels alone but the strangers around her are not who she thinks they are. She is never truly alone. My heart broke for her, Reyes, Cookie and her family. Charlie is one of my favorite characters it's hard watching her suffer. it had to be done, she had to walk through the dark to...

I struggled a bit with how the gang kept Charlie in the dark in this book. I won't mention anymore due to spoilers but I wish they had handled her dilemma differently. Despite that, I still very much enjoyed this book and I liked how Charley came back to herself even if it was sad. While Charley wasn't herself, a part of her still was. She got herself in all kinds of trouble trying to help people and still solved cases that were pretty exciting. There seemed to be a lot in this book.-a store own...

3.5 Welcome back Reyes stars Je t’ai aimée pendant mille et un. –R. I’ve loved you for a thousand and one. –R. Have you ever been reading a long running series and thought…’This might be it. This might be when I need to break up with you. Maybe it’s me, but no…I think it is probably you.’ I felt that way after Eighth Grave After Dark. The entire baby drama and some of the silliness that happened (I fell into a well and had a baby) and uber lovey dovey Reyes *barf* and plot hole issues...

If there's one thing Darynda Jones knows better than pretty much everyone else, it's how to keep a series fresh and exciting through more pages than one can count. Charley Davidson never gets old (no, really, she's more or less immortal), she never gets tired (supernatural beinh, duh), and she never gets bored… or boring, for that matter. There are very few series I love more at this point and I don't see that changing any time soon. We’ve reached a long awaited culmination in Eighth Grave a

Spoilers-Another filler book, there was no need for the Charley getting amnesia plot, it didn't serve any purpose, all it did was drag things out. -Charley's amnesia was plain boring to read, her trying to figure out who she was and who Cookie/Reyes/etc were and generally being clueless was beyond tiresome. It might have been interesting if I was as clueless as she was as that would have added mystery, but I already knew everything so Charley clumsily wondering what was going on was nothing but

After the doozy of the prior book, it's not so surprising that Charley needed to hit the reset button. OR that Darynda had to hit the reset button.This is a light-ish UF even though we deal with the dead and ghosts wanting to get closure and Satan's son is a big squeeze, etc., but when you tip over into the OP category, there has to be some kind of counterbalance.As long as I don't come across THIS particular counterbalance *coughamnesiacough* too often in my reading, I let it slide because it I...

"Je t'ai aimée pendant mille et un." -R. Guess what he said? :D (view spoiler)["I've loved you for a thousand and one." -R. He told her this in French!!! (hide spoiler)] *swoooon*3.5 Stars.. This might be my least favorite of this series, but I still love Reyes and Charley to piece.. I can't bring myself to give high stars for the story because it is not much interesting to me. ( The fun part? like it come at near very end! ) But still, I also can't help myself to give 0.5 stars, just because

3.5-4 Stars. The Charley Davidson series is one of my favorite urban fantasy/paranormal romances out there. Darynda Jones’ humor had me laughing out loud most of the book! She writes Charley with a sort of slapstick humor and her sidekick, Cookie is on the same hilarious, A.D.D. wavelength! The run of comedy has me snorting and giggling, enough to get some odd glances from anyone around, (something to keep in mind if you read in public) and so sometimes when things get very dire it’s almost a sh...

I have mixed feelings about this volume. The premise here is that Charley has landed across the country in New York state with amnesia. Her tight-knit group of friends/family determine that they need to surround her to keep her safe, but that it's of the utmost importance that she finds her memories on her own. I found it a bit confusing at times, and there were just some aspects I just could not suspend disbelief over. Yes, I am perfectly capable of accepting the fact that Charley is the grim r...

Oh, she's back, baby! Kind of... well, she doesn't know who she is, or what she is, but she is still Charley to the core. "you're not what you think you are," he said."Yes, I know what I am.""You - you do?""I'm a time traveler...What are you?""I'm part of an interdimensional time investigation unit.""Shut the fuck up. Are you for real?""No," he said with a snort. So close. Well, not really. But, she knows she sees dead people. She knows she loves coffee and a fellow waitress that is named Cook...

I received this book from Netgalley for my honest review.I can honestly say that I love Charley!!! She’s hilarious! Her inner musing make me laugh out loud in the most inappropriate moments! She’s the only heroine that I can forgive even if she’s doing stupid things!Anyhow, this book follows closely the last book in the series: Eighth Grave After Dark where we have left Charley in from of a diner with any clue of who she is. Are you ready for this? LOL… psssttt… don’t read the spoilers if you do...

After that crazy ending from the last book, I couldn't wait for this one! Reyes and Charley had an amazing event occur but the situation had to be handled a different way. No one was prepared for how Charley would react...or where she would end up!Trauma...it affects everyone differently and for Charley, that meant losing her memory. She thinks she's all alone in a new town without a penny to her name. Luckily, her love ones would never let that happen...especially Reyes! OMG...it was so hard to...

ARC received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I'm in love! Seriously, people, I'm gonna become Darynda Jones freaking stalker, because her books are to die for!!! I've waited so long for the new Reyes and Charley's book, it's not even funny. But now that I finally got to read this amazing and awesome story, it's all is forgiven and forgotten. That is of course only for the next few days. Then I'm going to star feeling all grouchy and miserable, because the wait for the next bo

Book Blog | BookstagramFiled Under: Amnesia is a bitch.I took a break from this series in order to catch up on some books that I owed reviews on, but since I was given the final book in the series through Netgalley, I’m back on the Charley Davidson bike, as it were. And I’m going to ride this son-of-a-bitch right to the finish line.The ending of #8 was a little bit of a cliffhanger, but more than that it was just a bummer. Actually, the whole book was a bit of a bummer for me. I didn’t like how