Your Urban Fantasy Book Collection: Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
We recently reviewed the first book “Dime Store Magic” and the second book “Industrial Magic” in the Paige Winterbourne urban fantasy series. Let’s look at the third book in the series titled “Haunted.”
Key Points
This book focuses on Savannah’s dead mother, Eve Levine. Eve was a powerful witch that practiced black magic and as such was ostracized by other witches. Eve is causing trouble in the afterlife by constantly attempting to cross back over to make contact with either Paige or her daughter. The 3 fates, who not only determine when someone dies but also controls the afterlife, are not amused but see an opportunity to send Eve on a mission that will utilize her talents. Eve agrees to this because the fates did her a big favor in the previous book. However, he end goal is to get enough leveraging power to convince the fates to send her back to present day life.
As you’ve probably discerned, this book spends a lot of time exploring the afterlife that Eve inhabits. The world building is superb and helps move the story along. Although Paige, Lucas, and Savannah have significant roles in this book Kelley Armstrong introduces new characters like a demon living in a castle and an angel that likes reading celebrity magazines.
This book is the most action-packed of the three in the series. It’s also the most funny. Urban fantasy readers will find the book to be thoroughly enjoyable.
Interested? Get Haunted. It will be a great addition to your collection.
See also: Fantasy Stories Worth Reading: For a Few Demons More
[...] See also: Fantasy Book Quickie: Haunted by Kelley Armstrong [...]
[...] Haunted by Kelley Armstrong, Narrated by Laural Merlington Smart-mouthed Eve Levine, a witch with a reputation for breaking the rules, may be dead, but as she proves in this overstuffed paranormal romance (a follow-up to Industrial Magic), she can still raise hell in the hereafter—which, in this case, is a curiously ordinary dimension in which ghosts like Eve and her also deceased former lover, a sorcerer named Kris, can bicker, have sex and use their paranormal powers. The Fates, three elusive sisters, are the rulers of this otherworldly dimension, and they have a job for Eve. If she can defeat a demonic Nix who’s wreaking havoc in the human realm by inducing people to kill, she’ll earn her wings—literally. The catch: she can’t capture the Nix without the powers that angelhood affords. Eve surmounts this hurdle by teaming up with a hunky and humanlike angel named Trsiel, but her quest, which is fraught with obstacles as well as distractions, is lengthy and quite challenging. Those who appreciate heroines with a good measure of spunk, sass and strong-arm savvy will find this a fun read. Read our review of Haunted by Kelley Armstrong. [...]