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The Prophet (Graveyard Queen #3)
by
Amanda Stevens (Goodreads Author)
My name is Amelia Gray.
I am the Graveyard Queen, a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. My father passed down four rules to keep me safe and I've broken every last one. A door has opened and evil wants me back.
In order to protect myself, I've vowed to return to those rules. But the ghost of a murdered cop needs my help to find his killer. The clues lead me to the dark side o...more
I am the Graveyard Queen, a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. My father passed down four rules to keep me safe and I've broken every last one. A door has opened and evil wants me back.
In order to protect myself, I've vowed to return to those rules. But the ghost of a murdered cop needs my help to find his killer. The clues lead me to the dark side o...more
Mass Market Paperback, 347 pages
Published
April 24th 2012
by Mira
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4.5
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Amelia is back in Charleston and trying her best to avoid Devlin. But it isn’t so easy to do when she thinks about him constantly. It doesn’t help that ghosts keep leading her to him.
His dead friend, nicknamed the Prophet, who we met in the first book, is calling the shots this time. He just wants to rest, but he thinks the fact that he doesn’t remember who his killer is might be why he can’t. He wants Amelia to figure out who killed hi...more
4.5
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Amelia is back in Charleston and trying her best to avoid Devlin. But it isn’t so easy to do when she thinks about him constantly. It doesn’t help that ghosts keep leading her to him.
His dead friend, nicknamed the Prophet, who we met in the first book, is calling the shots this time. He just wants to rest, but he thinks the fact that he doesn’t remember who his killer is might be why he can’t. He wants Amelia to figure out who killed hi...more
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Expected Release Date: April 24, 2012
Publisher: Harlequin
Imprint: Mira
Author’s Website: amandastevens.com
My Source for This Book: Netgalley
Part of a Series: Yes, Book 3, Graveyard Queen
Series Best Read In Order: Yes
Steam Level: Steamy
While I do feel that the Graveyard Queen series is best read in order, I’m not sure how much of that stems from my immense enjoyment of the series and how much of it is really the feeling t...more
Expected Release Date: April 24, 2012
Publisher: Harlequin
Imprint: Mira
Author’s Website: amandastevens.com
My Source for This Book: Netgalley
Part of a Series: Yes, Book 3, Graveyard Queen
Series Best Read In Order: Yes
Steam Level: Steamy
While I do feel that the Graveyard Queen series is best read in order, I’m not sure how much of that stems from my immense enjoyment of the series and how much of it is really the feeling t...more
Amanda Stevens really put me through the wringer with this third installment of her Graveyard Queen series. When we last saw Amelia, she was on her way back to Charleston to answer a summons for help from John Devlin. It's almost like The Kingdom was a "time-out" from the action of The Restorer in many ways.
But now Amelia is back in the thick of things. Back at the old cemetery where she was working before. Surrounded by the same ghosts. In love with the same man. With the same roadblocks. Only...more
But now Amelia is back in the thick of things. Back at the old cemetery where she was working before. Surrounded by the same ghosts. In love with the same man. With the same roadblocks. Only...more
*Genre* Mystery, Romance, Suspense
*Rating* 4
*Review*
Amelia Gray returns home to Charleston, South Carolina after her close brush with death in Asher Falls. She now understands that by breaking all of her father’s 4 rules, a huge price and consequences have been unleashed for which she now has no control.
Somehow she has opened a door which has allowed the others to come through and now she can no longer hide the truth about what she is, or what she is capable of doing, or even her own birth.
Rober...more
*Rating* 4
*Review*
Amelia Gray returns home to Charleston, South Carolina after her close brush with death in Asher Falls. She now understands that by breaking all of her father’s 4 rules, a huge price and consequences have been unleashed for which she now has no control.
Somehow she has opened a door which has allowed the others to come through and now she can no longer hide the truth about what she is, or what she is capable of doing, or even her own birth.
Rober...more
4+ Stars. I have so enjoyed this series. It's different from anything I've read in quite awhile. The series has ghosts in it; but it's not about ghosts. It's about the way these departed souls shape the lives of the characters in the books. I guess I would have to classify this series as a supernatural mystery with a paranormal element. It's so much more than just a ghost story.
Amelia is back in Charleston after the disastrous confrontation with her real family from the last book. She has had no...more
Amelia is back in Charleston after the disastrous confrontation with her real family from the last book. She has had no...more
The Prophet is a solid book, with all the elements that first drew me to this series. As always, these books are well written and have a added creep factor, without rising to a level of Horror. However, I do admit that it took me an inordinate amount of time to get through this particular book. The book has less of scary and creepy feel as the second book, The Kingdom, but a satisfying and somewhat final conclusion, made this a worthwhile read.
With Asher behind her, Amelia returns to her life in...more
With Asher behind her, Amelia returns to her life in...more
Stepping back into the creep-tastic world of the Graveyard Queen once again sent shivers down my spine! Every time I crack open one of Stevens' books I am immediately sucked into Amelia Gray’s world and do not emerge until I have read the last page. The Prophet brings us witchcraft, malevolent spirits, and a fascinating look at root doctors. Amanda Stevens has become an auto-buy author for me and this series is one of my personal favorites.
Amelia is back in Charleston, where synchronicity plays...more
Amelia is back in Charleston, where synchronicity plays...more
Book three in this beautiful, Gothic Paranormal Mystery series sees much more emphasis on character relationships this time around, and also on providing answers to the many questions raised in book one.
As you'll recall from The Restorer, the Prophet is actually a man named Robert Fremont. A police detective and former friend of John Devlin who was murdered on the same night John's wife and child died in a car accident. This story unravels the events of that night with some startling outcomes. A...more
As you'll recall from The Restorer, the Prophet is actually a man named Robert Fremont. A police detective and former friend of John Devlin who was murdered on the same night John's wife and child died in a car accident. This story unravels the events of that night with some startling outcomes. A...more
Well, well, well... I hear this is not the end of the series, but do we ever find out if there were some lasting effects of the gray powder and Amelia's foray to the other side? And what of Devlin's lasting effects? At last we get some closure in regard to Devlin and Amelia's "relationship" but I still feel like things are not settled completely between them. Lots of loose strings that need to be settled. I love these modern day Southern paranormal mysteries on audio, narrated by Khristine Hvam....more
Well, after three books, Amelia never did grow on me. Her voice is still stilted and over-dramatic, and she still occasionally falls into too-stupid-to-live. She's "powerful," but I still don't know why. Devlin is still completely cardboard, and completely lacking in the charm other reviewers seem to have found. The mystery here is allll over the place, with a zillion characters (some new ones, too, because there weren't enough before?), many which serve plainly as deus ex machina. Still scratch...more
Conclusion didn't really "conclude", it just left me with more questions and a sense of foreboding. Also, the last few pages seemed quite rushed and uncertain. I did like how all of the rules that Amelia used to abide by were thrown by the wayside. No more safe side for her.
This book was far darker than the previous two. Not only did it still have the ghosts, but there were many more elements introduced, mainly dark spells and perhaps a bit of magic. Not quite sure if that it the proper word fo...more
This book was far darker than the previous two. Not only did it still have the ghosts, but there were many more elements introduced, mainly dark spells and perhaps a bit of magic. Not quite sure if that it the proper word fo...more
I loved the first book, didn't really like the second book, but was hoping this one would be better. It wasn't. I didn't feel as invested in the characters and the plot as I did in the first one. I was hoping the second was just a fluke, but maybe the first one was. Devlin was back, but he isn't the same as the first book. Amelia is more whiny and says how she needs to follow her father's rules but then ignores them. She does this so much it makes me wonder why she even bothers bringing them up....more
I have read suspense books but nothing quite like the Graveyard Queen Series.
I inhaled the 3 books. I read them all in one day and getting to the end made me so frustrated that there isn't more. So many questions posed, some answered some still to come, I love the mystery
In book 1 we discover Amelia, she is a girl who can see ghosts but she is also a graveyard restorer. A murder victim is found out during one of her restorations in Charleston and she meets dark and dangerous detective Devlin who...more
I inhaled the 3 books. I read them all in one day and getting to the end made me so frustrated that there isn't more. So many questions posed, some answered some still to come, I love the mystery
In book 1 we discover Amelia, she is a girl who can see ghosts but she is also a graveyard restorer. A murder victim is found out during one of her restorations in Charleston and she meets dark and dangerous detective Devlin who...more
Real rating: 4,5 stars. My review first appeared here: http://www.iheartreading.net/book/boo...
I liked The Prophet a little less than The Kingdom. True, it ties everything nicely together, but it leaves too much loose ends for me to rate it a five-stars. It’s like the author deliberately wanted to leave a gap open so another book could be written in the series if she wanted to. Or maybe she wanted to maintain a sense of mystery at the end. Either way, I like my trilogies more nicely tied up, so...more
I liked The Prophet a little less than The Kingdom. True, it ties everything nicely together, but it leaves too much loose ends for me to rate it a five-stars. It’s like the author deliberately wanted to leave a gap open so another book could be written in the series if she wanted to. Or maybe she wanted to maintain a sense of mystery at the end. Either way, I like my trilogies more nicely tied up, so...more
This is the third book in the Graveyard Queen series. I liked this one much better than the last book, although I think the ending was a bit rushed. You are left hanging waiting for the next book, and while this is good for TV I'm not a fan of it in books.
Amelia has broken all the rules her father taught her when it comes to interacting with ghosts and now she is starting to question that decision. In the last book of this series she discovered her roots and why she may have these strange power...more
Amelia has broken all the rules her father taught her when it comes to interacting with ghosts and now she is starting to question that decision. In the last book of this series she discovered her roots and why she may have these strange power...more
This is book three and this series has become one of my most favorite series! I love Amanda's writing style and okay so I am a bit excited because the series is set in South Carolina where I am from but oh my gosh it's hard to eat sleep or anything else until I am done reading a book from this series and The Prophet was no different than the first two! They have the creep factor I love with just enough suspense to keep you wondering and enough plot to hold onto your attention!
The Prophet is not...more
The Prophet is not...more
After gobbling down books one and two, I began The Prophet with a mixture of anticipation and apprehension. There are three more books planned for the Graveyard Queen books, but they won't be out for a while. I don't even think they have publication dates yet. I knew that The Prophet was going to have to sustain me for a loooong time, and I was a nervous wreck that it would leave me as yearning as I was after reaching the end of The Restorer and The Kingdom. I was both right and wrong on these f...more
Love this series! It's darkly original and creepy, with twists and turns that kept me reading late into the night holding my breath. In Amelia Gray's world, ghosts are parasitic energy-suckers, haunting the living by leeching their warmth and energy until they are shells of their former selves. Amelia has spent her whole life following her father's rules for avoiding contact, but falling in love with a haunted police detective has exposed her to the ghosts of his sad daughter and vengeful wife,...more
Jun 28, 2012
Rebecca
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I was really looking forward to reading this one after reading the second book in the series and while this one didn’t have as many really creepy parts as the second one it was still really good in its own way.
From page one I was hooked into the story. I sat down for an entire day and read this book, there’s always something happening and so you just have to keep reading to find out what is going to happen next.
I did find there were a lot of holes in the story. Some mysterious things happened bu...more
From page one I was hooked into the story. I sat down for an entire day and read this book, there’s always something happening and so you just have to keep reading to find out what is going to happen next.
I did find there were a lot of holes in the story. Some mysterious things happened bu...more
The Prophet is the third book in Steven's Graveyard Queen series. This one takes off pretty much right after the second book when Amelia returns to Charleston after learning about her mysterious heritage. Amelia has returned to Charleston in order to deal with the ghosts that are haunting her; she has to help them move on in order to stop them from clinging to her. At the same time Amelia finds herself embroiled in detective Devlin's investigation into a mysterious man who is connected to Devlin...more
The first book - The Restorer, I loved. The second book – The Kingdom, I could not get through quick enough. The third book, The Prophet, I kept putting it down and reading other books in its place. The book was slow and sluggish from the start and never picked up for me. The very end, and I mean the last 2 percent of the book, had a nice twist and it will be interesting to see where Amanda Stevens goes with this bit of information, but overall, the book did not hold the interest and suspense th...more
I love Amanda Stevens' Graveyard Queen series, and this third installment did not disappoint. "Prophet" finds Amelia Gray, graveyard restorer and ghost magnet, dealing with the consequences of breaking all the rules her father taught her to stay safe - never acknowledge ghosts, never date a haunted man. The tricky thing is that staying safe by not taking action means she will lose the man she loves (Devlin) to his ghosts. Even beyond that, Amelia wonders how making the safe choice conflicts with...more
*SOME SPOILERS*
The eye rolling moments continued as Amelia kept up with her TSTL actions. The mystery was still there and it kept me going but I could not ignore Amelia's grating personality, her annoying, repetitive inner dialogues, and her inactions when it mattered.
Devlin's character, who I had found captivating and alluring in the first book, turned out flat and unappealing in The Prophet. I kept wishing that Thane would make an appearance. It made me wonder again what was the point of The...more
The eye rolling moments continued as Amelia kept up with her TSTL actions. The mystery was still there and it kept me going but I could not ignore Amelia's grating personality, her annoying, repetitive inner dialogues, and her inactions when it mattered.
Devlin's character, who I had found captivating and alluring in the first book, turned out flat and unappealing in The Prophet. I kept wishing that Thane would make an appearance. It made me wonder again what was the point of The...more
3 STARS
This is the third book in the series. I have read the second and now this one.
Parts of the story I got lost in and understand it all. Which could be because I did not read the first one.
Amelia Gray restores cematarys and sees ghosts. She has pretended not to let them know she can see them or react to them. Her father warned her to never react to them. But the first book she did something that changed the rules on her.
She fell for Devlin in first book but all of the ghosts around him drain...more
This is the third book in the series. I have read the second and now this one.
Parts of the story I got lost in and understand it all. Which could be because I did not read the first one.
Amelia Gray restores cematarys and sees ghosts. She has pretended not to let them know she can see them or react to them. Her father warned her to never react to them. But the first book she did something that changed the rules on her.
She fell for Devlin in first book but all of the ghosts around him drain...more
Amelia returns to Charleston to tie up her loose ends after her ordeal in Asher Falls. She needs to settle with Devlin, she needs to do something about Marianna and Shanni but before she can do that she has to help Devlin's dead partner (Fremont) figure out who murdered him.
After years of following her father's advice Amelia finally goes all in to straighten everything out.
I did not find this one as atmospherically creepy as the others. Yet, this installment of the trilogy was a bit more action-...more
After years of following her father's advice Amelia finally goes all in to straighten everything out.
I did not find this one as atmospherically creepy as the others. Yet, this installment of the trilogy was a bit more action-...more
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Oct 05, 2012
Ioana
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Oh, Stevens, why do you do this to me? Have I not been a huge fan of your writing? Have I not declared you one of my favorite UF writers? What did I do to deserve this? *sigh*
Weakest book in the series, this one. Even though the writing was consistent with the previous installments, just as beautiful and evocative, the plot developed at such a snail pace! It didn’t keep me as engaged as The Kingdom did and the only real surprise, for me, came at the very end of the book. A nice twist, sadly, too...more
Weakest book in the series, this one. Even though the writing was consistent with the previous installments, just as beautiful and evocative, the plot developed at such a snail pace! It didn’t keep me as engaged as The Kingdom did and the only real surprise, for me, came at the very end of the book. A nice twist, sadly, too...more
THE PROPHET (The Graveyard Queen #3) by Amanda Stevens
From Amanda’s website:
Never acknowledge the dead.
Never stray far from hallowed ground.
Never associate with those who are haunted.
Never, ever tempt fate.
My name is Amelia Gray. I am a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. In order to protect myself from the parasitic nature of the dead, I’ve always held fast to the rules passed down from my father.
THE PROPHET is the third instalment in The Graveyard Queen paranormal series by Amanda Stevens. Am...more
This third book in the Graveyard Queen series was filled with the same Gothic creepiness that infused the first two volumes. If you haven't read the first two books in the series, you might want to stop reading now and quickly find yourself copies of The Restorer and The Kingdom because this story begins shortly after the events of The Kingdom.
Amelia is back in Charleston. She quickly gets back involved in the life of John Devlin. John is a Charleston police detective that she met during The Res...more
Amelia is back in Charleston. She quickly gets back involved in the life of John Devlin. John is a Charleston police detective that she met during The Res...more
Okay now that I have finished The Prophet, I can confidently say that this really is the AWESOMEST series ever! I get that dark and scary stuff isn't for everyone, but it is for me. I was spellbound. Amanda Stevens had me eating her up her words yet again in The Prophet.
I'll admit, The Prophet isn't as creepy as The Kingdom but it was still pretty good. I wasn't really a fan of Devlin in The Restorer and I guess that's why I liked Thane Asher in the previous book. However, Amanda Stevens gives...more
I'll admit, The Prophet isn't as creepy as The Kingdom but it was still pretty good. I wasn't really a fan of Devlin in The Restorer and I guess that's why I liked Thane Asher in the previous book. However, Amanda Stevens gives...more
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Amanda Stevens was born and raised in the foothills of the Ozarks, an area known for its folklore and superstition. She learned from an early age to fear black cats, ladders, and broken mirrors. A risk taker, she now resides with all three. She is also the mother of twins, a wannabe taphophile, and a collector of all things Alfred Hitchcock. When she’s not writing from her home in Houston, she lik...more
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