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Jan 20, 2011

Rane rated it:

It’s a semi- well known fact that am not a huge fan of PNR, after years of reading the genre, I’ve grown tried of the emo-vampires and the pet werewolves. So am pretty picky on what I read when it comes to PNR. When I came across The Grave Witch I liked the few pages I read, and was quickly immersed in the world Kalayna Price created, from witches to fae, bodysnatcher to a cat gargoyle named Fred This book had me on my toes with a race to the last page..

Seventy years ago, the F More...

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Feb 05, 2012

Amy or "Ames" rated it:

This one came highly rated by friends and after seeing it constantly mentioned I decided it must be worth a try. I can say I was completely engrossed and entertained by Alex and Falin's relationship although I am surprised he wanted to stick around. That's my positives. It really says something when the highlights of a book can be summed up in only a couple of lines.

The quirky yet distinctive opener, followed by some intriguing action (Death saved a life -why, and is that allowed?) c More...

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Nov 14, 2010

Kat rated it:

I really, really wanted to give this book four stars. I thought Alex was kind of interesting and funny and the Fae lore was a little different and the prophecy was at least inventive and creative on behalf of the author. The meshing of the ghosts and fae and all that gave a different twist to the usual tale.

I suppose the only reason this book lost stars was because Death started so very cool. Black tee, jeans, mysterious, badass. Then he ended up all emotional in the end and really, when you More...

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Jan 20, 2011

Rhonda rated it:

I was really excited to read this book, and I wanted to love it. I really didn't develop a connection with the characters, however I liked the story/plot, But I found the dialogue exhausting at times, just talking, talking and alot of doing nothing. To me the author spent too much detail on the magic and not enough time developing the characters. I need to have feelings for my characters!! And not enough action.

But hey, this is just me.

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Jun 18, 2011

Maja rated it:

When I chose Grave Witch from my to-read list, I did it with a severe lack of enthusiasm. You see, I just finished two (great) Charlie Madigan books, so any book I chose to read next would have to overcome an automatic disadvantage.
The truth is, while I admit I was still under Charlie’s influence, I don’t think I would have liked Alex anyway. She doesn’t possess the depths of a real person, and I had the impression that she doesn’t know herself all that well. She is a lost puppy by More...

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Jun 21, 2011

Kt from A Book Obsession.. rated it:

Meet Alex Craft, a grave witch, someone who not only can speak to the dead, but bridge the chasm between life and death as well. Against her better judgment she agrees to help her sister even though Alex's family disowned her a long time ago. However, nothing is as it seems, and she quickly finds herself as a target in a nefarious plot. To complicate matters further, she gets completely tangled up with the new detective who really isn't what he seems. She must quickly unravel the mystery or she More...

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Oct 03, 2011

Felicia rated it:

VERY rarely do I pick up a book and stay up until 2am reading so that I feel gross and tired all day the next day and I don't regret it one bit. This book did that to me last night, so yay I think? :)

I pick up EVERY urban fantasy novel lately with huge skepticism, because it's like someone wrote a how-to book everyone uses called "how to mix vampires and werewolves and sassy heroines together! Watch them make out too!" I mean, SO formulaic. That's why it's really tough for More...

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May 19, 2011

Emily rated it:

This book was pretty good on the whole, especially when you compare it to some of the other urban fantasy books that I've had the misfortune of reading recently. The genre's taken me all over the place in the last few months: I've been addicted, annoyed, disappointed, I've laughed, I've cried, I've ranted and I've recommended. At the very least, Kalayna Price gave me a real urban fantasy story instead of the typical Twilight-style "I'm-so-obsessed-with-you-if-you-leave-me-I'll-die" kin More...

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Oct 21, 2010

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Jan 03, 2011

Diane ~Firefly~ rated it:

Enjoyable debut to a new series. Alex is a PI and can raise shades from the dead. She's a loner with a good group of friends (a cop, a lawyer, a medical examiner and her landlord) and a "cute" Chinese Crested dog. After someone tries to kill her, she ends up working with the new cop, Falin, and trying to stay alive long enough to solve the case.

What I liked:
* PC, the dog. He was adorable (and I have a soft spot for dogs).
* Death.
* The surprise at the end.
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Aug 12, 2011

Flail rated it:

Overall Grave Witch, by Kalayna Price was 'okay', I liked it enough for 3 stars, but just barely.

It has all the elements of a good UF, and doesn't even cross the 'too much romance line' into PNR. I say that because her 'romantic' life isn't all tied up in a pretty bow as a HEA, even though the bad guy of the main conflict is brought to justice. The pacing in the romantic tension was off for me. I found it annoying that there was such an immediate love triangle set up. Death could h More...

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Feb 05, 2012

Seanean rated it:

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Alex Craft is a "magic eye" (though she hates that term). She's a private investigator who uses her grave sight power as a witch to call up the memories of the dead and get them to pass information on to the living.

She's got an important case coming up, which is good because she's completely out of cash and needs the money. The person who hired her is her younger sister who she never sees, and the dead guy is the now-dead More...

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Jan 30, 2012

Veronica G. rated it:

I really enjoyed this book. It was somewhat reminiscent of Kim Harrison's The Hollows series so that may have allowed me to settle into this world quicker than usual but that's not a bad thing. In fact, I think Alex Craft, the heroine in Kalayna Price's Grave Witch would get along splendidly with Rachel Morgan.

Grave Witch takes place in a world that is 70 years out from the Magical Awakening, when the Fae announced their existence to the world. And there are all manner of fae, f More...

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Jan 21, 2012

Richard rated it:

A very solid book by Kalayna Pierce.

The main character, Alex Craft, is a witch with a specialty in grave magic. She runs her own detective agency (with the 'broke PI' trope) and helps out on the occasional murder case. She gets pulled into the main story when her sister asks for help investigating the death of a Governor.

The mystery plot itself wasn't hugely surprising. However, this book earned 5 stars from me because so many other things went right.

The first th More...

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Jan 01, 2012

Mei-Lu rated it:

Grave Witch is exactly the kind of book that I’d once have shied away from buying. I’d have been as embarrassed as a teenager buying condoms or porn by the cover. The idea that anyone would see me buying or reading a book with a scantily clad woman on its cover would have filled me with dread. Luckily, I now have a Kindle and since buying myself one, I have literally glutted myself on light-hearted, romantic, urban paranormal. If you’ve seen an episode of True Blood you know the formula for More...

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Aug 22, 2011

Bell rated it:

This was a pleasant surprise. I really liked this. It had sat on a to-read shelf of UF books someone had recommended, a shelf that was starting to look like it would never get read, because a few of the other books on that shelf had turned out to be duds. Also, the cover was pretty stupid looking.

But it turned out to have an interesting, elaborate but coherent fantasy world that was revealed slowly enough to keep pace with the action, not in jarring, infodumpy passages like anothe More...

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Aug 08, 2011

Amanda rated it:

Price has obviously read the greats of her genre and stands on their shoulders. She knows where to hit with the drama, knows just when the reader is getting a little too relaxed, and hits with the action. This book is constantly fun, and I read the whole volume breathlessly waiting for the next surprise to hit - I was never disappointed.

The thing I love best about Grave Witch? No assumption goes unquestioned. Nothing simply 'is'. I love the glimpses into the nature of magic, int More...

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Aug 01, 2011

Mlle. rated it:

The weird thing about Grave Witch, to me, is that I can think of a number of UF series-starters that have impressed me more where I haven't gone on to read book 2 in the series, but the second I put down Grave Witch I picked up Grave Dance and I loved it, too. There's nothing obviously special about this book, nothing that leaped out at me, except that I enjoyed it so much. Maybe it was a case of the right thing at the right time? Or maybe it's got some magical special something.

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Aug 01, 2011

Theresa rated it:

Alex Craft is a Grave Witch; someone who can not only speak to the dead, but who has the power to raise a 'shade' and allow them to speak with the living. Alex straddles the world of the living and the dead and has been friends with Death (the actual jeans and t-shirt wearing version) since she was a child and has made her living, meager as it is, by working as a police consultant and investigator.

A high-profile case involving the Governor, and Alex's politically powerful father, th More...

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Jul 27, 2011

Sara rated it:

Plot: 5 Stars
I absolutely love a novel based around magic in which the use of magic extracts a physical price from the person performing it. In the case of this novel, the use of Alex's grave magic affects her vision afterwards, to the point where she needs light up stones to get to her apartment door after a normal ritual, and is basically blind after a stronger than normal ritual. Another aspect to this novel I really enjoyed was the different kinds of magic, and how the fae were weaved More...

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Jul 22, 2011

Barbi_b rated it:

I've read mixed reviews here and on Amazon about this book, but I really enjoyed Grave Witch. I'm a big Urban Fantasy, and I would call this UF more than PNR. I got started with UF with the Darkfever series, which was top notch, so it is hard to find something out there that compares, but I think this one gives a good shot. A little lighter, but has a lot of potential.

I liked the side characters, and as for as the "romantic" lead, as any really good UF, there is a triangle More...

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May 05, 2011

Sheyla rated it:

Death has never been so good!

This is the third book I read by Kalayna Price and she didn't disappoint me.

Alexis is a Grave witch who uses her skills as a PI for her company Tongues For The Dead. She can raise a shade, communicate with them and has the "grave sight". Also, she is able to talk to a ghost and See the Fae.
She has a bad relationship with her dad and sister(Casey). However, her sister asked for help when a politician dies and Alex agrees to help fin More...

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Apr 21, 2011

Rva rated it:

Alex Craft is a Grave Witch. In the world Ms. Price has created, that means she is able to communicate with the dead, for which she gets paid (or not, as in her first case in the book. We learn that Alex is able to learn from her mistakes, as she subsequently asks for half of the payment upfront!) She manages to eek out a living doing shade raisings and working as a otherworldly P.I. She uses her abilities to "see" into the other planes of existence, but with serious consequences to he More...

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Apr 14, 2011

Paula rated it:

OK, props to any writer who can take the phrase "kiss of Death" and make it sexy! I picked this up at a closing bookstore because the price was good and I liked the cover. I know, slim reasons for buying a book, but oh, goodness, did the author deliver! In fact, I have to say this is my favorite series debut of the year. An intriguing world that considers what if the fae and witches had engineered their coming out decades ago, and by doing so opened up lot of new territory (litera More...

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Mar 20, 2011

Tracy rated it:

The Magical Awakening may have brought magic and magical creatures out of their prospective closets several years ago, adding to human perception and widening the world dramatically, but it didn't solve any problems. Created a few, but didn't solve any. In the city of Nekros, a southern city in one of the territory folds that people hadn't realized was there Before, it provided wyrd witch Alex Craft a profession as a PI, but her grave magic and the ability - necessity, really - to raise shades h More...

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Feb 13, 2011

Delilah rated it:

I looked at this book for quite awhile, not sure I'd like it. Even read some reviews that stated the book was okay. Let me categorically state they were wrong! I've found very few books that pulled me in as completely as Grave Witch did. Kalayna Price created a wonderful and gripping story that is a fantastic addition to the world of Urban Fantasy.

Now that I've gushed, I'll explain what I love about the book. Alex Craft a very complex character with an even more complicated past. She More...

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Feb 05, 2011

MaryBookSwarm rated it:

First, Alex gets into it with a client who is refusing to pay (she didn't give him the news he wanted), and Death takes him before she can make him pay. Then, her estranged sister calls and asks a favor. A big one, it turns out, involving her also-estranged father. Reluctantly, she agrees. While she's checking things out, she's attacked by a murdered woman's shade, something that never happens. And, after raising another shade to testify in court, someone shoots at her but the bullet hits her c More...

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Dec 20, 2010

Becca rated it:

Grave Witch was a great paranormal read. The story revolved around the lead character Alex. Alex is a grave witch, one of the rarest types of witches, and she runs her own P.I firm. She leaves in a world where all witches and fae are out in the open. Alex doesn't associate with her family ever since she finally left at 18, after years of being sent out way to a school for witches, Alex gets a call from her sister Casey. Casey is the one to ask Alex to investigate the death of the Governor. Alex More...

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Dec 09, 2010

Sharon rated it:

I've read Kaylayna Price before & enjoyed her 'Bitten Books', but this just blows them out the water. Her cleverly crafted world relys on witches & fae, very tricky, manipulative, there's a dark undertone throughout, & the author drip feeds the puzzle piece by piece, without losing any of the flow, a definate page turner.
Private investigator, Alex Craft, raises shades, they are like the memory of the person, she is able to use her 'grave sight' & power to reanimate the shade for a short t More...

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Dec 05, 2010

Kay rated it:

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