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Jan 26, 2010
Mel
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This is the seventh in Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series, and this time we get to experience the action through Jamie Vegas' eyes.
While filming for a tv show, Jamie finds out that the garden of the house were the filming takes place seems to be inhabitated by child ghosts. As the theory of human sacrifice for magical development gets further unraveled, Jamie needs all the help she can get.
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While filming for a tv show, Jamie finds out that the garden of the house were the filming takes place seems to be inhabitated by child ghosts. As the theory of human sacrifice for magical development gets further unraveled, Jamie needs all the help she can get.
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Feb 14, 2011
Lady Vale
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I'm so obsessed with this series right now. I can't put it down, not even for just one second. I have tons of things to do and I just keep postponing them so I can keep reading it.
In this installment we get to (FINALLY) read about Jaime and Jeremy. I had been dying to read this book as everybody kept telling me it was the best in the series so far and I just needed to get to it fast. Now I only can say that I am devastated I gt through it so fat, but it was so good that I just could More...
In this installment we get to (FINALLY) read about Jaime and Jeremy. I had been dying to read this book as everybody kept telling me it was the best in the series so far and I just needed to get to it fast. Now I only can say that I am devastated I gt through it so fat, but it was so good that I just could More...
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Oct 14, 2008
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I can talk to dead people.
Jaime Vegas is a true necromancer. She can raise the dead if she has to. She can see and talk to ghosts. Only problem is, she can’t control seeing them. Constantly, everywhere, they see her, she pretends not to see them. Sure, she can deliver a message for them, but she can’t figure out why they’re dead, who killed them, what killed them, and would prefer not to even try. Now part of the interracial council, Jaime gives her feedback when it’s needed and want More...
Jaime Vegas is a true necromancer. She can raise the dead if she has to. She can see and talk to ghosts. Only problem is, she can’t control seeing them. Constantly, everywhere, they see her, she pretends not to see them. Sure, she can deliver a message for them, but she can’t figure out why they’re dead, who killed them, what killed them, and would prefer not to even try. Now part of the interracial council, Jaime gives her feedback when it’s needed and want More...
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Nov 18, 2008
Barbara
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Jaime Vegas, who we originally met in Industrial Magic, is the narrator for this book in the Women of the Otherworld series. Jaime is a necromancer which means that she can communicate with the dead. In some books, like Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series, a necromancer doesn’t talk to ghosts, she raises and controls the dead. Hamilton’s Anita Blake is that sort of necromancer. Jaime CAN raise the dead but it’s not something she does routinely. In fact, though she knows it’s possible,
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Jan 02, 2008
Wealhtheow
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I've read most, if not all (it's hard to distinguish them from each other, after the first few) of Armstrong's "Women of the Otherworld" series. The series began by following Elena, a tough, conflicted woman who is also the only female to ever survive being made into a werewolf. Since then, Armstrong has written numerous witches, werewolves, vampires, half-demons, warlocks, necromancers, etc. All of her many characters get at least a chapter in this book, which is supposedly about J
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Jun 04, 2007
Tahariel
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I had just finished my review when it got eaten (again.) *sigh*
I've read all of Kelley Armstrong's 'Women of the Otherworld' series of novels, and enjoyed all of them, but I have to say I think this is her weakest offering. The things I have loved about them - the sense of danger, the strong romantic and sexual undertones of the relationships between the first-person female lead and the romantic interest, the fantasy elements - just weren't as strong in this novel. Her lead wasn't as More...
I've read all of Kelley Armstrong's 'Women of the Otherworld' series of novels, and enjoyed all of them, but I have to say I think this is her weakest offering. The things I have loved about them - the sense of danger, the strong romantic and sexual undertones of the relationships between the first-person female lead and the romantic interest, the fantasy elements - just weren't as strong in this novel. Her lead wasn't as More...
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Jul 21, 2010
Jaime is the necromancer representative for the interracial council. To Hollywood and the rest of the country she’s Jaime Vegas, spiritualist and communicator to the dead via her televised séances.
Jaime is in Los Angeles for the taping of a TV special, the raising of Marilyn Monroe’s spirit, staying in a house along with two other mediums. The only thing is Jaime can really see the dead, a rare gift.
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Jaime is in Los Angeles for the taping of a TV special, the raising of Marilyn Monroe’s spirit, staying in a house along with two other mediums. The only thing is Jaime can really see the dead, a rare gift.
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Jun 18, 2011
Jen
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I've been waiting for Jamie's story ever since Industrial Magic. It's hard for me to say why exactly, but I'm pretty sure that it has something to do with the embarrassing crush she has on werewolf alpha, Jeremy. I mean, you expect crushes from young, inexperienced heroines, but Jamie is 44 years-old. She is sexy and she is secure in her own skin... except when it comes to Jeremy. In his presence, she turns into an adorable fool, and it is completely impossible for me not to root for her.
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Apr 19, 2011
Alisa
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Another great offering from Kelley Armstrong. Not my favorite of this series -- I think that would be Dime Store Magic -- but also not my least favorite. Strangely enough, my least favorite is Bitten, and considering that's the first in the series, it's amazing I kept reading them. Really, I think my least favorite character is Elena, which is why Bitten and Stolen are at the bottom of the pack for me, although Broken was not half bad for an Elena story. Anyway, I enjoyed this story, told fr
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Apr 09, 2011
Nath
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May 12, 2010
Paula
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‘No Humans Involved’ is the seventh book of ‘The Women of the Otherworld’ Series by Kelley Armstrong.
I am finding it more and more difficult to choose a favourite book of the series because they are all so good and also I am really indecisive.
I am happy to say that ‘No Humans Involved’ is one of my favourites, this time around the main character is Jaime Vegas, necromancer, a character who has appeared in the previous books and one of my favourite characters.
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I am finding it more and more difficult to choose a favourite book of the series because they are all so good and also I am really indecisive.
I am happy to say that ‘No Humans Involved’ is one of my favourites, this time around the main character is Jaime Vegas, necromancer, a character who has appeared in the previous books and one of my favourite characters.
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Feb 22, 2010
Genie
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"No Humans Involved" is narrated by medium / necromancer Jamie Vegas. Unlike most of Armstrong’s heroines, Jamie has no super strength, wolf-shape or spells to rely on. When trouble begins. she has only her wits (and sometimes the help of a few good friends).
Jamie sees herself on the threshold of her own TV show when she is one of three professional psychics brought to a haunted house to tape a reality TV show with the intention of contacting the ghost of Marilyn Monroe. Jeremy, More...
Jamie sees herself on the threshold of her own TV show when she is one of three professional psychics brought to a haunted house to tape a reality TV show with the intention of contacting the ghost of Marilyn Monroe. Jeremy, More...
Oct 16, 2009
Kathleen
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Jaime, who knows a thing or two about showbiz, is on a television shoot in Los Angeles when weird things start to happen. As a woman whose special talent is raising the dead, her threshold for weirdness is pretty high. But for the first time in her life, she knows what humans mean when they talk about being haunted.As she sets out to solve the mystery, she'll need as much Otherworld help as she can get in order to survive.
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Jaime, who knows a thing or two about showbiz, is on a television shoot in Los Angeles when weird things start to happen. As a woman whose special talent is raising the dead, her threshold for weirdness is pretty high. But for the first time in her life, she knows what humans mean when they talk about being haunted.As she sets out to solve the mystery, she'll need as much Otherworld help as she can get in order to survive.
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Jan 01, 2012
Cherise
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Jamie Vegas is a necromancer, in other words she sees dead people. Ghosts are forever approaching her wanting some sort of favor. She doesn’t begrudge the ghosts their wants, but at the same time were she to help every ghost she saw or every ghost who asked for help, she would never have a moment’s peace.
Jamie makes her living as a television and stage personality faking ghost communication for those relatives and friends who so desperately want contact. She could really make cont More...
Jamie makes her living as a television and stage personality faking ghost communication for those relatives and friends who so desperately want contact. She could really make cont More...
May 13, 2010
Kathy
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Women of the Otherworld... Jamie Vegas - necromancer (she can see and talk with the dead)... in her 40s (yey)... she is worried about going crazy as her grandmother & many necromancers do, she is clumsy, especially around Jeremy, she is on the council, but feels they just tolerate her, and spend to much effort to protect her...
and for 4 years she has had a crush on Jeremy - alpha werewolf (Clay's adoptive father)... and he has come to LA to be with her...
Although she c More...
and for 4 years she has had a crush on Jeremy - alpha werewolf (Clay's adoptive father)... and he has come to LA to be with her...
Although she c More...
Aug 17, 2010
Lisa O.
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Another great installment in the Otherworld series. After following the adventures of Elena, Clay, Paige, Lucas, Savannah, Eve and Kristof, Armstrong focuses on necromancer Jaime Vegas and Alpha pack Jeremy Danvers in this spellbing new novel that sees the two protagonists investigating a series of shocking murders that will eventually lead Jaime to finally come to terms with her powers.
The seventh installment in this series, I still haven't got tired of the characters. I got sucked in th More...
The seventh installment in this series, I still haven't got tired of the characters. I got sucked in th More...
Oct 23, 2011
Wise_owl
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Kelly Armstrongs works are always enjoyable to me, though in general I talk of them as a 'pallet clenser', highly enjoyable works, and the perfect thing to breeze through in a few days right after you've hit something much heavier.
Without going into elaborate details, I really liked No Humans Involved. After the previous book, which I thought was something of a mistep, this one got me back to alot of the things I've liked about her earlier works. I really enjoyed the protagonist, w More...
Without going into elaborate details, I really liked No Humans Involved. After the previous book, which I thought was something of a mistep, this one got me back to alot of the things I've liked about her earlier works. I really enjoyed the protagonist, w More...
Mar 16, 2010
Robin
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Yes, another book from a series that I jumped into--or rather, thought I did. A while ago, I read a short story with two very interesting characters--a jewel thief werewolf and a half-breed chaos demon. It was fantastic, and I put the author on my To-Be-Read list, a list I promptly lost. Imagine my joy when I found this book on the shelf of my local library, opened it, and read that those characters were in there! Upon further investigation, I found that Kelley Armstrong is insanely prolific, an
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Aug 01, 2010
Harmonybites
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I'm a fan of Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. One thing that makes the series different is that its told from different perspectives--usually female and written in first person. The first two books are narrated by Elena, a werewolf, the next two by Paige, a witch and so on. I rather like that--I suspect its part of what keeps this series fresh. This particular book is focused on and narrated by Jaime Vegas, a necromancer (she sees dead people). I like Jaime, and moreover it's r
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Jan 31, 2010
Susan
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What can I say - No Humans Involved is another great installment in the Women of the Otherworld series. From her appearances in several of the other books in the series, I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy Jamie's story, but I pleasantly surprised. The plot is original, with fantastic witty dialog. Jamie is a strong, engaging and sassy character.
My only gripe with the book (and it's a small one) is that the romance between Jamie and Jeremy really is secondary to the plot. After all More...
My only gripe with the book (and it's a small one) is that the romance between Jamie and Jeremy really is secondary to the plot. After all More...
Dec 03, 2011
Tressa
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I was waiting for the third book, but became impatient and read No Humans Involved. This is the seventh book in the Otherworld series. The fourth, fifth, and sixth books were unavailable at the time. I did, in fact, check the author's website and the FAQ said that you can read any book in the series without any issues. This is true, but also untrue if you don't want to be spoiled for what happens to primary characters from the first and second books.
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Oct 23, 2011
Nikki
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Dec 13, 2011
Stacey
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I think this might be my favorite book of the series. I am not positive why, and I love them all, but there is something ....fragile about this book. I love how Jamie is struggling to contribute to the supernatural world. The way that Jamie feels not just a desire but a real need to find out what is going with the touches she feels and does everything within her power to find out what it is. Then there is the whole Jeremy/Jamie romance. I really like Jeremy. He has given up everything for
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Feb 20, 2010
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It's the most anticipated reality television event of the season:
three spiritualists gathered in one house to raise the ghost
of Marilyn Monroe.
For renowned medium Jaime Vegas there's just one problem.
Unlike her colleagues, Jaime is the real deal -
and she knows the house is truly haunted.
Not by dead film stars,
but by something even stranger and much more disturbing...
A tragic mystery lurks in the gardens behind the ho More...
It's the most anticipated reality television event of the season:
three spiritualists gathered in one house to raise the ghost
of Marilyn Monroe.
For renowned medium Jaime Vegas there's just one problem.
Unlike her colleagues, Jaime is the real deal -
and she knows the house is truly haunted.
Not by dead film stars,
but by something even stranger and much more disturbing...
A tragic mystery lurks in the gardens behind the ho More...
May 19, 2009
Tammy
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May 01, 2011
Stephanie
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My Summary: Jamie's always known where she wanted to go with her career, and when she gets invited to co-star on a spiritualist reality TV show, she knows she's almost there - getting her own show. Along with three other spiritualists (none of whom actually have any real powers), Jamie is supposed to summon the spirit of Marilyn Monroe and uncover the truth behind her untimely death.
But things don't go as planned. Almost as soon as Jamie unpacks her things, she realizes there is someth More...
But things don't go as planned. Almost as soon as Jamie unpacks her things, she realizes there is someth More...
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Jan 13, 2009
mari
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The 7th book in Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series focuses on necromancer and public spiritualist, Jaime Vegas. Jaime joins a team of spiritualists for a t.v. show attempting to "talk" to Marilyn Monroe. She gets paired with a Brit (who is very similar to a certain psychic on the Travel Channel's Most Haunted. Actually, not sure he is still on there.) and a young newcomer. While on set, Jaime discovers real ghosts and a mystery that only she and her friends in the counci
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May 13, 2010
Kate (Nomalicious Reads)
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I've Been waiting to read this book for so long and was so excited to finally be up to Jaime and Jeremy's part that i read it in a day.
While the book was amazing and I loved it I really think that Jeremy and Jaime need another book! Armstrong doesn't really go into past details all that much, as we well know from her other books, but i was hoping to learn more about Jeremy's past and now I especially want to find out more about his mother, and his 'runes' but hopefully as i continue to re More...
While the book was amazing and I loved it I really think that Jeremy and Jaime need another book! Armstrong doesn't really go into past details all that much, as we well know from her other books, but i was hoping to learn more about Jeremy's past and now I especially want to find out more about his mother, and his 'runes' but hopefully as i continue to re More...
Apr 12, 2009
Barbara
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Another great addition to the Women of the Otherworld series. This books focuses on Jamie Vegas a necromancer who communicates with spirits and is the girlfriend of Jeremy, the Werewolf Alpha.
Jamie decides she want to be part of a television broadcast that will try to raise the spirit of Mariyln Monroe but during the shot she finds the spirits of children in the garden and she's determined to get to the bottom of these manifestations, but as she sets out to solve the mystery she has More...
Jamie decides she want to be part of a television broadcast that will try to raise the spirit of Mariyln Monroe but during the shot she finds the spirits of children in the garden and she's determined to get to the bottom of these manifestations, but as she sets out to solve the mystery she has More...
Aug 03, 2011
Sharon
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Necromancer Jamie Vegas in on a television shoot to raise the ghost of Marilyn Monroe. Two celebrity spiritualists are also participating, unaware that they are sharing the stage with the real thing. Jamie comes across some real ghosts while doing a summoning. For some reason, she can't really see or hear them, but they can touch her and obviously need something from her. Alpha werewolf and boyfriend, Jeremy comes to visit with the expected sexual tension between the two. Jamie discovers that th
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