Rattle

(Preternatural PNW #1)

Olivia R. Burton (Goodreads Author)

4.13 · Rating details · 8 ratings · 3 reviews

Finn's a failure—at necromancy and life in general. "It's not my fault," he'd insist, looking deep into your eyes as he lifts your wallet. You'd catch him, of course. Because he's a failure.

Veruca, on the other hand, is competence personified. She has to be, working as a Reaper directly under the Prince of Hell. When Finn shows up in a stolen sport coat and use ...more

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Published July 1st 2015 by Smashwords (first published June 29th 2015)

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Jul 20, 2015 Llaph rated it really liked it

Shelves: ctr, demon-angel, kick-ass-heroine, made-me-lol, faerie, not-so-serious-business, woo-woo

Finn, a necromancer and con-artist, fails at most things he does, but he is “pretty“. Hired to get the contents of a safe, he plans to seduce the owner for the combo, but the owner dies during the strip tease. He goes on the run instead of turning over the goods and is spotted by her goons. While escaping he crashes a social event, cozying up to a guest and pretends to belong to her. The guest, Veruca, might actually turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. He will just have to e Finn, a necromancer and con-artist, fails at most things he does, but he is “pretty“. Hired to get the contents of a safe, he plans to seduce the owner for the combo, but the owner dies during the strip tease. He goes on the run instead of turning over the goods and is spotted by her goons. While escaping he crashes a social event, cozying up to a guest and pretends to belong to her. The guest, Veruca, might actually turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. He will just have to evade his boss Angelina, her goons, and a few zombies, before he can enjoy it.
Veruca is a reaper who works directly under a prince of hell collecting souls and who is also competent in everything she does. While at a boring gathering, with a boring date she meets a necromancer, Finn, who as a bonus is cute and interesting. She decides to take him home with her, set him up with a new wardrobe, some healing, and help him with his troubles. Locating a tutor for his necromantic powers was easy. Getting him free of Angelina is another story. First she will have to deal with some gunfire, goons, and figuring out a way to get Angelina what she “deserves” not what she “wants.”
Finn is on the run from a ruthless woman who will pretty much do anything to get the object of her desire. At first Veruca thinks it will be easy to take care of Angelina, but she did not count on her avarice for what Finn retrieved. She concocts a plan to trap Angelina and free Finn permanently, but it comes with the chance to go very, very, wrong. In order to get their happily ever after, her powers of competency and his to fail at pretty much everything he does, are put to the test. Is Finn more than just a pretty face? Will Veruca be able to rely on someone beside herself?
This was a quick and delightful read, did not have info dumps, possessed some humor, had an enticing world, and fascinating characters who had some interesting quirks. It was a refreshing difference from other books in a similar genre where the guy is the one totally in charge and the female usually follows meekly along with everything he wants. Both characters were extremely likable as well as other characters in the book, despite the difference. They possessed the right amount of everything, not too strong, not too weak, and well, not too much of any one trait. I would read another book starring Veruca and Finn just to watch them grow and evolve as a couple and as people. I liked this book, and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the genre, some good humor and anyone who wants a quick read.

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Sep 13, 2015 Mistress Mary rated it liked it

Finn is a necromancer. That is someone who can raise the dead. But he isn’t very good at it. He is working for Angelina by stealing from women he woos. She wants a particular item from the current woman he is with. He wants to change his life and get out from under Angelina’s thumb but is having a hard time doing that. Her goon’s turn up wherever he hides so he isn’t having any luck giving them the slip.

Veruca is a reaper. She takes people’s souls and happens to work for the Prince o Finn is a necromancer. That is someone who can raise the dead. But he isn’t very good at it. He is working for Angelina by stealing from women he woos. She wants a particular item from the current woman he is with. He wants to change his life and get out from under Angelina’s thumb but is having a hard time doing that. Her goon’s turn up wherever he hides so he isn’t having any luck giving them the slip.

Veruca is a reaper. She takes people’s souls and happens to work for the Prince of Hell himself. She is at her friend’s gallery showing when Finn winds up coming in to hide.

The story gets interesting from here. Veruca steps in and helps Finn out. She works her mojo on one of the goons Angelina has sent and then takes Finn to her hotel. She finds out he has a tracker in him and decides to free him of it. Finn has no knowledge of that ever being put on him. She buys him new clothes and decides she likes Finn and wants to keep him around.
Their relationship develops from there. They don’t put a word on it but they start to care for each other. Maybe even love each other but don’t admit it to each other. Veruca decides to ask her boss for help to get Finn trained to use his power and not have zombies trying to eat him. Finn is taken to a mortuary to be trained by a woman he finds out is a demon later. He does pretty good but is exhausted by training and needs food and rest.

When Veruca and Finn are captured, things get pretty tricky. Berlin is another one of Angelina’s hired henchmen. She has tied them both to a tree and Veruca has been shot losing a lot of blood. Finn has to use his new power to control zombies to help them get out of this mess.

You will have to read this story to find out what happens to our characters.

I gave this story a 3 because I felt there could have been more romance in the story. It touched on it a little bit but not enough for me. I did like the paranormal aspect of it. I am always fascinated with the different type of paras that authors can use in their stories. I did like a little suspense also. I would recommend this book and look forward to reading the next one in this series.
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Aug 28, 2015 CoffeeTimeRomance andMore rated it really liked it

Shelves: reviews-by-llaph, paranormal-romance, urban-fantasy, demons

This was a quick and delightful read, did not have info dumps, possessed some humor, had an enticing world, and fascinating characters who had some interesting quirks. It was a refreshing difference from other books in a similar genre where the guy is the one totally in charge and the female usually follows meekly along with everything he wants. Both characters were extremely likable as well as other characters in the book, despite the difference. They possessed the right amount of everything, n ...more

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