The Curse of Tenth Grave (Charley Davidson, #10) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jan 07, 2015 Steph rated it it was amazing

Shelves: author-웃, series-i-love, arc-netgalley, series-ended, author-favorite, series-completed, year-read-2016

(Rating: ✮✮✮✮½)

The Curse of Tenth Grave takes place a week after The Dirt on Ninth Grave. Charley's back in Albuquerque yet still a bit disoriented and unbalanced following her whole "who am I?" experience.

She has a lot on her mind, as always. Her daughter - "... a child who was destined to defeat Satan and save the world" - remains in the hands of her guardians for her safety; in Charley's possession is a pendant-looking god glass, which happens to be a hell dimension housing one demon-like be (Rating: ✮✮✮✮½)

The Curse of Tenth Grave takes place a week after The Dirt on Ninth Grave. Charley's back in Albuquerque yet still a bit disoriented and unbalanced following her whole "who am I?" experience.

She has a lot on her mind, as always. Her daughter - "... a child who was destined to defeat Satan and save the world" - remains in the hands of her guardians for her safety; in Charley's possession is a pendant-looking god glass, which happens to be a hell dimension housing one demon-like being (she sent there) and many innocent people (she must try to free); and her father's sacrifice in The Dirt on Ninth Grave left her with many wonderful memories, but also a sense of loss now that he's gone and astonishment over the knowledge that Reyes is a god - one of the three gods of Uzan, dangerous and destructive. Her big question now is ... Is Reyes good or evil?

On top of that, things between Charley and Reyes are awkward, someone filmed Charley doing some supernatural exorcist stuff and the video has gone viral on YouTube, Charley crosses paths with a young runaway, and the ADA is hoping Charley can clear the name of an innocent man who's been charged with a murder he didn't commit.

"The sun can't marry the moon. It makes no sense. The heavens will fall.

He is the son and the brother and the father. He is the destroyer and the darkness. He is the everything."
~ Rocket to Charley

Things are never easy in the life of Charley Davidson, this we all know. And, while I typically enjoy all the ADHD madness and mayhem in each installment, all I wanted in this one was to stick closely to the issues in their family unit without all the other distractions. I do love that we've learned a bit more about Rocket and his name writing. As well as the twist we learned from the Daeva, Osh, regarding Charley's Uncle Bob. There was some heartbreak and some major revelations at the end that will leave you hungry for more - a true trademark of this series. (view spoiler)

As per usual, I find myself impatiently waiting for the next installment of Charley Davidson.

Thank you to St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Quotes taken from the pre-published copy and may be altered or omitted from the final copy. ...more

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Sep 03, 2018 Netanella rated it it was ok

Shelves: ghosts, 2018-september-reading-challenges, did-not-finish, urban-fantasy, 2018-august-reading-challenges

09/03/18 - I'm going to trust in my confidence of all the raving reviews for this book, and continue reading. Right now, I'm ready for the series to end. The plot's been pulled thin like so much over-chewed bubble gum...

09/04/18 - When beloved characters become caricatures of themselves, it's time to end the series. R.I.P. Rick Grimes...er, I mean Charley Davidson. ...more

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Feb 17, 2019 Midu Hadi rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series-completed, want-physical-copies, middlers, humor, missing-shelf, reviewed, 2016, charley-davidson-series, 300-400-pages, read-in-january

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As you know, I have already railed about the many issues that I find in the books in this series. But I have to see it to the end, so I keep plodding on. I won’t be rehashing those problems because I believe if a reader finds a book problematic, they should just stop reading it. Reading the subsequent books in the same series and then whining about them doesn’t make sense.

That’s why I will confine my ramblings to this book — or try to. The thing with the protagonist is that she is supposed to b ...more

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Jan 02, 2017 R. rated it liked it · review of another edition

The double and triple identities are becoming a bit too much.

I always loved the humor but in this book, it was too closely interweaved with highly emotional scenes and it made them seem fake and cheap in the last few chapters.

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