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First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1)

Darynda Jones

Start date: August 1, 2011

Finish date: August 31, 2011

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Jan 04, 2019 Marla rated it liked it

Shelves: girl-power, paranormal, with-reservations, sexy, fantasy, romance, adult, series, challenged, mystery

3.5 stars. Good but not great. I will continue the series, but though I like Charley Davidson, her sexy mystery man, her best friend Cookie and the snarky dialogue, I'm not compelled to rush out and read the next book. Premise is great, it just wasn't as good as it could've been.

Likes:
* Cute cover
* Grim reaper is a sassy, busty female private investigator, Charlotte "Charley" Davidson
* Ubie, Uncle Bob ~ dad's brother, Albuquerque Police detective
* Charley's father retired from Force & owns bar
* ...more

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Oct 22, 2011 Vickie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: booksthatmakemegowow

A funny, full of thrills book is this! I love Charley Davidson's character and how she handles the ups and downs of being a reaper. There are the dead she helps cross over, some are ready and some not so much. Three need her help with the why so they can move on.

Luckily, Charley is a PI as well as the reaper, so she has the mad skills to git'r'done.

There's a next door neighbor who is her bud, ghosts a plenty not ready to move on and love to mess with her.

There's also a mysterious entity who i ...more

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Jun 06, 2011 Kelli rated it really liked it

Shelves: humor, fantasy-fiction

I wasn't sure how I was going to take to this debut novel. Especially, since the main character, Charley Davidson, is a P.I. that sees dead people, or more accurately, a grim reaper. As soon as I started reading however, I couldn't put the book down. The main character is quick-witted and stubborn in her antics and the crazy situations she got herself into really kind reminded me of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum character. Overall, it is a quick, fun read. I can't wait for the next two books ...more

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