First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
- audio, paranormal, UF, romance, mystery -
Book Order (Charley Davidson)
- First Grave on the Right * * * *
- Second Grave on the Left
- Third Grave Dead Ahead
- Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (2012?)
Links
Author’s Website : www.darynda.com
Amazon : (162 reviews : 4.5 avg)
Add To Your GoodReads TBR List (4,889 ratings : 4.08 avg)
In Six Words
perfect for breaking my reading slump
Why did I read this? And am I glad I did?
This book has been sitting on my TBR shelf for a little while and I could not tell you who first introduced me to this gem. However, I can tell you that I owe Felicia (The Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog) BIG time!
You may or may not have noticed my complete lack of blogging… well it went deeper than that. I have not even been reading. One book in December. None in January. While I won’t bore you with why I probably wasn’t reading, I will tell you that I missed it. So I thought I’d try something new… audio books. But where to start? That’s where Felicia comes in. She recommended First Grave on the Right.
The audio was very well-done. The voices were distinct. The words held emotion. All without being over-the-top. Not to mention that the story itself was brilliant. Funny, mysterious, and just enough heat.
Charley Davidson is not your stereotypical grim reaper. She was hilarious, smart, and just enough crazy mixed with brave. There was enough back-story for you to start to understand Charley without it taking us out of the present mystery. Side characters were also fanstastic. Her uncle is a hoot. Her best friend cracked me up. Garrett was both annoying and charming. And don’t even get me started on the dead people 
I highly recommend this series whether you want to try the audio or paper copy! I’ve already started the second audio book in the series.
Brief Summary
A smashing, award-winning debut novel that introduces Charley Davidson: part-time private investigator and full-time Grim Reaper
Charley sees dead people. That’s right, she sees dead people. And it’s her job to convince them to “go into the light.” But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice. Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she’s been having about an Entity who has been following her all her life…and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely.
This is a thrilling debut novel from an exciting newcomer to the world of paranormal romantic suspense.
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Favorite Quotes
“That took balls.”
“Please,” I said with a snort, “that took ovaries. Of which I have two.”
“If I couldn’t be a good example, I’d just have to be a horrible warning.”
Other Reviews
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Yay, for getting back into a reading mood and these books will definitely do it. I just finished #3…OMG! So freaking good!!! smiles….
I loved your review but I must say the quotes sold me. “If I couldn’t be a good example, I’d just have to be a horrible warning.” especially, I know I’ve had those days!
I’ll be picking this up from the library asap!
WOOTZA! I can’t wait till you finish #2
Don’t you love the t-shirts
Dyranda Jones needs to put together a shop where we can buy them all
Sorry to hear that you’ve been in a reading slump! That sucks (though it seems to happen to all of us at one time or another). Glad to see you back though!
This book has been recommended a LOT to me lately, and I finally added it to my to-read list a couple of weeks ago. Charley sounds like a fantastic main character, and I love the quotes you picked out. Especially the ovaries one. Hilarious!
This is on my TBR list. Looks like I should be bumping it up.
[...] Review: First Grave on the Right**** — perfect for breaking my reading [...]
“that took ovaries” lol. Sounds like my kind of book.
At my old school there was this science teacher v English teacher prank & one up each other thing going on. I guess this one was about strength. The science teacher had some kind of sciencey insult but the English teacher wasn’t there. They came in my room and spouted the reasoning. I was quick that day and retorted “tell him when he pushes a watermelon out his vagina come talk to me.”
You probably didn’t want to hear all that. Oh well. Glad you are back in the game.
This sounds good – I am looking for more audio… I go through it so fast!