Charley Davidson #1
“While I normally weighed around 125…ish, for some unexplainable reason, between the hours of partially awake and fully awake, I weighed a solid 470.”
Charley Davidson
When a book starts out with a wet dream, I always get leery of reading further. Fortunately, this book didn’t go entirely downhill. It was a bumpy ride, but at the end of the day, it’s a decent story, but Charley’s attitude annoyed me.
The premise is very intriguing as the dead are drawn to her, which leads to plenty of work for her PI and police consultation business. I like that she is well-established and does not fall prey to the trope of not being able to pay her bills. She never complains about money and has a long client list.
Charley has two projects currently in the works: three homicides that woke her up at 4:34 in the morning and figuring out who the mystery man is that is invading her dreams every night. These plot elements work well and are what kept me reading. Just what the mystery man is was a unique concept, and continuing that plotline might be enough to make me pick up the second book.
Charley, herself, is the worst part of the book. She cops an attitude with everyone, and it’s no surprise that her stepmom and sister are not on good terms with her. She is unprofessional with her uncle’s colleagues on the police force, and I have to wonder how much flack he takes for continuing to bring her around. Her inner monologuing is also an issue. Depending on your personality/mood, it is either entertaining or annoying.
I don’t think I would have as much of an issue with her attitude if she didn’t show that she can be caring and compassionate…when it comes to the dead. She is far kinder to the dead than the living people that surround her. She will pass messages on to those left behind, and she has more patience with a ghost that she just bumped into than someone she has worked with for years.
I can see the potential with the series that starts with this book. But, Charley’s attitude keeps this series from being at the top of my pile to complete. It’s not awful, but it’s not great, and so it gets three stars.
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