...So what’s this book about?
Our
heroine is, Grateful Knight, a twenty-two year old nurse who has recently found
herself heavily in debt caused by her last boyfriend, Gary, who stole all of
her money and so can no longer afford to live in the city. Luckily, her Dad is
an estate agent and lets her live rent free in one of the properties on his
books. The downside is that the house is on the edge of the oldest cemetery in
Red Grove and is haunted but the house turns out to be not only her solution to
regain her solvent future but the key to secrets in her past.
Grateful’s
love life also gets more complicated when she meets Rick, the cemetery’s sexy caretaker
and Logan, a passionate ghost who lived in her attic. Enter the love triangle!
This
is the first book in the Knight Games series.
...So, what did I like about it?
Genevieve
Jack’s writing style was easy and enjoyable to read. I liked the way she
created the history of the graveyard, the Monk’s Hill witch and her Caretaker.
The mix of action, sex and pace throughout the book kept me reading as the
story unfolded. My favourite character was Grateful’s best friend, and fellow
nurse, Michelle. She is the sort of best friend that every woman should have;
she was supportive but gave good level headed advice when Grateful needed it! I
felt that both of Grateful’s love interests, Rick and Logan, were anything but
pearly white which I liked; after all, the world isn’t black and white but myriad
shades of grey!
...So, ummm, was
there anything I disliked about it?
To
be honest, there was more that I didn’t like about this story than liked so I’ll
keep to my main gripes. I suppose my biggest problem was that I didn’t connect
to the main character which meant that I didn’t get involved in her story. I
found Grateful Knight fickle, gullible, naive and, to be honest, a bit slow on
the uptake, was this Genevieve Jack’s intention? I don’t know but these
character flaws tainted my enjoyment. I’ve since found out that Mrs Jacks
writes YA stories and although this book had the warning “The Ghost and The Graveyard is a funny, exciting, and sexy read
intended for adults. Due to sexual content, language, and violence this book is
recommended for ages 18+” I felt
that this warning was just a bit of PR fluff to entice us in as I feel that the
way the characters in this book have been written, how the various relationships
develop and a great deal of the language (euphemisms) feel better suited for a
YA story. Yes, the sex scenes were many, graphic and quite descriptive but I
didn’t feel they were written well, they felt a bit “jumpy” to me; I’m sure
that Mrs Jack’s skill at writing sex scenes and will improve the more she
writes them.
...So, basically what
I’m saying is...
I
downloaded this book because it was free
on Amazon UK, the blurb sounded good and the book cover further convinced me
that this would be the sort of story that I'd enjoy reading. I had nothing to
lose but my time. Sadly, it didn’t live up to my expectations and I won’t be downloading
the next book in this series. I’m in my early forties, so perhaps it’s an age
thing. If you’re in your early twenties and like unusual love triangles, magic,
ghosts, vampires, witches and things that go bump in the night, it might appeal
to you.
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