When the life you wanted has crumbled beneath your fingers, there’s nothing left to do but pick up the pieces and soldier on. You’ve done this before.But what happens when you no longer feel like yourself anymore? When fires spontaneously start-up around you, when you hear growling coming from underneath your bed, and you no longer recognize your face in the mirror. What happens then?Ghost-hunter … then?
Ghost-hunter Perry Palomino doesn’t have much time to find out. Now, the evil she used to hunt is a lot closer to home. It’s inside of her, taking over her life bit-by-terrifying bit, and there’s only one person who can help her.
If part of her doesn’t kill him first.
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4.5 stars
“You’ll never have to save my life. You gave me life. I never lived a single day until the day I first met you.”
This book was the creepiest in the series so far. Even though Dex was pretty much absent in the first half of the book, I still really enjoyed the story a lot. Perry is becoming one of my favorite characters and I feel a strong connection with her. Also I love Ada, Perry’s younger sister, I read her story in Veiled and I really enjoy getting to know her even better. This series gives a great view into Perry and Ada’s bond and how it is getting stronger and stronger. I can already feel the huge book hangover I’ll be in after I am done with this series. Thankfully there are still 4 books to go, which makes me really happy!! And trust me, long series normally don’t appeal to me at ALL. But I wish this series had like 10 more books.
Perry is going through a very rough patch (and that is putting it lightly!). There were some very crazy things going on, and Perry has difficulties separating dreams from reality. I was so hooked and intrigued by everything that was going on. There were secrets being uncovered, which was awesome. The pace of the series is perfect, I just love that Karina is really taking the time to tell Dex and Perry’s story. I haven’t come across a series that hooked me as much as this one in a VERY LONG TIME (a couple of years!). I just want to devour every book to find out what will happen next. Why hasn’t this series been optioned for TV yet??
The intensity keeps going up right along with the terror. Each entry takes you a little deeper into the mystery, a little deeper into the horror, and a little deeper into a tangled romance.
Who will we get to see here: Ada Palomino is Perry’s younger sister and would do anything to help her mend her broken heart. She knows that Perry is not crazy and actually does see ghosts. She may be a fashionista but she is a smart girl with a quick mind.
Mom & Dad Palomino, they love their daughters but have decided that Perry is crazy and that they know what is best for her. The problem is that everything they do shows they may want to help but it pushes Perry further away because their love seems to be conditioned on her being a more perfect child.
Maximus was last seen in “Red Fox”, he was Dex’s best friend in college but there is no love lost between them. He shows up on Perry’s doorstep as if he cares about her, but his motives are much more shady. He may be a handsome man but the things he is willing to do for revenge make him less than desirable.
This installment revolves around Perry and what happens to her in the aftermath of her broken relationship with Dex. As someone who can see spirits Perry needs to protect herself, but in her weakened mental and physical state she leaves herself open to the spirits who would take advantage of her. Perry is faced with fighting for life and sanity and the only person who truly has her back is Ada, a fifteen year old who understands more than she is given credit for.
Though I have loved all the previous books, this one really gave me something to think about. We get some big reveals which make some of the earlier encounters make more sense. And we do get some Dex. 😉