I Am Death.I Am Darkness.I Am Creation.These are the simple truths Emma Rose Crane, AKA Mattie Hathaway, has run from for the last two years, but the situation she finds herself in will not let her flee her past anymore. It’s barreling toward her at the speed of a bullet.Mattie finds herself back in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the trial of Dan’s mother. She’s determined to see this ordeal … see this ordeal through for Dan, even though his vindictive mother uses the situation to try to tear them apart.
If that weren’t enough, she lands on a supernatural hit list and has to rescue a woman who’s close to death—and survive the psycho who took her to begin with.
But just when things start to go right, the unthinkable happens.
Three gunshots.
Three truths.
But in the end, will her past save her future…or will it take everything she cherishes from her?
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4.5 Cranky Stars
I am in love with this series. I will admit I read Homecoming before I read The Ghost Files series. I immediately went and bought all the book and I haven’t been disappointed. The story of Mattie Hathaway AKA Emma Crane gets better, and she matures as each story comes out. They don’t stay stagnant and just have Emma battling ghosts she grows and finds the true meaning of family and love. That maybe it’s ok to lean on someone. That your family doesn’t have to be the conventional nuclear family. It can be an angel, a demon, a girl who can talk to ghosts, a reaper and all the misfits that come along with it.
Emma is back in the one place she doesn’t ever want to see again Charleston, North Carolina. She is here for Dan and his family while his “mom” goes to trial. She’s taking a big risk being there because Ann Richards would love for nothing more than to see Emma perish and disappear. There is something more at stake than the vengeance of an evil mom there is a ghost looking for help. Emma doing what she does best sets out to help this lady with some bumps along the way. Amidst all this she sets out to help her reaper mentor Kane. She finds herself in quiet a predicament. Who knew the cursed blade will poison a demon from the inside out? The road to the actual trial is filled with bumps, bruises, broken arms and stab wounds. Dan just wants to keep her on this side of living and he knows that being here at the trial isn’t easy for her. He loves Emma Crane and will do anything to prove it. After all their lives and souls are intertwined in many ways besides the metaphorical sense.
The ending had me on the edge of my bed. Lord I jumped up like this isn’t happening!! I had to talk myself down. I absolutely love how Emma went from this misfit foster kid to who she is now. A vibrant still snarky always hungry but with more sense 20-year-old woman. Dan deserves a medal, knighthood and sainthood. He is the perfect book boyfriend. Peaches the Hellhound is the best. A bumbling invisible dog that will eat you. I’m happy to see Emma exploring other relationships especially with Nathaniel. This series reminds me of Supernatural. Emma Crane is the Dean Winchester of her world. That might be why I love this series. If you haven’t picked up The Ghost Files, then started The Crane Diaries what are you waiting for? This series and the spin off have sucked me in and I hope there is more.
Stained is the 3rd book in the Crane Diaries series, which is a continuation of the Ghost Files series. Emma Rose Crane/ Mattie Hathaway & her boyfriend Dan Richards must go back to Charlotte, North Carolina for his moms murder trial. While E.R./M is trying to support Dan while he feels like he is in a tug of war between two families, they catch a new case. Unfortunately his case will bring lots of old her to the surface for E.R./M. and her emotions are still high from the last case she dealt with. If hat isn’t enough pressure to break someone she also has to worry about being attacked by the powers that be, that are all waiting to see if she needs to be dealt with or if they will let her live.
I absolutely love this series, but this book in particular has marked itself into my favorites. With everything they are both going through E.R./M & Dan will still always choose each other first and foremost. And while everyone else thinks that this is a week spot that can be poked at to gain the upper hand, no one seems to realize that this is their actual strength in the darkest of times. there were a few times i held my breath in anticipation of what was to come next, how would they get themselves out of this mess. But as we learned in one of the previous books “everything happens for a reason”