This case might be the answer to my prayers…or the death of me.Name’s Vicki. I hunt vamps, witches, demons. Pretty much anything that goes bump in the night. You got a demonic pest? I’m your gal to kill it. I ain’t picky. I’ll take it out or die trying.And today just might be that day.This case is personal, you see. I didn’t want to believe that after all these years I might find out what … all these years I might find out what happened to my family. Chase and Johnnie uncovered new evidence. Said it would give me closure.
I wasn’t keen, to be honest. Nobody wants to open up that sort of wound for inspection, but they were adamant. They worry about me.
Which is exactly why I’m facing down a seethe of vamps in a dirty, out of town garage. And I half expected that, really.
What I didn’t expect?
To be doing it with nothing to protect myself but my sexy high heel boots and a crumpled piece of paper.
Looks like today’s the day I really get to see whether I take em out or die trying.
Fans of Patricia Briggs and Supernatural will love this start to a new series that promises lots of thrills, plenty of mystique, and heroes in unlikely places.
Buy it now and immerse yourself in a world of supernatural hunting.
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I had fun reading this story. It was awesome. I loved it. I can’t wait to see what’s next!
I am going to LOVE this new series! Hunters of all things supernatural and seriously fearless. I loved the back and forth between the characters. I loved the characters. I look forward to reading the next book!
Vicki hunts monsters, a job she undertook to avenge her mother and twin brother who disappeared when she was younger. Now she has a job in the same town where she lost them, where people are still disappearing. Scott and Chase are fellow hunters and her closest friends and it will take all three of them to solve this puzzle. I received an advance copy of this book and voluntarily left a review.
Action packed, emotionally thrilling journey filled with dangerous and engaging charters, witty banter, heart racing twists and unexpected turns. A highly entertaining and emotional roller coaster ride from beginning to end.
This is book one of The Grave Files series and the main character is Vicki Graves, but she is usually known by her surname only. She is a hunter after an incident on a family camping trip left her losing her mother and twin brother Chris back when she was only a kid herself. Her father pretty much fell apart after that and she left home at fourteen, emancipated and trying to learn all she could about supernatural creatures. It was only when she was saved from a large nest of vampires by Chase, that she finally learnt that vampires were real and all about the hunter organisation. She was paired with Chase as a trainer in the actual hunter clan, learning more about the job and finally earning her badge as a fully-fledged hunter. But the events of all those years ago have never been dealt with properly, nor forgotten, as Graves can still sense that her twin brother is with her.
Graves buys a spell that should be helpful sometime when she really needs an escape route, but ends up having to use it nearly straight away and portals back into the upstairs meeting room of the hunters. She gets sent to get a coffee from Joy, one of the leaders and is soon interrupted by Chase and his partner Scott, who have been called in for a new job. She wasn’t informed about it, as it was thought it would be hitting too close to the past for her! But Graves refuses to be left behind and ends up going with the two young men to the very town where she lost half her family all those years ago, as reports of more missing people come in. A local contact believes it is ghosts that are responsible for the missing people, but now two men disappeared, but this time bodies have been found, with a white handprint on the torso. A new development for a series of missing people that seems to occur every decade, since the early 1800’s. What they do find is much more dangerous than a ghost and will be loads more of a problem to deal with. The trio will have their work cut out for them, but maybe Graves will find a bit of resolution to her past at last. I can’t wait to see what dangers Graves and the other hunters may face in the rest of the series. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
Meet Vickie a hunter who fights the evil hiding in the world. IN this installment she is off to the town where her personal tragedy happened and thus begins a funny quick read that was entertaining. Not too deep a story but more light hearted with a few surprises of the paranormal kind. I did sometimes want to slap Vickie but she is a creature of her past. It did make me laugh a lot. Loved the surprises. I enjoyed the story and characters and look forward to more.
Really enjoyed this one! Supernatural hunter, Vicki finds out some information that may lead to solving the mystery of her missing mom and twin brother. Along for the adventure is two fellow hunters, Scott and Chase. She’s rough around the edges, kicks some butt, and has plenty of sass. There’s edges of a humorous tone to the story that I enjoyed. The story feels a touch like Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys with supernatural elements. There’s not romance in this one; if you’re into that type of thing, which I am, but I’m okay with it here. I didn’t really care for either Scott or Chase; too frat boy mentality for these two; they’re more like brothers. I’m hoping something won’t be developing in the future; I’m not feeling any romantic vibes. Loved all the cool action and supernatural elements! Plus, there’s a bit of interesting mystery going on! This one has a satisfying ending, but there’s more mystery for Vicki. Excited for the next one!
Our heroine is a demon hunter, but the thing she really wants are some clues to her past. Be careful what you wish for.
This is book one of the series. A good place to start.
This is an urban fantasy story with a very dirty and gritty feel to it. The story is intriguing and quick paced, with an enjoyable storyline and a fascinating setting. The characters are also nicely done and I particularly like our heroine who has a bit of spunk and some definite snark. There is a lot of action in this one, as well as several twists and turns that keep things interesting. Overall, I enjoyed this book quite a bit and look forward to the next book in the series.
Highly recommended.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout for review purposes.
Buckle your seat belts because you’re in for another wild ride with supernatural hunter Vicki Graves! I’m a huge fan of Ms. Atkinson and love that she writes strong but damaged females in her stories. This is the case with Vicki as she teams up with supernatural hunters Chase and Scott to go back to the small town where both her mother and brother disappeared. She’s swamped with bad memories of that time when she was a vulnerable 11 year old and she works hard to ferret out the clues to solve the current day disappearances that mimic her family disappearances. Are those 2 events connected? There’s some kick-ass fight scenes and enough twists and turns to keep you reading to the last page. There’s a bit of a cliff-hanger at the end and it makes me want to dive into book 2.
Vicki, Chase and Scott are part of a loosely aligned group called Hunters. These Hunters are fighting evil and there are many groups of evil to fight. This story does not showcase evil as anything else but bad. There are degrees of bad and I do not think Vicki is as experienced as she thinks. The pace is fast and held my attention throughout. There is an end to this book but the story will continue. I recommend this read.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
*Warning* This book kept me reading far too late into the night!
And I really do mean that it will keep you up because you WANT TO KNOW! Better still is when you finish a book and immediately want to grab the next book in the series! And that is exactly how I feel about this book.
I can’t wait to see what happens next. And if you came here for spoilers…sorry, none to be had. No hints, no little inuendos of what happened. Just another fabulous start to a series by Thea Atkinson!
“The Graves Files“ by Thea Atkinson is an enticing story with a no-nonsense heroine (Vicky), who engages hand-on with the situation doing her job, even when it gets personal. As a hunter her work consists of tracking down vamps, witches and demons and swiftly ‘removing’ the threat they pose.
While Vicky is a very strong and capable female, Chase and Johnnie (her friends and associates) are not only successful hunters, but a never-ending source of banter and joy, to light even the most gruesome case, and on top of everything they are very good friends, the kind that would do everything to help their friend to unearth the truth about the disappearance of Vicky’s family eleven years ago. Now they have a new lead, it should finally bring closure, but it turns out to throw more questions than answers and sent Vicky into the same small town the tragedy took place those years ago, but what was supposed to be a quick ‘cleaning’ job, is everything but that.
A well-written story in Thea Atkinson incomparable witty/sassy style, with a trio of wonderful characters, even if Vicky is undoubtedly intended as main character, is in fact the wonderful chemistry between the whole trio, what set this story apart. Struggles, tribulations, sharp turns, unexpected twists with seasoned with captivating personalities and very detailed descriptions, what more do you really need to pick up the story and just… read for yourself
I love this new world that the author has given us. The MC is tough and kick ass which is my favorite. I love finding a new world to become immersed in and this book delivers.
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***1/2 stars- Vicky is a hunter. She hunts supernatural creatures. She is sent on a case to a town where murders have occurred. This is the same town her mother and brother disappeared. She arrives with Scott and Chase who she has partnered with on many assignments. They must figure out if these murders are caused by supernaturals or humans. The story was slow in getting me interested in the plot. It does get better with some action. Vicky, Chase, and Scott have some interesting banter. All three know each other well and you can feel it in their camaraderie. They enjoy messing with each other. This gives you some entertaining interactions between the three of them. Overall the story was good. I am interested in reading the next book if the author continues the series. I see lots of potential. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
Well written and engaging this book had its fun points but did have a bit of world building issues
Other than that it was worth the time
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The Graves Files by Thea Atkinson is a wonderful story that I have read. This is book number one in this wonderful start to a brand new series that I have loved reading and can not wait to read the rest. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about fantasy and fantasy romance.
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I truly love this story. Vicki Graves is a snarky mouthed, angry young woman who hunts monsters for a living. When one of the guys tries to comfort her she pushes him away so no one thinks she is weak. I highly recommend this story to anyone who likes ghosts, banshees, and witches.
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Vickie is a hunter. She started to hunt when she was a teenager. Her mother and twin brother disappeared while on a camping trip. They had heard screaming in the night for two days before they were gone. Vickie has spent her life trying to figure out what happened. She goes on a hunt with her partners in the same city. More people are missing and bodies are now showing up. Who or what is taking people? What has happened to them? Will they figure out in time to save others from missing? You have to read this fast paced action packed supernatural scary story to find out.
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This is the first book I believe I’ve read by this author. The cover is very enticing and the blurb sounded really good. So, good, I think I got a copy from both Amazon and from Bookspout (in exchange for my honest review). I did not realize the book was a novella. Novellas, due to the short length, rarely are winners for me unless they are part of a series I know the characters from so I have all that back story and context to assist the shorter length.
There is potential here and I like the unusual bad guy here, or perhaps really, victim. The Graves Files has potential and if you like a shorter format and urban fantasy this may do for you. Vicki and her relationship with the other hunters was stilted yet she states she works a lot with one of them and they have to rely on each other. The storyline, while different for the usual ones I read in UF, didn’t have enough details and action for me. The ending was also less than satisfying, being a quasi-cliff hanger because we and Vicki don’t get the details we hoped for. perhaps that’s to be further explored in future Graves Files. If I were Vicki though, I would have felt gutted (I watch far too much British tv) and there wasn’t that feeling.
I would be inclined to give Graves Files Case 2 a read, but I’d probably check to see if it was a full length novel and more likely to be satisfying for me.
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This is the first book by Thea Atkinson that I have read and I’m looking forward to more Graves files. It was fast paced and full of action. It was quite short but offered an insight into who Vicki was, how she came to be a Hunter and how it related to the case. I will definitely be reading more from this author.
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