The Supers Hunting ghosts and finding more than they bargained for. Blaine Franks is a member of the paranormal research group the Supernatural Explorers. When the group loses their techie to a cross-country move, newly graduated Flynn Huntington gets the job. Flynn fits in with the guys right off the bat, but when it comes to him and Blaine, it’s more than just getting along. Things heat up … getting along.
Things heat up between Blaine and Flynn as they explore their first haunted building, an abandoned hospital, together. Their relationship isn’t all that progresses, though, and soon it seems that an odd bite on Blaine’s neck has become much more.
Hitchhiking ghosts, a tragic love story forgotten by time, and the mystery of room 204 round out a romance where the things that go bump in the night are real.
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Blaine Franks is a member of the paranormal research group called the Supernatural Explorers, and Flynn Huntington is hired to be the new tech guy. These are guys that believe in ghosts and are trying to prove their existence. They all spend some time getting to know one another, everything is normal, and they gel together well. The sexual tension starts right away as Flynn tries to remind himself they just met and are going to be working together. Flynn is also full of questions about what Blaine sees and how they document everything. He’s so excited, and seems to also be somewhat receptive to the paranormal phenomenon. Jason is the leader of the group, so of the three other characters, we get to know him the best. Darnell, the camera man, and Will, who helps with the equipment, are less fleshed out.
Whilst investigating an abandoned hospital, the creep factor is high. The juxtaposition between the normalcy of before, really helps set the mood and then clues us in when things are not what they seem. The author does a good job of making us excited and frightened each time they go back to record at the hospital. They make contact with multiple ghosts at the location, and investigate some of the people who died at the hospital.
Then there are the sexy down times when Blaine and Flynn explore one another and grow closer as lovers. This was more explicit than the other Dreamspinner Dreamspun Beyond books I’ve read. There are multiple sex scenes and I would definately call this an erotic romance. If this is our reward for being scared and grossed out, I am all for it. They are adorable dorks, but I have to say there is a lot of “giggling” in this book. The resolution seemed to work out well, although it was a little out of left field. I can’t really talk about that without spoilers, but be warned there is violence.
The guys took everything they recorded at Eugene Thurston Memorial Hospital and turned it into a forty-minute video and sent it to Jason’s producer contact in the hopes of getting a TV deal. The converted barn on Blaine’s parents’ property where he lives with Flynn is the defacto meeting place for the ghost busting team so I think I’ll be spending some more time there in future books. Since Halloween is coming, this was a perfect spooky read with more horror than I thought it would have, so if that is something you like, I recommend.
I would give this 4.25 stars.
Independent reviewer for Divine Magazine, I was gifted the AUDIO file of this book.
Flynn joins Blaine’s paranormal research group, and they visit an abandoned hospital. Things get real creepy and the guys are faced with a possession, a haunting a tragic love story and a twist I did not see coming!
Another one of those books that kinda creeps up on ya and you have no idea, not a single clue about how its all gonna go down!
While there is immediate attraction between Blaine and Flynn, it takes a while for them to act on it.
The story of Room 204 builds at an even pace and there were points where I had to rewind, and double check that Blaine had in fact, called Flynn David. The story of Room 204 (that’s how I heard it, with a capital R, if that makes sense!) did not play out how I was expecting it to!
It’s a little . . . fluffier. . . than other books I’ve read of Michael (Three Wishes) but it is a DreamSpun Beyond and they are generally so. Just enough heat and passion between Blaine and Flynn to keep the heat level high, but not scorching. Right for this book.
Kenneth Obi narrates.
Mostly, I enjoyed Obi’s narration. His reading voice is clear and deep and he got over the emotions of Blaine and Flynn in all the right ways, in all the right places.
His voice for the 204 ghost comes across as really REALLY nasty in some places, though, and that is probably why I did not see that ending coming at me.I thought the ghost was going to be a bit more vengeful.
And the voices Obi gives to Blaine and Flynn are far too similar for my crappy hearing to make out the difference between them, so I struggled a bit keeping up with conversations between them
BUT!!! I will give Obi another go, as this is the first of his work I listened to.
5 stars for the book
4 stars for the narration
4.5 (rounded down to 4) overall
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