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Dark Light (Ghost Hunters)
written by Jayne Castle
Studio : Brilliance Audio
by Brilliance Audio
Release Date : 2008-08-26
Publisher : Brilliance Audio
Released : 2008-08-26
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 7
EAN : 9781423362500
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 25 reviews)
List Price : $34.95
Our Price : $12.60
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Product Description |
Everything is different underground. Just ask the residents of Harmony, a futuristic world where alien catacombs can lead you astray –- and where psychic senses spark out-of-this-world passion...
Reporter Sierra McIntyre's stories on Crystal City's ghost hunters –- and their mysterious guild –- have earned her tabloid a bit of respect. And they've allowed her to clothe her dust-bunny companion, Elvis, in rock-and-roll style. It helps that she has mega-rez intuition to fall back on...
Especially when she interviews Ghost Hunter Guild boss John Fontana about the disappearances of retired, homeless hunters. She doesn't want to trust the physically and psychically powerful man, but her senses –- and Elvis –- give her the green light. To uncover the conspiracy within his own organization, Fontana proposes...marriage. And though it's purely a business arrangement, there's nothing pure about the attraction that sizzles between them... |
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Another wonderful book on Harmony |
I won't bother with a detailed review. Jayne Ann Krentz writes under the pen-name Jayne Castle only for books about the world Harmony. Filled with Psychic powers and Ghost Hunters.
Its one of the best paranormal series out there and if you've never read any of the Harmony books, you're missing out.
This is an automatic 5/5 and I finished it in one sitting. I just wish she would write more books for this series. |
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C, The Best Thing Is the Dust-Bunny Companion, "Elvis" |
Story takes place in Harmony. A world that is populated with earth descendants who were able to travel there via wormhole that no longer exists. This is their new society.
Over-privileged trust-fund baby, Sierra McIntyre, leaves her posh life to be an advocate for something in another town where nobody knows her dad is like the Bill Gates of the future. She gets a job at a local tabloid and actually stumbles on a potential real story.
Her story--- veteran ghost hunters disappearing off the streets. There's this thing called "The Guild" which is like teamsters running a government branch. The parallels between the organization and mob/teamsters are relatively easy to draw. Ghost hunters are like "Special Ops" who based on their natural abilities are able to navigate the catacombs of the alien underworld left by a civilization long gone.
The head of The Guild, Fontana, is the guy she wants to interview to get to the bottom of the ghost hunter disappearances. When they meet, it is electrifying. He proposes they enter into a Marriage of Convenience (as opposed to a Covenant Marriage) which allows them to be sleazy behind closed doors while maintaining some propriety. He does so because he believes she is his best link to finding out more information and he needs to protect her because he believes she is in danger. She agrees because she believes that his role as head of the guild gives her access to things she wouldn't otherwise.
So, off they go investigating and frolicking in pseudo-marital sin while trying to determine the truth.
The whole book was pretty much okay and the juicy parts weren't all that juicy.
The best part was this dust-bunny pet/companion (although Sierra is offended that some people refer to him as a pet, but he is!). Sounded funny. Ball of fuzz that exhibited emotion. Kind of like a Star Trek Tribble. OMG. Did I just geek myself out? Yes, a freakin' Tribble. |
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Page turner |
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I've read all these books and each one gets better. Start anywhere in the series and enjoy. |
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NIce addition to the Harmony series |
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I liked the characters and I especially liked Elvis the Dust Bunny. How absolutely cute for the coffee drinking Dust Bunny to be running around in a white sequend cape with sunglasses. Did I mention the "King" coffee cup or the dressing room? HA! Elvis definitely stole "the show." Sierra working for a gossip magazine and Fontana bribing her into marriage was fun to read about, too. |
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A bit too quick... |
On the bright side, the plot of Dark Light has an interesting and different premise from the others in the Harmony series. Retired Ghost Hunters are being kidnapped off the streets, and/or being lured by an illegal drug called "ghost juice". Both the main characters want to figure out the mysteries of the missing hunters and the source of the new drug. Additionally, a purple ghost light that stuns or kills and seems impenetrable needs to be found and destroyed.
A little mystery (not difficult to figure out and too easily resolved, but still different from the usual), a dust bunny with Elvis aspirations, a new Hunter Talent, romance that blossoms and eventually satisfies.
Unfortunately, there is another side...
The first problem, mentioned by several other reviewers, is the instant marriage decision (within 47 minutes after first meeting) between the main characters, Fontana (a Guild boss) and Sierra (a tabloid journalist). I'll buy an honest attraction, maybe an offer of dinner and drinks, a little dancing, a goodnight kiss (oh, hell, maybe a quick roll in the sack, I'm good with that), but instant marriage? Please. Even with the ridiculous excuse of a way to protect the heroine, the premise didn't come close to credible. Tell the little woman to watch her back, hire a few guards, take her into protective custody, anything, just don't suggest marriage before even holding hands.
Second problem. Ms. Castle, most of us really HAVE read the other books in this series. I don't need the repeated (and repeated) rhetoric about the Curtain closing, UDEMS, para-resonators, etc., etc., etc. I started skimming those references four books ago, I'm sure most of your other fans have as well. We already know the history, plunking it down during the middle of conversations and action sequences is not necessary, is annoying and delays the story.
3 stars because although Dark Light is mediocre for her Harmony books, Ms. Castle/Quick/Krentz is always readable, even when uninspired. |
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