Review: Summoned to Thirteenth Grave

Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS SERIES, DON'T READ MY REVIEW!!!

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4 Stars

Overall Rating ★★★★
Plot ★★★★
Humor ★★★
Characters & Character Development ★★★★
Narration ★★★★

Plot: Okay.... you have been warned. If you haven't read this whole series, you should not be reading this review. There are spoilers and many of them... Okay. Here we go! These are literally my thoughts (somewhat edited to make a review) while I was reading/listening.

I had no idea that Jemma was dead. I should have realized when they kept leaving her in the car. I have to go back and see if she spoke to anyone.

Oh wow Uncle Bob!!! I couldn't believe all that with him. It really bothered me because there were no signs of that. If that was the plan all along, I feel like there needed to be signs. There needed to be things leading up to this.

She lost David, Strawberry, Gemma, Rocket, Blue. I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS. Taft should have stuck around to say bye to Charlie and to move on with his sister. That was way too rushed. I'm also sad that Rocket moved on. I felt like he needed to have more time with his relative before leaving. All of the departures were way too fast for me.

Charlie and her whole family are wonderful and I love what Darynda has created in this world. I love how their family has grown and I loved them together.

I was disappointed that this did not really resolve certain things that I really wanted to know. Then again, the whole thing with satan and Beep couldn’t actually happen since Beep is a baby and that will take time. I’m actually surprised that Satan had nothing to do with this book.

I was disappointed in Uncle Bob being involved in the final battle because of Cookie and Amber. What about them? If you were just there to support Charley, then why marry Cookie and intertwine your life with her's and Amber's if you weren’t committed there.

I wanted to hear more detail of how Taft died. I didn’t feel like he needed to die. But if he did, I wish he had waited to pass on with his sister who stayed back for him. (Yes I said this above. These are my notes and this book was all just too much.

How did Charley and Reyes not know about Uncle Bob and did her father know about him?

I really liked the storyline about Rocket’s relative. Although, I wish he’d stuck around. He’s been there since the beginning. But it was interesting what Perry contributed and how that all came to be. I missed Nicolette in this book and Taft. I loved that the bikers were back. I was happy Charley got to see her Mom FINALLY!

I was also confused by the fact that Earl Walker had another biological kid. And what was so special about the people he abducted. I felt like that was completely random. And that goes back to all the secrets between Reyes and Charley. I feel like Reyes has way more. There was a moment in the story where Reyes and Garrett where being secretive about something. What’s that about? So why are their still all these secrets between the two of them. It leaves this whole plot/story/series/arch unfinished to me. I like it to be all clean and pretty. I need that in the end of a series arch. Even if it is continuing, it's not continuing with these main characters so I needed this to feel finished which it did not.

Also, I thought Beep was already safe with the previous book so why did Charley and Reyes have to go away since they closed the hell dimension. I hope they’re coming back to raise their kid. What reason is there not to. I feel like I need Charley and Reyes to find a way to be present in their child’s life and be present for their friends while still protecting the place where she resides. I’m hoping that everyone will move there to be close to her. Reyes and Charlie have enough money to provide for everyone and I feel like they need to be present in the future considering the childhoods that they had.

Final thoughts, although I felt like this book had badass Charley, funny moments, and a great plot, it didn't seem like the conclusion of a story arch and that bothers me.

Narration: Lorelei King - LOVE LOVE LOVE HER! She is great in this series, and I hope I can find more that I love her in.

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