As I
reached the final pages of "Supernaturally Kissed", the first book in
Stacey Kennedy's Frostbite series, I
thought I saw something in the story that was being over looked; little clues
being dropped that I expected to have answered by the end of the book. Those
answers didn't manifest themselves. By the end of "Demonically
Tempted", the second book in the series, those clues were answered, and I was
thrilled to see I was right. The answer turned out to be something important
and leads into the third book of the series "Mystically Bound." (No
SPOILERS, go read both books to find out what it was.)
After her
experiences with the police, Tess finds herself working in their Cold Case
department. What better witness can they have than to interview the victim of a
murder? That's what Tess does; talk to the ghosts. So along with her ghostly
hunk of a boyfriend Kipp, she helps solve crimes.
This
time, Tess may have gotten into something she can't handle when the ghosts come
to her because something is terrifying them. On top of that Kipp has vanished,
and Tess worries that she sent him away.
"Demonically
Tempted" is a fun paranormal mystery follow up to the original
"Supernaturally Kissed." Though it doesn't have the same mystery, and
even the ghostly erotic romance of the first, it remains an enjoyable and
loving tale of a woman and the man she should never be able to have.
If there
is anything that it suffers from, it's what many Act Two stories of a trilogy
do. While telling the story at hand, while Tess fights to save lives and
ghosts, the book sets up a lot of foundation of the book to follow. The
supernatural threat here doesn't feel as dangerous as the human threat in the
climax of the first book.
That
said, "Demonically Tempted" and Kennedy's writing, remains to be
enjoyable ride all the way through to the end even when we're told what Tess
must do next and we must wait for the next book "Mystically Bound."
As I said
at the start of the review, what I, myself, enjoyed the most was to discover
what I had been guessing at was true. Go find out what it is.
Enjoy
this book, be "Demonically Tempted"
Review by
Kevin
Paul Shaw Broden
Four
Names of Professional Creativity
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