First book for my bingo card \o/
Harbinger (The Sullivan Gray Series Book 2) by H.P. Bayne
Okay, this is the second book on a series, so a little background is necessary.
Sullivan Gray, the protagonist, can see ghosts, but only of those who died a violent death at the hands of another person. He's the foster son of Flynn and Mara Sullivan, and Dez is his foster brother. They love him deeply, and he loves them as fiercely back. They lost a little boy, Aiden, who drowned when he was 5 years old, and because of that Dez is deeply protective of Sully.
There is also an uncle, Flynn's brother, Lowell and he is the only one in the family who is not really fond of Sully. And the sentiment is mutual, but both of them keep it civil.
Now, to the second book, but please, do not expect a literary essay, okay. I'm more than willing to talk about this book because it's FANTASTIC, but, me being me, my reviews will be full of OMG!, SQUEE and the like :P
And, oh my God! If the first book was good, this was even better.
The last half is simply to stop the heart, the tension is so thick that you must stop to catch your breath.
The story begins about two years later than Black Candle, and we meet again with some of the characters we know from it. Sully and Dez face so many difficulties together, so much fear and pain, and yet their connection continues to shine.
And the story is thrilling! There is a ghost that keeps popping up and, for some reason, Sully is truly terrified of him. The first time he appears, there is an attempt to break-in in the pub where Sully works and lives. Sully interrupts the intruder, but the man manages to escape.
But the next day the same man? other? is there, with a shotgun, and kills Betty, the pub manager and Sully's friend.
From then on we learn many things in quick succession: it is possible that Betty was not killed accidentally, she had in her possession a blue thumb drive that contains something that someone wants badly; his son has just been released from prison, where he was sent by child pornography possession's charges, although he continues to say that he was framed; Uncle Lowel has been providing Sully with sleeping pills; and the police thinks Sully killed Betty.
The plot develops seamlessly, the tension keeps growing and you simply can't stop reading.
And the end, oh, the end will make you scream in frustration, not because it's illogical or even something you would not expect from Sully, but because it's exactly what he would do, and God!
I need the next book. Now!
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Okay, this is the second book on a series, so a little background is necessary.
Sullivan Gray, the protagonist, can see ghosts, but only of those who died a violent death at the hands of another person. He's the foster son of Flynn and Mara Sullivan, and Dez is his foster brother. They love him deeply, and he loves them as fiercely back. They lost a little boy, Aiden, who drowned when he was 5 years old, and because of that Dez is deeply protective of Sully.
There is also an uncle, Flynn's brother, Lowell and he is the only one in the family who is not really fond of Sully. And the sentiment is mutual, but both of them keep it civil.
Now, to the second book, but please, do not expect a literary essay, okay. I'm more than willing to talk about this book because it's FANTASTIC, but, me being me, my reviews will be full of OMG!, SQUEE and the like :P
And, oh my God! If the first book was good, this was even better.
The last half is simply to stop the heart, the tension is so thick that you must stop to catch your breath.
The story begins about two years later than Black Candle, and we meet again with some of the characters we know from it. Sully and Dez face so many difficulties together, so much fear and pain, and yet their connection continues to shine.
And the story is thrilling! There is a ghost that keeps popping up and, for some reason, Sully is truly terrified of him. The first time he appears, there is an attempt to break-in in the pub where Sully works and lives. Sully interrupts the intruder, but the man manages to escape.
But the next day the same man? other? is there, with a shotgun, and kills Betty, the pub manager and Sully's friend.
From then on we learn many things in quick succession: it is possible that Betty was not killed accidentally, she had in her possession a blue thumb drive that contains something that someone wants badly; his son has just been released from prison, where he was sent by child pornography possession's charges, although he continues to say that he was framed; Uncle Lowel has been providing Sully with sleeping pills; and the police thinks Sully killed Betty.
The plot develops seamlessly, the tension keeps growing and you simply can't stop reading.
And the end, oh, the end will make you scream in frustration, not because it's illogical or even something you would not expect from Sully, but because it's exactly what he would do, and God!
I need the next book. Now!
This entry was originally posted at https://birggitt.dreamwidth.org/230711.html. Please comment here or there using OpenID.