Eleventh Grave in MoonlightAuthor: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson #11
Published by: St. Martin's Press
Publication Date: January 24, 2017
Format: eARC
Pages: 352
Source: Publisher
A typical day in the life of Charley Davidson involves cheating husbands, missing people, errant wives, philandering business owners, and oh yeah...demons, hell hounds, evil gods, and dead people. Lots and lots of dead people. As a part time Private Investigator and full-time Grim Reaper, Charley has to balance the good, the bad, the undead, and those who want her dead. In this eleventh installment, Charley is learning to make peace with the fact that she is a goddess with all kinds of power and that her own daughter has been born to save the world from total destruction. But the forces of hell are determined to see Charley banished forever to the darkest corners of another dimension. With the son of Satan himself as her husband and world-rocking lover, maybe Charley can find a way to have her happily ever after after all.
Ah, Charley, you never let me down. Here we are, eleven books into the series, and I continuously fall in love with each one.
While it did feel a little more lowkey than some of the other books, there’s still a lot going on, including all of the great stuff we expect and love about it, like solving cases, coffee, humor, dead people, coffee, and some of the best characters! We keep getting some pretty big revelations with each book, and this time was no exception. It’s interesting and fun at times watching her adjust and learn, especially when Reyes gives her a good push. 😀
Speaking of Reyes … we get into solving the mystery of his background, and it’s kind of a crazy ride. Reyes tells Charley to drop it, but there’s a lot more at play and she can’t turn away from what she discovers. I’m really glad we get closure in this area though. And is it only me, or does anyone else picture Charley like the cat in the video when it comes to Reyes sometimes? I get the biggest kick out of it, and we all know he’s going to let her do whatever she wants anyway.
Anyway, I love this book! It’s another great installment in one of my favorite series. And I swear, I should be used to it by now, but dammit, Jones slayed me with that ending! I need the next book now!
I am so behind on this series, I just started it last year on audio and I am up to book three. 🙂 They are a lot of fun so I am glad they have continued to be good. 🙂
LOL yes, that cat has Charley written all over it!
I loved this, I love this whole freaking series though. That ending was another killer though. I’m a bit on edge but I know it will all work out, hopefully soon.
My library just got the first book in the series on audio and I’m so thrilled! I’ve had the actual print version for at least a year and haven’t wedged it in but I have high hopes for audio. This series sounds so fun and I love that at book 11 you’re still enjoying the series!
Everyone is posting a review about this novel and I’m late because I had the book a few days ago! I’m curious to read it!
Review twins. Ok that ending was killer!
Man I really want to catch up on this series, but there are so many books! I love that Charlie & Reyes are still going strong! And LOL! That evil cat video! Love it!
Gods that ending
Ugh everyone loves this series but now with so many books it seems so hard to start. One day!! Great review!
I’ve heard such great things about this series but I’m scared to start because that’s a huge commitment. Still, this looks like fun!! Great review, Christy!
It’s such a fun series! You need to read it.
*giddy applause* Another great review!! I’m tempted to go back and re-write mine now that I’ve read yours and Kim’s. UGH!!!!!! I still want to know what Reyes did in earlier in life! And what is Charley trying to remember that she tried to forget!! That will be a crazy reveal, I’m sure!!! 🙂
I have to start reading this series soon! I am really glad to see that you are still really enjoying it after 11 books. Great review!
Gotta love Reyes’ fatherly duties. That shit is just too damn funny. Maybe Charley shouldn’t have told him about Osh. LOL!
I love these characters. All the god stuff gets confusing but the rest is just awesome.
BWA HA HA! Love the analogy and that cat! 😀 Cannot wait to get this one and dive in. So glad you enjoy it!
I usually love it when a series that I like has a lot of books in the series. Sounds interesting.
I have yet to read a bad review for these books. It seems like every installment is a hit and at 11 books, that beyond impressive.
I’m listening to this book now. I have about two hours left. Just finished up at the food court. I’m eager to see how this book ends and already excited for the next one.
Yes, I agree that this one was more mellow, but that just made me get more worried about what she was going to spring on me. And that ending… she did spring a lulu.
Ha, yes, Charley is just like that cat.
Osh is a fun element every time he’s present. I’m tickled to see those revelations about him and Amber with Beep.
I’m so happy that you continue to love this series — that speaks volumes about the author. I’m looking forward to bingeing this series 😀
Arg. One day I will start this series. I really will. lol
I really want to try this series, I’ve heard nothing but good things, and it’s good to hear it’s still going to strong at 11 books! Plus I’m a character person, so I want to read about the lovable characters! There are so many books and they all cost so much money though :-/
Oh, you totally need to read this series! Damn the whole series was on sale for $1.99 each a few days ago. Maybe your library has them?
I don’t buy whole series ahead of time without knowing whether I’ll like them or not anyway, so it wouldn’t have mattered even if I knew about the sale. And no, my library only has, like, three of them, and not even in order -_-
I’ve been meaning to check out this series for a while! Definitely been seeing great things about it. The characters sound awesome. Yo know it’s a great series when you fall in love with the characters over and over in each book! Great review, Christy!
Yeah, yeah, we all get it. This series is amazing. Gah! Stop throwing it in our faces!!! I will start the series soon, okay, so calm down. 😉
I’ve been hearing good things about this series since December, but my TBR on my iPad and a bunch that I’ve just bought are countless. Urggghh… OK you got me. I’m buying this series. I’m a book hoarder and proud of it. I’ll stop collecting books when I’m broke. 😉