Spectre A Zoe Martinique Investigation (Audible Audio Edition) Phaedra Weldon Merissa Martignoni Audible Studios Books
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Zoe Martinique has the extraordinary ability to travel outside her body at will. When she is drawn into an investigation of a series of bizarre murders, in which the victims are missing body parts, Zoe hopes to help her boyfriend, Atlanta homicide detective Daniel Frasier, stop the killer one she's sure is from the darkest levels of the astral plane without letting him find out about her special abilities. Then danger strikes close to home when Zoe's mother disappears, and Zoe must use all the powers at her command to save her even though Zoe knows that, in doing so, she may make herself into something no longer entirely human.
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Spectre A Zoe Martinique Investigation (Audible Audio Edition) Phaedra Weldon Merissa Martignoni Audible Studios Books
the main focus of this sequel appears to be sex, the action and plot have kind of taken a back seat to the need of the heroin to get laid. i don't remember the first book having so much sexual flamboyancy. its not even an undertone, but the driving force coating every page from page 1. feels like our dear author needed a booty call herself while writing this. still a good idea and a good plot drive, just too much sexual frustration. sadly it weighs down the story and buries the plot. some sexual undertones can carry things along and feed the story line, too much just bogs it down. if the series continues this way it will need to be moved to the erotica section and our main character will have to actually get herself some. this is not the kind of thing i like to pick up in the sci fi section. but perhaps it was miss shelved. either way it needed a strong romance warning.i have found it a slow and painful read. leaving me struggling to get through to the end. here's hoping things pick up and book 3 is more captivating.
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Spectre A Zoe Martinique Investigation (Audible Audio Edition) Phaedra Weldon Merissa Martignoni Audible Studios Books Reviews
Although this is not the best book I've ever read, it was a solid 4.4. I'd say 4.5, but then I'd have to round up and it wasn't that good. I personally enjoyed Zoe's inner dialog, it made her more real to me, but I can also see how some people could find that highly annoying.
I've never read the first book, though I probably will some day. This book is obviously the second of what the author intends to be a longer series. (best guess would be 4 or 5, whatever the market will bear I guess.) In this book, Zoe's still getting used to her newfound powers as a Wraith and discovering new aspects to that power.
The plot was rather basic, by that I mean I felt like I'd heard it all before, and the other characters were just so-so. Still, Zoe's inner voice was just plain funny. For those of us sensitive to profanity, um there is a lot of it in here. Granted, some of it is very well placed and very funny. For some reason, I couldn't tune my reading ear to hear a Southern accent throughout most of the book, which I found strange given the setting.
One thing that bothered me was the lack of a feeling of closure at the end of the book. Saying much more than that would give away some pretty big plot twists, but it's like the feeling at the end of the Empire Strikes Back. Yeah, maybe things are ok for now, but there's so much left undone. I really dislike those blatant sort of buy-the-next-book ploys. Oh and another thing, it's not really an "investigation" I mean the woman does more work just trying to figure herself out than murder mystery type thing. Things just seem to fall into place around her.
Lovely book overall, looking forward to more, sort of wish it were for a younger crowd though, so I could recommend it to kids. I think it's one of the best examples of voice I've seen in a long time.
Book Info Genre Urban Fantasy Reading Level Adult
Disclosure I received the final book in this series, as well as the short story omnibus, from the author in exchange for an honest review. I purchased these earlier books for myself, but am happy to provide an honest review for them as well, as long as I'm reading them.
Synopsis Zoë Martinique has the extraordinary ability to travel outside her body at will. When she is drawn into an investigation of a series of bizarre murders, in which the victims are missing body parts, Zoë hopes to help her boyfriend, Atlanta homicide detective Daniel Frasier, stop the killer - one she's sure is from the darkest levels of the astral plane - without letting him find out about her special abilities.
Then danger strikes close to home when Zoë's mother disappears, and Zoë must use all the powers at her command to save her - even though Zoë knows that, in doing so, she may make herself into something no longer entirely human.
My Thoughts This is the second full-length novel in this series, following Wraith. One thing I forgot to mention in my previous review - at one point, Zoë is musing to herself about how Atlanta is such a green city, and I had to scratch my head. Because the greenest city I've ever been in was Portland, OR and Atlanta doesn't even come close. Now, admittedly, I haven't spent much time in the core - when I go into ATL, I usually stay around the periphery, or go up to Roswell, and have only been to Buckhead once (although I need to go there and see the statue someday), but I remember driving into Portland from the `burbs - trees, trees, trees, with a few houses tucked up in there, and you go through a tunnel and poof there's the city - but it's full of little parks, everywhere. Including this tiny little park that is basically a tree. I'm not sure why they call that single tree a park, but there you go - that's just Portland. They're quirky that way. Anyway, that's a bit of a tangent, I suppose, so I'll get back to the review.
Interestingly enough, Dags' last name changes to McKinty in this book, whereas it was McConnell in Out of the Dark. I mean, I know SPRITE's acronym changes slightly every time it's used, and that's deliberate, but someone's last name? Hmmmm. Also, I'm not quite sure, but I had it in my head that Zoë was 29 in the first book, whereas she's 27 in this one. Speaking of Dags; maybe Zoë thinks Daniel is all that, but I think Dags is the perfect man for her, since she seems so focused on men.
Anyway, in this book, things get really dark, really fast. Many of Zoë's ties to other people are broken - it remains to be seen whether they will be irretrievably so - in this book. I felt very badly for her by the end of the book, wondering where things will go from here. You know, I like adventure in an Urban Fantasy just as much as the next person, but just once I'd like to read a series that isn't quite so much doom and gloom, a series that maintains a bit of lightness, for a bit longer than just the first book. It seems as though there is this... need to push things as far and as fast as they can be pushed, and personally, I'm getting a bit tired of it. But that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the book - nor does it mean I'll stop reading Urban Fantasy - it just means, if any authors are reading this, can you please lighten up a bit? Please? Just for me?
Anyway, I still have three books and three short stories to go to finish this series, but will be back to my editing on Monday, so it's likely this set of reviews will run over into next weekend. Be continue to watch for my reviews in your favorite location - Goodreads, Shelfari, or my blog - and you'll eventually see as much of it as I have reviewed! Next up, book 3, Phantasm. Thanks for reading!
THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES AND FRANKLY I am somewhat disappointed.
She has a great story line and a new plot but somewhere she digressed
into an almost girlish silliness at times. If her nipples pop up like
raisens one more time I will scream. I will buy the next to see if it
has been corrected, still a worthy read.
This Was a wonderful read. It kept me interested all the way from the beginning to the end and wanting more.
the main focus of this sequel appears to be sex, the action and plot have kind of taken a back seat to the need of the heroin to get laid. i don't remember the first book having so much sexual flamboyancy. its not even an undertone, but the driving force coating every page from page 1. feels like our dear author needed a booty call herself while writing this. still a good idea and a good plot drive, just too much sexual frustration. sadly it weighs down the story and buries the plot. some sexual undertones can carry things along and feed the story line, too much just bogs it down. if the series continues this way it will need to be moved to the erotica section and our main character will have to actually get herself some. this is not the kind of thing i like to pick up in the sci fi section. but perhaps it was miss shelved. either way it needed a strong romance warning.
i have found it a slow and painful read. leaving me struggling to get through to the end. here's hoping things pick up and book 3 is more captivating.
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