Looks like the Alex Craft series is back on track. I enjoyed Grave Ransom. It made up for a lot of my disappointment with the preceding book. I have a complicated history with this series. I devoured the first 3 books and loved them each. Then came the interminable wait for Grave Visions to issue. And when it finally did, I was tremendously disappointed. The action kept me reading, but didn't give me a lot to invest in. It almost felt like Price wasn't sure where to take the story-arch. So we got a meandering plot with a lot of conflict. And a headache.
Grave Ransom is a much more satisfying read. Full of action with a very entertaining case to solve. But looking back I wonder if Price actually wasn't sure where where she wanted the story-arch to go back in Grave Visions, (that might explain all the publication delays) because Grave Ransom is a great story but unless I missed something in this book there isn't a smidge of story-arch to follow. Her family, the Winter Queen, and most of the other complicating factors of Alex's life are completely absent.
I hate to complain about a story I enjoyed, but apparently I'm gonna, cause I wanted more from Alex. She is a great character, and Grave Witch is such a unique world. This was a great addition to the series. I should have loved it, but it felt a little flat.
Grave Ransom is a much more satisfying read. Full of action with a very entertaining case to solve. But looking back I wonder if Price actually wasn't sure where where she wanted the story-arch to go back in Grave Visions, (that might explain all the publication delays) because Grave Ransom is a great story but unless I missed something in this book there isn't a smidge of story-arch to follow. Her family, the Winter Queen, and most of the other complicating factors of Alex's life are completely absent.
I hate to complain about a story I enjoyed, but apparently I'm gonna, cause I wanted more from Alex. She is a great character, and Grave Witch is such a unique world. This was a great addition to the series. I should have loved it, but it felt a little flat.
Alex Craft is one of my fave heroines, she has a secret identity of sorts, she has interesting cool powers and she can be vulnerable yet still kicks ass!
What else can a grave witch do when she sees a walking corpse, other than follow it to see where it is going? Alex never once thought not to, just follow the corpse into the beginning of a entire crazy lot of trouble where she stresses her eyes to its limits, stresses her relationship with her boyfriend Death, but can she find the Necromancer before he kills her?
What else can a grave witch do when she sees a walking corpse, other than follow it to see where it is going? Alex never once thought not to, just follow the corpse into the beginning of a entire crazy lot of trouble where she stresses her eyes to its limits, stresses her relationship with her boyfriend Death, but can she find the Necromancer before he kills her?
