Stone Cold Magic Ella Grey Series Volume 1 Jayne Faith 9780997026061 Books
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Demon patrol officer Ella Grey was pronounced dead after an accident on the job, but eighteen minutes later she woke up on a gurney bound for the morgue. With no explanation for her mysterious resurrection, she just wants to get back to life as usual. But she didn’t return to the living alone. The soul of a reaper followed her back from the grave, and it’s not just along for the ride. It's taking over her body and mind, trying to use her to continue its morbid work. But it also gives her visions of her troubled brother, Evan, who disappeared years ago. The reaper might be her biggest ally in her search for Evan—if it doesn't eat her soul first. Torn between the instinct to survive and the realization that only death’s eyes can lead her to her brother, Ella throws herself into a race against time to somehow outmaneuver the reaper.
Stone Cold Magic Ella Grey Series Volume 1 Jayne Faith 9780997026061 Books
I was hoping for a stronger female lead when I started the book. Ella is pretty unremarkable. She lacks confidence and focus, so I found reading hard. She is lazy in mind-doesn't consider consequences of think through actions and seems to just stumble through life. She also has a history of bad romantic decisions which I feel she is repeating. There is no sex in book one-something I like-but the romantic interest is not a character I am interested in. And neither is Ella, which is mentioned several times. I am really not sure why the story is headed in the direction it is with him. Another case of lust turning a woman into an idiot.The book had a lot of repetition. Things were said feel or three times, making the story move slowly. In addition, there was a lot off repetition in the words used throughout the novel; withering, for example, made excessive appearances. I also hate when I see phrases like 'liked dry Kim's over and over again. I always find that phrase jarring. Between her dry lips and stomach flutters, twists, and lurches, I have to assume Ella is a wreck and approaching a nervous breakdown.
My opinion is that this is not a particularly good book for fans of Illona Andrews. It lacks the depth and variety in character, plot, and prose that I would expect of a contemporary series. Maybe depth is gained in book two.
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Stone Cold Magic Ella Grey Series Volume 1 Jayne Faith 9780997026061 Books Reviews
Ella Grey, a Demon Patrol Officer, is pronounced dead after being attacked by an arch-demon while protecting her partner officer. Eighteen minutes later she wakes up on a gurney headed for the morgue, with no idea of how she came back to life. In her recovery process, she becomes acutely aware of something different within herself. She has odd shadows hovering in her peripheral vision and horrifying glimpses, in her dreams, of her brother Evan trapped in a feeding den for vampires. Evan had mysteriously disappeared 5 years earlier and Ella has continued searching for him as she’s been able.
Back to work, Ella is on patrol one night and rescues and befriends a little girl Roxanne, from some street thugs threatening to hurt her. Soon after, Ella becomes embroiled in a rescue mission of Roxanne’s brother Nathan, who somehow had gotten possessed by a demon and then trapped in a Gargoyle. In a world of majic, Ella is on the bottom rung of power ratings with just enough majic to have made the minimum qualifications to be a Demon Patrol Officer. Not able to properly help free Nathan, she enlists a number of her more powerful friends to help, including her new partner Damien, who comes from a well-known and respected family of Mages, the most powerful wielders of majic.
As Ella gets closer to freeing Nathan, she also discovers more about what’s inside of her, trying to possess her body and soul. Without ruining the balance of the story with spoilers, suffice it to say that Ella’s quest not only becomes one of saving Nathan’s life but her own as well.
The story was enjoyable and the characters amusing and interesting. I did enjoy it enough to read the entire story, although it did drag in a few places. This is the first novel I’ve read by the author, Jayne Faith and picked it up from free of charge. I would recommend it to those enjoying a light urban fantasy novel.
In my literary world, there are those books that leave you thinking of them weeks after reading, and hungry for more, my 5 star ratings. Books you enjoy, free of a lot of grammatical errors but not overly impactful, my 4 star ratings. Then, there are those books you struggle to get through, but do finish, (my 3 stars). This one I’m giving 4 stars.
The book did have a completed ending, thank you very much for that Jayne, and segues into the next book nicely. At this point, I haven’t yet decided whether or not to continue with the series. We’ll just have to see what’s in the stars.
Possessed demon hunting cop is desperate to find her brother. She's so desperate for redemption of past mistakes that she helps a girl whose brother is trapped with a demon. Except there are no emotional scenes to support any deep feelings for any one in the story. Instead there are set ups for subplots or future series plots. It's a classic case of tell not show.
So, I've come to decide that I can be pretty harsh when it comes to reviewing books but usually don't review books that rate lower than a 3 unless it just really really really sucks, just for the simple fact that no matter how bad I may think the book is, it still took a lot of work and the author deserves credit for at least attempting. The work probably should have been kept on a personal accomplishment level but.. ya know. What ever.
Anyways.... what I'm getting at is that I actually liked this book more than what I thought I was going to. I almost gave up within the first couple of pages because it starts off slow and monotonous. The writing style starts off in a way that just isn't exciting at all. But, I am very happy that I stuck it out because I ended up being happy with the book.
Don't get me wrong, there are definitely elements that need improving, one of which got on my nerves a lot and that is the fact that some facts were stated multiple times multiple different ways, just in case you missed it the first three times. That kind of gets old. And the fact that there is no real love interest. Not really.
***** Spoiler (minor)*********
I don't like cliff hangers, but I don't mind unresolved side aspects. Like, she wants to find her brother but the main focus of this particular book is someone else's brother. The someone else's brother issue gets resolved, and clues about her brother are turned over but not resolved. Leads into interest into other books without being a complete cliffhanger.
***** end spoiler*****
I was hoping for a stronger female lead when I started the book. Ella is pretty unremarkable. She lacks confidence and focus, so I found reading hard. She is lazy in mind-doesn't consider consequences of think through actions and seems to just stumble through life. She also has a history of bad romantic decisions which I feel she is repeating. There is no sex in book one-something I like-but the romantic interest is not a character I am interested in. And neither is Ella, which is mentioned several times. I am really not sure why the story is headed in the direction it is with him. Another case of lust turning a woman into an idiot.
The book had a lot of repetition. Things were said feel or three times, making the story move slowly. In addition, there was a lot off repetition in the words used throughout the novel; withering, for example, made excessive appearances. I also hate when I see phrases like 'liked dry Kim's over and over again. I always find that phrase jarring. Between her dry lips and stomach flutters, twists, and lurches, I have to assume Ella is a wreck and approaching a nervous breakdown.
My opinion is that this is not a particularly good book for fans of Illona Andrews. It lacks the depth and variety in character, plot, and prose that I would expect of a contemporary series. Maybe depth is gained in book two.
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