Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Dangerous Spirits
SERIES: Spirits #2
AUTHOR: Jordan L. Hawk
NARRATOR: Greg Tremblay
PUBLISHER: Widdershins Press
RELEASE DATE: August 17, 2018
LENGTH: 6 hours, 28 minutes
BLURB:
After the events of Reyhome Castle, Henry Strauss expected the Psychical Society to embrace his application of science to the study of hauntings. Instead, the society humiliates and blacklists him. His confidence shaken, he can’t bring himself to admit the truth to his lover, the handsome medium Vincent Night.
Vincent’s new life in Baltimore with Henry is disrupted when a friend from the past asks for help with a haunting. In the remote town of Devil’s Walk, old ties and new lies threaten to tear the lovers apart, if a fiery spirit bent on vengeance doesn’t put an end to them first.
REVIEW:
I was lucky enough to be able to listen to this right after finishing Restless Spirits, and let’s just say that I’ve had a really great day with many adventures, though I have to say that I did prefer the first book.
It’s been six months (or an hour for me) since we left the gang just heading into business together. Now that business is up and running and Lizzie and Vincent have moved to Baltimore. When we catch up with them Henry is presenting his inventions to the Physical Society in hopes of finally being accepted into their ranks and in turn help to launch mass production of his machine. Instead of being welcomed, his humiliated and banned for life. Feeling dejected and rejected he can’t bring himself to admit the truth to his friends and Vincent and the secret is eating him alive.
Vincent and Lizzie receives a summons from an old friend asking them for help with a haunting. Agreeing to help the gang sets of to the small town Devil’s Walk. When arriving they encounter a village in uproar, all of them scared by the spirit of a woman seeking revenge and has vowed to kill them all if she’s not given what she want.
As always I thoroughly enjoyed the plot, the haunting the world-building and characters. Some of it was a bit predictable, but not less enjoyable. What did surprise me, and not in a good way, was the “big misunderstanding” when something small turned into some huge dramatic thing that really could have been avoided with a single conversation. I did appreciate Lizzie’s level head, and I find that she’s not as prone to overreaction as the two men. As far as Lizzie goes I find her character intriguing. I mean being trans in the 1800’s can’t have been easy, and I hope we’ll see much more of her character in the future books to come.
Greg Tremblay is a true performer. It’s not news, I know that, but he’s just so amazingly talented that it bears repeating. He adds so much feeling to every sentence, every word that you never have to doubt what the characters are feeling. He makes you feel it. He makes you feel the horror and the fear whenever the spirits are near. He never misses – or if he does I haven’t experienced it yet.
Dangerous Spirits have been a great listen, but since it’s getting late I guess I’ll have to wait to start the next book until tomorrow, but at least I have the adventuress to look forward to.
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