Review: Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones

Release Date: May 19th, 2015

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Pgs: 293, hardcover, purchased

Rating: ★★★★★

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22922356-eighth-grave-after-dark

Synopsis:
With twelve hellhounds after her, pregnant Charley Davidson takes refuge at the only place she thinks they can’t get to her: the grounds of an abandoned convent. But after months of being cooped up there, Charley is ready to pop. Both metaphorically and literally since she is now roughly the size of a beached whale. Fortunately, a new case has captured her attention, one that involves a murder on the very grounds the team has taken shelter upon. A decades-old murder of the newly-vowed nun she keeps seeing in the shadows is almost enough to pull her out of her doldrums. Charley’s been forbidden to step foot off the sacred grounds. While the angry hellhounds can’t traverse the consecrated soil, they can lurk just beyond its borders. They have the entire team on edge, especially Reyes. And if Charley didn’t know better, she would swear Reyes is getting sick. He grows hotter with every moment that passes, his heat scorching across her skin every time he’s near, but naturally he swears he’s fine. While the team searches for clues on the Twelve, Charley just wants answers and is powerless to get them. But the mass of friends they’ve accrued helps. They convince her even more that everyone in her recent life has somehow been drawn to her, as though they were a part of a bigger picture all along. But the good feelings don’t last for long because Charley is about to get the surprise of her crazy, mixed-up, supernatural life….

Review:

Charley Davidson is the Grim Reaper. She's also engaged to son of Satan and expecting his child. Talk about serious issues. Not only does she spend the majority of this story pregnant, which by the way was cool to read about, but also living at an abandoned monastery.

The story opens with Charley and Reyes getting their place ready to host the wedding of Charley's uncle Bob and her bff Cookie. That was a long time coming and I was little misty-eyed while reading about it. Again, I'm a romantic.

Reyes and Charley always deliver with romance of epic proportions. Not to mention, sexiness. Seriously, I swear sometimes I melt it's so hot. But what should you expect from the son of Satan?

Gives new meaning to the phrase 'boyfriend from hell', huh?

There were some surprising developments in this story. Like Charley finally, FINALLY learns her true name and realizes her potential. It was a great moment. And of course, led to epic consequences. It set up the next book amazingly. I can't wait.