Come Alive by Karina HalleMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
OH MY GOD! What will I do with my life while I wait for the next books to come out?! I feel depression setting in. Perry, Dex, I feel so lonely without you. Ugh. This is the thing about such an entertaining series, the characters become so very hard to let go of. I could read this series forever if Karina Halle would just agree to keep writing them forever and ever.
This book in the series was by far WAY more paranormal than any of the others in my opinion. If paranormal is your "thing," you'll LOVE IT! If paranormal is not really your favorite (like me), you'll LOVE IT ANYWAYS because by book 7, you would have to be dead inside to not be in love with Perry and Dex by now. Karina could have fucking aliens land in their front yard and become co-hosts of their show and I'd be like, "Yeah, ok, let's see where this is going for Perry and Dex..."
In other words, I can't even find it in me to roll my eyes at anything paranormal because I am just so into this whirlwind that is Perry Palomino and Declan Foray.
Sigh.
Perry and Dex.
I'm just so very glad that with all that Karina put us through in this book, that we weren't left wanting to tear our hair out at a horrific cliffhanger. I felt so very satisfied with where this book left off. That says a lot considering I spent the majority of this book yelling things like, "NO NO NO NO NO!" and, "OH MY GOD! Dex! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" and, "Please GOD no! You can't let this happen! You are going to ruin my life!"
Perry and Dex find out at the beginning of this story that Jimmy, their boss on Experiment in Terror, has made it mandatory for them to work with a third person, and of all the damn people in the world, Jimmy has ordered them to work with Maximus(!) or lose their jobs. So the three of them head down to NOLA for their next episode and get caught up in a voodoo mess. But the real roller coaster in this story is what takes place between Perry and Dex. Highs, lows, and an incredible ride.
This book was told through Dex's POV and it worked. In this case, it was better coming from Dex, but I am also very excited to hear the story from Perry again in the next book. And can I also just mention the BOMB that was dropped at the end of this book!!!!!! (view spoiler)?! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. How on earth is this all going to get even better?! I have NO CLUE, but I know Karina will do it somehow.
Ok, I'll stop fangirling for one second.
Actually I do want to say that in the first couple of books you would never know how......ummmm......graphic(?) the sexual nature will eventually become...... (awkward pause)...... I feel like I should warn potential readers that, um yeah, this book was like half book porn. You won't be reading 50 Shades or anything, but I was just thinking about how I would have never guessed this would be included in the story from the first few books that I read, which also had Perry pining a little, but the stories were less focused on that I guess.
But I do recommend these books. 100%, 2 thumbs up, mind numbingly awesome series!!!!!!!!!!! And as you can see from the review ratings on this book on goodreads, I'm not the only one being entertained to the max.
My reviews for book 1, book 2, book 2.5, book 3, book 4, book 5, book 5.5, book 5.7, book 6, and book 6.5 can be found on those links.
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