The Ungrateful Dead
This is the 17th book in the Haven Hollow series. It is a collaboration between HP Mallory and JR Rain. The book falls in the Paranormal Women’s Fiction genre.
Darla used to be a famous young Hollywood actress until she was murdered by her jealous boyfriend in her early twenties. She spent a century as a ghost, hitching a ride to Haven Hollow with Poppy, until during one of Wanda’s early blood witch misfires, she accidentally became reanimated. Not in the Zombie sense but in the actually back to life again sense.
Now she has to learn to live in the mundane world, which involves finding herself a job. The living have to eat and pay bills. Her previous status as a ghost means she has a very strong connection to the spirit realm, so she finds herself working at the Spook Society, where she is told to allow herself to be possessed by the former Chief of Police, Cain Morgan so that he can assist with a double homicide case. Just what Darla needs! Murdered women in her day job and an irritable dead cop in her head.
I love the way that this book is written. Darla still speaks in the dialect and slang of 1920s Hollywood, which is an absolute pleasure to read. Her perception of the world also dates back to that time and it’s fun to watch her getting to grips with new technology and her new place in the world.
This is one of my favourite books in this series so far, which is saying a lot because I love this series.
The reading order so far is:
Gypsy Magic : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 1)
Cashmere Curses : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 2)
Faery Enchantment : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 3)
Spandex Sorcery : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 4)
Love’s Goddess : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 5)
Demon in Denim : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 6)
Taffeta Trickery : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 7)
The Black Cat Cocktail Club : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 8)
French Country Frights : Haven Homes (Haven Hollow, Book 9)
All Hallows Eve : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 10)
Mystic Veil : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 11)
The Yule Log : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 12)
The Broken Mirror : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 13)
Art Deco Apparitions : Hallowed Homes (Haven Hollow, Book 14)
The Vampire’s Grave : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 15)
Herringbone Hexes : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 16)
Raising Cain : Spook Society (Haven Hollow, Book 17)
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