The Dirt on the Ninth Grave instantaneously picks off where it last left off in the previous book and I was instantly hooked. And how could I not be when the opening pages start off with "I see dead people."

So far, this is my least favorite book of the series. We do find out a few things that are important going forward, but the author does so much recapping of previous things you could probably skip this one and be ok.

This book just kind of drags, with less action than the others until the end and it feels kind of whiney I guess.

Yet another amazing story to add to the series. This book has to be one of my favorite in the series. I just love the characters and the world that has been created. The character development and relationship buildings have been great throughout. This is a 'must read' for sure!!!

OMG! This book blew me away! I loved it so much! I think this one might be my favorite! I love this series!

I’m binge reading this books and I’m in love with this series. It’s wonderful.
You must read it if you love urban fantasy and humorous books
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for this ARC

Janey Doerr is new to Sleepy Hollow, a small village in the New York area. In fact, she has no idea who she is or how she got there, hence her name. Janey has been working at a local diner and just managing to scrape by. She has been trying her best to find out who she really is, but so far all she has discovered is that she can see dead people, and weirdly, can also communicate with them. Janey could swear that the people around her know things about her, but the more she pushes, the more they clam up.

Meanwhile, when Janey senses a friend is in need, she has to help. She speaks to her FBI friend in order to get the situation looked into, but cannot seem to stop involving herself in the matter. Pretty soon, Janey finds herself neck-deep in trouble, dealing with all sorts of bad guys. Thank goodness for all her new-found friends who have her back. Janey knows she is missing a very important puzzle piece on her path to discovering who she really is. What will happen when all her questions are finally answered?

If you have not read any other books in this series, it is a must. They do not read well as standalones. In order to know what is going on and who's who, start with book one, FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT. There is so much that is happening for Grim Reaper/God that is Charley (Janey in book 8), and so much she has yet to uncover to reach her full potential. I love the combo that is her and Reyes, her husband, but I feel fate has much bigger plans for these two and their baby. I am so glad the gang all stuck by her side, and gave her time to realize who she is. Charley needed that break from her reality, no matter how sad the situation was for her and everyone around her. Once again, Charley comes out triumphant, and I cannot wait to read what happens next.

It is like watching Charlie and Reyes fall in love anew all over again. Even though Charlie woke up in a strange place with amnesia, we all recognized she was surrounded by her family, friends and support team. We could all feel the despair and love of Reyes. The female swooning at his feet had no chance at all. Charlie is her own snarking self. Of course she will have cases to solve, albeit pro bono, since she didn't know she owns a thriving investigative business.

The fact that I got a talent like Lorelei King reading the story shot the appeal to the stratosphere. She brought it home. The 'experts' wanted Charlie to remember her life without prompting. It was hard, watching her trying.

The long and short of it is that this book is as powerful as the predecessors. Just as interesting. Darynda Jones is a powerful story teller.

I found this book slower than the rest of the books in this series. Charley lost her memory and although she doesn't know who she is, her chemistry with Reyes is undeniable and the sex scenes are steamy as always. She has to remember in her own time but she's still surround by family and friends even if she doesn't remember them. Her instinct to help those in need is a instinct that comes naturally and in this story she does what Charley is known for. Lives are at stake, deals are made, memories and promises need to be kept. Although this wasn't my favorite read it was still a good one and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

My first 4 star book of the series. Not bad. It's just that Amnesia for some reason isn't one of my fav things to read about in a novel. I think its because I've been binging this series this week that this book almost seems like a filler of sorts. Onto the next one!

I feel like this book was the calm before the storm. I mean, we still got Charley being Charley even when she wasn't herself, but things were relatively mellow. Well, except for the demon determined to do VERY BAD things to our Reaper, but PFFT! Whatever. Charley's dealt with worse in her day.

Speaking of which, I liked that Charley still had that drive to help even when she had no clue who or what she was. She was still wildly attracted to Reyes. She was still best friends with Cookie. She was still fundamentally Charley, just a Charley who didn't remember anything.

Which is kind of endearing. Is that just me? I mean her hyperactive motor mouth is amusing. I like the lady and her quirks. She makes me laugh whether she has her memory or not.

I've sort of binge read my way through the last few books in this series and I'm growing...I don't know. Like, concerned? Maybe? THINGS are happening and right now I can't quite see how it's going to play out and I REALLLLLLY want good stuff to happen to Charley and her little family. REALLLLLLLY. So I'm going to keep on reading to see what's what.

Charlie and Reyes adventures just keep going on and going on the story is still engaging and great the cover is bomb and I'm still binging onto book 10

“I don't understand your specific kind of crazy, but I do admire your commitment to it.”
― Darynda Jones, The Dirt on Ninth Grave
“Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance... The five stages of waking up.”
― Darynda Jones, The Dirt on Ninth Grave

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

In a small village in New York lives Jane Doe, a girl with no memory of who she is or where she came from. So when she is working at a diner and slowly begins to realize she can see dead people, she's more than a little taken aback. Stranger still are the people entering her life. They seem to know things about her. Things they hide with lies and half-truths. Soon, she senses something far darker. A force that wants to cause her harm, she is sure of it. Her saving grace comes in the form of a new friend she feels she can confide in and the fry cook, a devastatingly handsome man whose smile is breathtaking and touch is scalding. He stays close, and she almost feels safe with him around.
But no one can outrun their past, and the more lies that swirl around her-even from her new and trusted friends-the more disoriented she becomes, until she is confronted by a man who claims to have been sent to kill her. Sent by the darkest force in the universe. A force that absolutely will not stop until she is dead. Thankfully, she has a Rottweiler. But that doesn't help in her quest to find her identity and recover what she's lost. That will take all her courage and a touch of the power she feels flowing like electricity through her veins. She almost feels sorry for him. The devil in blue jeans. The disarming fry cook who lies with every breath he takes. She will get to the bottom of what he knows if it kills her. Or him. Either way.

I have been reading this series on and off for a while now and, while some of them have been a bit rough around the edges, on the whole I have enjoyed them. This was wasn't as great as some of the previous ones, though...

The thing I did appreciate about this story was Charley's amnesia. For the last few books, it felt like she was just drifting along and not really developing as a character. This brought a new dimension to her character and I did enjoy that.

However, it was pretty much more of the same from Reyes - although, after the previous book and his lovesick puppy routine. Here, he is more Son of Satan - and that is as it should be. So that was promising going forward...

The usual problems surfaced though. Once Charley recovered, that inane snark was nonstop, the sex seemed unnecessary (I would say this one felt like the romance was "tagged on" just cos it was expected); and there was very little attention to the "mystery" pretty much until the end.

I will try another one and see if it gets back up to the better standards set in the middle of the series.


Paul
ARH

It was hard for me to read the book. Charlie has lost her memories and it has hard for me to see her surrounded by the people who love her while she doesn't know who they are. It was so sad and it broke my heart. I was hoping she would remember something soon, but I got disappointed every time she didn't.
This book is similar to Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick. I am saying that because both book felt like a filler than actual continuation of the story. They were nice additions to the series, but the plot would have moved faster if it weren't for them.
Charlie despite her memory loss doesn't lose who she is, her essence, and once again (like all the other books) she gets in trouble while trying to save someone. Of course everyone else is there to help her and trying to act casual while keeping an eye on her. They have this undercover operation to check on her and she doesn't know a thing. It was amazing and even though I knew it already I get how much Charlie is loved by her family and friends.
The final chapters made up for the lack of progress from the rest of the book. Judging from it, I am going to say that the next book will be one of the best in the series, filled with action and with a Charlie who is getting closer and closer to the person she is destined to be.

i freaking love Darynda Jones and her stellar paranormal books.

This series is one of my favorites, and I swear each book always gets better and better.
And this one was no exception.

She brought her normal charismatic and funny characters to the pages and created such a fun story line.

I loved getting to see what would happen next.
And had such a hard time of putting the book down to do adultish things haha.
such a good book