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Karina Halle’s Ashes to Ashes

January 21, 2014 By Kellie Leave a Comment

Karina Halle - Ashes to Ashes

I’m just going to go on record and say it right now… I am so sad this series is coming to an end.  So sad in fact, that while I bought the book the day it was released, I couldn’t bring myself to read it until at least a week later.

The awesome 3 — Perry, Dex and newly added producer / best friend Rebecca travel to a haunted school in New England to investigate.  The ghost children and Creepy Clown Lady — now known as  Perry’s late grandmother, Pippa – find their way into Perry’s dream.  Pippa delivers a warning that Perry should not investigate this school and should in fact, quit Experiment in Terror altogether.

There are a lot of nostalgic moments in this novel and you can tell throughout the book that Karina Halle is wrapping things up for these characters.  I personally enjoyed the fact that the characters got to revel in some shared memories.  From the reader’s standpoint, it makes you feel like you are part of these characters lives in some small way.

Also, in Ashes to Ashes, we learn more definitively that Ada is afflicted with a similar gift to Perry.  Ada can also see the dead.  This of course makes sense as Karina Halle has said on her website that she intends to make an Ada Palomino series.  Definitely not a series to be missed.

Ashes to Ashes has lots of grit, bad ass musical references and sexiness infused!  If you loved the other novels in the Experiment in Terror series, then this is definitely one to devour!

Truth be told, I want to dissect and discuss this book from beginning to end.  This book and this entire series are that good.
SPOILER ALERT (if you have not read Come Alive  or Ashes to Ashes – then go no further.  Otherwise, mouseover and click on the text below to read)

[su_spoiler title=”Spoiler — Come Alive & Ashes to Ashes” style=”fancy” anchor=”Ashes to Ashes”]In Come Alive – Dex learns that he and Perry cannot have children for two reasons:

1) If she has a child with Dex, it is likely that she will be possessed (again).

2) The child will have the same gift / affliction that Perry and Dex have but times like 10000.

This would put the child in even more danger. In Ashes to Ashes, Perry is still clueless about this fact. While it is not brought up, I am going out on a limb to speculate that this will be one of the major points of the story in the final book for the Experiment in Terror Series: Dust to Dust.

My hope (and this is pure speculation) is that Dex and Perry form some kind of paranomal research society and Karina Halle creates a spinoff series from that. I’m probably alone in this — but i’m just not ready to let these characters go.[/su_spoiler]

 My Rating For Ashes To Ashes:

5 star rating for Ashes to Ashes

Karina Halle’s Experiment in Terror

December 26, 2013 By Kellie 2 Comments

Karina Halle’s Experiment in Terror series quickly became a must-read series on my Kindle after finishing the first book of the series, Darkhouse (Experiment in Terror #1).

The series features main characters Dex Foray and Perry Palomino.  Both characters are deliciously flawed yet everything between them feels right.  Throughout the series so far, Halle has taken her readers on a wild ride filled with sexual tension, terrifying situations and romance.

Most of the books in the series tells the story from Perry’s vantage point.  However, a few books have Dex as the main narrator.  Trust me when I say that Dex as narrator will leave you blushing and giggling like a school girl.  In addition to Dex and Perry, other beloved characters are also introduced.  I was delightfully surprised to find that some of the other characters cross over into other book series that Karina writes.

Ashes to Ashes (Experiment in Terror #8) is now available and is (sadly) the second to last book for the EIT series.

I’ve just gotta say — I have fallen completely in love with these characters and will be sad when the series comes to a close.

My Rating:

5-star rating

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