Review: DEATH TIMES TWO – TWICE AS AWESOME
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2014
E-Galley provided by publisher via Net Galley for review on my blog from which this is adapted. No remuneration was exchanged and all opinions presented herein are my own.This unique co-mingling of authors’ voices and series is rare in it’s conception and in that it’s a very successful execution of the idea to mix two very different worlds together.The two authors are both women I know and they are both delightful. Their writing styles are not similar in all their works, but in their paranormal series, both write about some spooky and, sometimes scary/horror stuff with humor and healthy doses of snark. You probably need to have read CJ’s VV Inn Series and the first book in Boone Brux’s new series, TO CATCH HER DEATH for the optimal experience.Back to the story at hand: Boone’s Lisa, who is a Grim Reaper helps confused souls pass over to their next stop.  Meanwhile, C.J.’s characters at the VV Inn are hanging out while the boss and her husband are away for the summer. One vampire, Asa, has stayed behind. The Inn is haunted and Lisa’s boss sends her there.The two characters take turns narrating the story. The two writers’ voices complement each other quite nicely with theirdifferences helping to make the characters sing. The story is unusual and not unpredictable in its general plotting – it’s a paranormal romance after all so there are, paranormals and there’s romance. What isn’t predictable is how funny the route to the bedroom is. There are several ways a ghost could try to possess a living being and there are a lot of funny moments around those!Both writers are irreverent and often outrageously hilarious, and the writing fits their personalities as it defines their characters.I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The collaboration enhanced each series: the combination of the two worlds offers depth and possibility to both.  Each series benefits! I think this is CJ’s best work, but with each book her writing just gets better and better.Neither character gets a lot of primary development, but we do get to see into each character’s head a little more than we have in either series.I will look forward to whatever comes next in either series. I ate this one up and highly recommend it.