Review: Jeannine's story finally told
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2011
Darkness Exposed really brought this series back on track and I find myself really excited to read future installments.  The humor, the characters, the relationships, and the simplicity of the story reminded me why I fell in love with it in the first place. Where these are shorter than your typical novel, there was a trend of too much going on and I was getting frustrated, but with this installment, we're brought back to basics and wrap up an arc that started five books ago. For me, I was wondering if it would ever come, but we finally find out what happened to Jeannine, Bradley's wife, 8 years ago when she disappeared and recently turned up a ghost.  If you haven't read the previous books, you'll be lost in who the characters are and why you should care about them, so I would recommend reading them in order.  If you have read the series, you'll be delighted by the additional character of Ian, the growth of Fireman Mike, and the progress of Mary and Bradley as well as the meaningful return of Rosie and Stanley.The reason for only four stars instead of five is that it was pretty obvious very early on who was responsible for Jeannine's death and Rosie really got on my nerves this time around and I don't recall her being that dimwitted in past books.  The motive and storyline around Jeannine's death it is dark, disturbing, but completely riveting and the side story was equally entertaining.  I still stand by this series and am looking forward to the next.