A Novel with Thoughts and Ponderings

NO HUMANS INVOLVED

Author: Kelley Armstrong ISBN: 9780553588378 3/2008 PARANORMAL/FANTASY Publisher: SPECTRA

No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

It’s the most anticipated reality television event of the season: three spiritualists gathered together in one house to raise the ghost of Marilyn Monroe. For celebrity medium Jaime Vegas, it is to be her swan song—one last publicity blast for a celebrity on the wrong side of forty. But unlike her colleagues, who are more show than substance, Jaime is the real thing.

Reluctant to upstage her fellow spiritualists, Jaime tries to suppress her talents, as she has done her entire life. But there is something lurking in the maze of gardens behind the house: a spirit without a voice. And it won’t let go until somehow Jaime hears its terrible story. For the first time in her life, Jaime Vegas understands what humans mean when they say they are haunted. Distraught, Jaime looks to fellow supernatural Jeremy Danvers for help.

As the touches and whispers from the garden grow more frantic, Jaime and Jeremy embark on an investigation into a Los Angeles underworld of black magic and ritual sacrifice. When events culminate in a psychic showdown, Jaime must use the darkest power she has to defeat a shocking enemy—one whose malicious force comes from the last realm she expected. . . .

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS: 4 Rose Read

I like this one for the strangeness it possesses. After all, necromancy is a subject not found in most romance books. However, despite some hot sex, I do not consider NO HUMANS INVOLVED to be all that romantic. It is more of a mystery novel with paranormal characters.

While some of the subject matter is a bit hard to swallow—anything I read regarding the murder of children usually is—I find I enjoy most of the ride the heroine is on. She is tough and smart, and knowing how to work her "magic" and get paid for it is pretty impressive to me. While her romantic notions are not exactly stellar, again, I think the focus is more on her and the mystery, rather than that aspect of the story.

I think PERSONAL DEMON is a better read, but NO HUMANS INVOLVED is interesting and fast-paced enough to enjoy in your leisure time.

Shannon Johnson

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