The Gravedigger's Son by Darynda Jones [Review]

The Gravedigger's Son (Charley Davidson #13.6) by Darynda Jones
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: August 18, 2022

Charley Davidson
1. First Grave on the Right
1.5. For I Have Sinned
2. Second Grave on the Left
3. Third Grave Dead Ahead
4. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
5. Fifth Grave Past the Light
6. Sixth Grave on the Edge
7. Seventh Grave and No Body
8. Eighth Grave After Dark
8.5. Brighter Than the Sun
9. The Dirt on Ninth Grave
10. The Curse of Tenth Grave
11. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
12. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave
13. Summoned to Thirteenth Grave
13.5. The Graveyard Shift
13.6. The Gravedigger's Son - Paperback | Kindle
13.7. The Graveside Bar and Grill
13.8. The Grave Robber

Darynda Jones
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

The job should have been easy.

Get in. Assess the situation. Get out. But for veteran tracker Quentin Rutherford, things get sticky when the girl he’s loved since puberty shows up, conducting her own investigation into the strange occurrences of the small, New Mexico town. He knew it would be a risk coming back to the area, but he had no idea Amber Kowalski had become a bona fide PI, investigating things that go bump in the night. He shouldn’t be surprised, however. She can see through the dead as clearly as he can. The real question is, can she see through him?

But is anything that’s worth it ever easy?

To say that Amber is shocked to see her childhood crush would be the understatement of her fragile second life. One look at him tells her everything she needs to know. He’s changed. So drastically she barely recognizes him. He is savage now, a hardened—in all the right places—demon hunter, and she is simply the awkward, lovestruck girl he left behind.

But she doesn’t have time to dwell on the past. A supernatural entity has set up shop, and it’s up to them to stop it before it kills again.

While thousands of questions burn inside her, she has to put her concern over him, over what he’s become, aside for now. Because he’s about to learn one, undeniable fact: she’s changed, too.

Thoughts on The Gravedigger's Son: Hoo-boy! Amber and Quentin are up and they have more than a little baggage to work through before they can get their HEA. Quentin broke Amber's heart clean in two when he walked away from her (for reasons!) and he's been through a lot since then. Amber might say she's over him, but he's absolutely on her mind and in her heart and she's not about to let him walk away a second time.

But before they get to that, though, they have a demon to stop. Quentin, being a demon hunter, knows how dangerous demons can be. Amber might be experienced at hunting down demons, but she has a skill set that helps when it's needed most.

A little danger, a lot of answers, and timing that is juuuussssst right for these two to get back together again. And demons. The demons are good at bringing people together in the best kind of way. *thumbs up*