Friday 8 November 2013

Review Tour: The Possess Saga by J.A. Howell




 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17283434-possess

Stumbling off the bus in Midtown, Harley Martin thought she found an escape from her old life.

She soon realizes it was anything but that.

Low on cash and options, she manages to find herself a cheap but surprisingly nice apartment. The catch? The last tenant, Brody Walsh, killed himself.

Or did he?

As disturbing dreams and hauntings start to occur, Harley realizes there may be much more behind the previous tenant’s death than a simple suicide. She finds her life further entangled with his when she learns that her new boss, Nolan, was also his best friend. Could this handsome but evasive pub owner have something to do with Brody’s death?

Trying to piece together the events surrounding Brody’s death proves to be a daunting task, but Harley can’t give up. Brody won’t let her. He is still in the apartment with her, trapped in limbo until she finds his killer.

But he’s not waiting for revenge.

Harley’s next.
  
 
 
 
 
 REVIEW
 
This was such a fantastic read.
 
I was expecting a ghostly horror story (Yup, I never read the blurb), but what I got was so much more exciting. Combining romance, tragedy, deceit and even a little humor, this story became a wonderful murder mystery, with a paranormal twist.
 
It was easy to love all the characters in this story, even the broody Nolan who eventually lightened up and became the sexy, charismatic Irishman I couldn't help falling for. The plot was intriguing. Not only was I on the edge of my seat waiting to see what Brody wanted, but as the story unfolded I was thrown deeper into a twisted tale of murder and suspense.
 
 The macabre element of this story was lifted a bit with the romance that blossomed between Harley and Nolan, and as I said earlier, there were moments of humor that had me smiling.
 
I did find the final outcome to be a little too coincidental. The fact that Harley's former life intertwined so closely with what had happened in Midtown a few years before, but that didn't deter me from thoroughly enjoying this book from start to finish.
 
 
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The Untimely Death of Brody Walsh (The Possess Saga #2)
 
 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17283438-the-untimely-death-of-brody-walsh

Brody Walsh’s life is left in disarray when his girlfriend is found brutally raped and murdered. But it completely shatters when his best friend, Nolan is arrested for the crime.

Even as the media is portraying him as a monster, Brody knows Nolan isn’t capable of murder.

That leaves the question: Who is?

Once the trial begins, Brody discovers just how little he knew about his girlfriend, spurring him to dig into her past for possible answers. And as Aggie, his long time confidant and childhood crush, stands by his side through all of this, he finds his own past resurfacing when his feelings for her reignite. But as the media and the prosecutors close in on Nolan, ready to convict him for a crime he didn’t commit, Brody will be forced to make a choice.

A choice that will lead to his untimely death.
 
 
 
 
 
REVIEW 
 
 I was super excited to get to read about Brody, and to see, through his eyes, what transpired at the time he was murdered.
 
 I loved that this book was written in a way that has Brody telling his story to an unsuspecting Harley, before and during all the craziness that went down in Possess. It gave great insight into the characters I met in the first book, and I was finally able to better understand the dynamic between Brody, Aggie, Nolan and even Claire. It also touched on the more serious details of Nolan's time in prison and how it affected the trio, as well as a few other characters.
 
This was a short but great read. A wonderful addition to this series.
 
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 Possess My Heart (The Possess Saga #3)
 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18046531-possess-my-heart

"You can't leave me because I'll only ever love you."

What was supposed to be a final goodbye turned into one last piece of unfinished business for Brody Walsh.

As long as Aggie Walker's heart still belongs to him, he's destined to remain in limbo, watching over her.
But when her family decides to send her to Scotland for the summer and she meets Camden MacTavish, it seems despite their constant head-butting that there may be something more between them.

That is, if she is willing to let Camden in.

As Aggie finds herself torn between her lover lost and her lover anew, it becomes clear that she cannot hold on to both. If she decides to let Camden into her heart, she will have to let Brody go. And if she can't let Brody go, she risks losing Camden-and a second chance at love.
Forever
  
 
 
 
 
 REVIEW
 
 
I loved Aggie in the first two books, so I was really excited that this book was from her POV.  After reading Brody’s story in book two, I better understood just how much he meant to her, and why the events of book one would have affected her so badly. She’d been through it all. She had to stand by, watching the man she loved with another woman, then she was forced to stay strong for both her friends as their lives fell to pieces, and then her own disintegrated when she lost Brody, just when she’d found a place in his heart. If that wasn’t enough, the truth about his death would have made anyone crack. Thankfully, Aggie had strong Scottish blood in her and she didn’t break, completely.
 
This book could easily fall into the Contemporary Romance genre, if not for the few paranormal happenings, which were a little too scarce for my liking. I did, however, really enjoy the spark of romance between Aggie and Camden. He was just so hilarious. He was a real brute at times but showed his softer side every now and then. I just loved his playful nature and I could see myself getting along with him brilliantly, even with his manwhore ways.
 
There was so much more humor and fun within the pages of this book and I found myself bursting with laughter more than once. It was a real step away from the other books in this series.
 
 
On the down side, I have to admit that the heavy Scottish dialogue was a little distracting. Even with the glossary at the beginning of the book, it got a little difficult to keep up with. It didn’t bother me so much when reading the other books, because it wasn’t so prevalent, and I enjoyed switching accents when reading the dialogue, but there was just too much in this story and I sometimes skipped conversations.
 
 
I did enjoy this read, though. And I’m looking forward to reading the books to follow.
 
 
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To Have & To Haunt (The Possess Saga, #4)
 


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18375035-to-have-to-haunt

Ghosts aren’t the only thing that can haunt you...

Nolan and Harley have been in paradise for the last year, head over heels in love. When Nolan proposes and they find out Harley is expecting, it seems they both will have everything they ever wanted.

Or will they?

Nolan’s kept the horrors of his past locked away. After all, he has Harley and Finley’s Pub is doing great. None of it matters anymore, right? But when the news of nuptials and babies has the opposite intended effect with his estranged mother, the ghosts of his past come rushing back, and the memories of them are terrorizing him nightly. But he can’t tell Harley. On the verge of marriage and parenthood, Nolan must figure out a way to deal with his past, or let it consume his future with Harley.

Harley’s always known she wasn’t normal. Seeing Brody’s ghost only confirmed that. But now a killer is on the loose in Midtown and she’s having visions of each victim’s death. Will she be able to help them and accept just how different she truly is? Pregnant, engaged, and contending with an overbearing mother-in-law, Harley isn’t sure she can take on the responsibility and the future laid out in front of her.

They say love conquers all. But as Nolan and Harley struggle with their own secrets, will their love be enough to keep them together?

Or will the things that haunt them finally tear them apart?



REVIEW


Once again, I found myself in murder mystery/horror/paranormal/contemporary romance that I enjoyed so much in book one. But this story only got darker and more twisted. Not only was Harley more open to seeing ghosts and the like, but premonitions plagued her and drove her into a twisted supernatural web of deadly proportions that finally brought to light the father she never knew.

 

Howell certainly knows how to throw a wrench in her character’s lives, and this book was action-packed, with plenty of intrigue and suspense. But aside from the paranormal mystery and evil that turned Harley’s life upside down, the haunting secret that Nolan kept hidden for so long was even more chilling. My heart broke for him. How that poor man came back from all the devastation he’d been through was beyond me. I’m just so glad he found happiness and some peace in his life.

 

I cannot wait for the next book in this series. I’m excited to see what happens when Emma arrives.


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About the Author
 
J.A Howell is an office drone by day, and a writer by night. Her love of writing took off when she was eleven years old and decided to fill a composition notebook with stories to read to her friends. Many years (and notebooks) later, not much has changed. She still loves writing and sharing her works with others. When she isn’t writing, she can often be found trying her hand at whatever artistic pursuit strikes her fancy. J.A. Howell resides in Apopka, FL with her husband and their menagerie of animal children.
 



 
    
   


 

1 comment:

  1. Roxy,

    Thank you sooo much for taking the time to read and review my series! They were wonderfully written and much appreciated. <3

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