Dark Light (Ghost Hunters, Book 5)
by Jayne Castle
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Author: Jayne CastleEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-26
ISBN: 051514519X
Number of pages: 390
Publisher: Jove
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- ISBN13: 9780515145199
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Book Reviews of Dark Light (Ghost Hunters, Book 5)
Book Review: A mediocre weak link in the series.
Summary: 3 Stars
It is painful for me to have to give this book three very mediocre stars but that is exactly where it falls on my enjoyment scale. I have read the other four Jayne Castle books about the planet Harmony and loved each one. I don't know what happened with this one but for me it was just not very good. The reason I gave it three stars at all is because I am hopeful that any book which follows it will get right back on track and live up to the quality of the previous books. I'm not giving up on the series just because of one middle-of-the-road product.
Years ago a mysterious curtain opened in space and a new planet was discovered. The people of Earth named this new planet Harmony and began to travel there and to colonize it. The atmosphere and conditions were very much like Earth. Then, without warning, the curtain closed again and the colonist on Harmony were stranded. Now, two hundred years later, they exhibit unusual paranormal abilities which not only allow them to survive, but to thrive.
Sierra McIntyre moved to Crystal City to get away from her family of overachievers. She considers herself an underachiever so she wants to start over someplace where she will not be compared to her other family members. Fine so far. Now for the improbable. In order to get a job she starts work for a tabloid newspaper, the Curtain, even though she has no experience in journalism. But, of course, she is writing investigative, hard hitting stories, not like the other stories which appear in the Curtain, and she wants some serious questions answered by the new Crystal Guild boss, John Fontana. The Guild boss is the man in charge of all the "ghost hunters" who have the paranormal power to control ghost energy found in the catacombs below the city. If these powers are not strictly contained they could be used in harmful ways. Fontana immediately sees the advantage of joining forces with this reporter (who has been a true nuisance for him since he took over as Guild boss) so he proposes that they enter into a Marriage of Convenience in order to investigate these problems together. Huh? What?
After being in the same room with each other for about one hour Fontana asks Sierra to enter into a Marriage of Convenience (not a permanent Covenant Marriage) with him and she agrees? Even though her family views the Marriage of Convenience as little more than a legalized affair, she still just says, OK, sure, why not! Pleeese Ms Castle, don't do this!!
None of the characters in this book are very well drawn. The entire book feels rushed, as if it was one of those Uh-Oh,-I-haven't-written-about-Harmony-in-a-long-time books. The plot is not strong, the mystery is not interesting or difficult to figure out (when they caught one bad guy, there was only one other character left!). In this series of stories each heroine has a dust bunny. Sierra states several times that dust bunnies are companions not pets. Her dust bunny is named Elvis and I think Elvis is way, way, too prominent in this story. I understand about the dust bunnies. I really do understand about the dust bunnies, but I still say that Elvis figures too prominently in this story. She took him with her when she went to get married??? Even though she just considered this a business arrangement? The romance aspect between Fontana (could we PLEASE call this man John once in this book?) and Sierra is just not real or compelling for me. At no point in their relationship did I feel that either one loved the other, even the ending was so-so, ho-hum, flat.
I will not give up on this series. I am a huge fan of Harmony and all the other books and characters. I am beginning to wonder if we aren't about to run out of cities to have Guild bosses for. I'm also afraid that Ms Castle might be giving the Harmony books less time and attention than they require and deserve. Let's all hope she gets back on track with the next one. I'll come back after one dud, but not after two.
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