readinggrrl's review against another edition
4.0
Not exactly sure that the synopsis really captures this book. Kat has been tasked by the police as a middle man between themselves and the Sisters of Spirit in order to help solve crime. Tiffany has been tasked with helping Kat to "see" these crimes and help the police. What she didn't think would happen is that she would find herself drawn to Kat in ways that she didn't expect. Along with the help of Shade, Sunny, and Jordan they need to find this killer soon, one of their lives depends on it.
Kat feels Tiffany's attraction and mirrors it only she has been dreaming of Tiffany for years. She remembers their past life together and wants to rekindle that but how she can do this without freaking Tiffany out she isn't sure.
In my opinion this book was better than the first. There was a bit more drama, a lot more insight into the characters, and some things I saw coming but didn't know how they would fit and others that totally blindsided me. I like when a book can keep me on my toes. It doesn't hurt that the book features 3 kick butt women. I was heartbroken to see that there isn't yet a 3rd book in this series but I'm hoping that Yvonne doesn't keep us hanging for too long!
Kat feels Tiffany's attraction and mirrors it only she has been dreaming of Tiffany for years. She remembers their past life together and wants to rekindle that but how she can do this without freaking Tiffany out she isn't sure.
In my opinion this book was better than the first. There was a bit more drama, a lot more insight into the characters, and some things I saw coming but didn't know how they would fit and others that totally blindsided me. I like when a book can keep me on my toes. It doesn't hurt that the book features 3 kick butt women. I was heartbroken to see that there isn't yet a 3rd book in this series but I'm hoping that Yvonne doesn't keep us hanging for too long!
frankvanmeer's review
2.0
In "The Awakening", we had an interesting and delightfull read about three women with psychic abilities, who managed to use those abilities to built up a succesfull business dealing withing hauntings, poltergeists, helping people with negative energies, and solving a cold case file along the way. Oh, it had romance too.
While the Awakening revolved around Sunny, the owner of the company, Sisters of Spirits, and her budding relationship with Jordan, the cop, all the sisters got equal screen time, and it was fun to read how they each complemented eachother, using each of their strengths.
I really liked the teamwork, and sadly, that was missing in "The Quickening".
This time, the story revolves around Tiffany, the shy and timid member of the group, who had a very bad marriage and spent 4 years trying to come out of it and rebuilding her life, both as a single mom and respected collegue.
The story is set a year later, and immediately follows up on the events in the epilogue of the Awakening. Tiffany is confused after the rather strange meeting with Kat, the reporter, and the story kicks off from there.
At least, I thought it would. The book constantly changes PoV between Tiff and Kat, who both have strange dreams, and haven't got a clue how the other fits in. To be fair, only Kat is convinced they are connected and Tiff doesn't have that feeling. So a great part of the book is dedicated to how they finally make sense of it. In the mean time, SoS is asked to do some cold case files, to see if they can be an asset to future police work. Also, strange things start to happen to everyone.
Sounds good so far, doesn't it?
Well, no. Was the Awakening centered around a good ghost story, this one is centered around reincarnation. And not a good one at that. We are treated with the usual Xena flash backs, which are boring. Also, everything related to SoS somehow feels like put in as an afterthought. Sunny and Shade barely play any significant role, other then come to the rescue when things with Tiff and Kat go really bad.
Well, things chug along, a villain is identified ( it was painfully obvious who it was), and after Tiff finally has enough and takes things into her own hands, we get to the finale, that turned out to be some ridiculous story about reincarnation. It was a serious wtf moment for me. Oh, and don't get me started about Tiff's daughter. LOL.
This novel lacked the ghost hunting, the teamwork, and to be honest, the romance (Kat isn't as nearly as interesting as Jordan was) that the Awakening had. Or maybe it's just that I'm not into reincarnation. I dont know.
I hope Shade's story will be more interesting than this one.
While the Awakening revolved around Sunny, the owner of the company, Sisters of Spirits, and her budding relationship with Jordan, the cop, all the sisters got equal screen time, and it was fun to read how they each complemented eachother, using each of their strengths.
I really liked the teamwork, and sadly, that was missing in "The Quickening".
This time, the story revolves around Tiffany, the shy and timid member of the group, who had a very bad marriage and spent 4 years trying to come out of it and rebuilding her life, both as a single mom and respected collegue.
The story is set a year later, and immediately follows up on the events in the epilogue of the Awakening. Tiffany is confused after the rather strange meeting with Kat, the reporter, and the story kicks off from there.
At least, I thought it would. The book constantly changes PoV between Tiff and Kat, who both have strange dreams, and haven't got a clue how the other fits in. To be fair, only Kat is convinced they are connected and Tiff doesn't have that feeling. So a great part of the book is dedicated to how they finally make sense of it. In the mean time, SoS is asked to do some cold case files, to see if they can be an asset to future police work. Also, strange things start to happen to everyone.
Sounds good so far, doesn't it?
Well, no. Was the Awakening centered around a good ghost story, this one is centered around reincarnation. And not a good one at that. We are treated with the usual Xena flash backs, which are boring. Also, everything related to SoS somehow feels like put in as an afterthought. Sunny and Shade barely play any significant role, other then come to the rescue when things with Tiff and Kat go really bad.
Well, things chug along, a villain is identified ( it was painfully obvious who it was), and after Tiff finally has enough and takes things into her own hands, we get to the finale, that turned out to be some ridiculous story about reincarnation. It was a serious wtf moment for me. Oh, and don't get me started about Tiff's daughter. LOL.
This novel lacked the ghost hunting, the teamwork, and to be honest, the romance (Kat isn't as nearly as interesting as Jordan was) that the Awakening had. Or maybe it's just that I'm not into reincarnation. I dont know.
I hope Shade's story will be more interesting than this one.
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