A review by downtown_kb
The Prophet by Amanda Stevens

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Back in Charleston, Amelia is being visited by a ghost insisting that she help to solve his murder. It doesn’t take long to discover that all the major players of the story might be tangled up in the mystery surrounding his death.

This book was frustrating in that it was missing all the spooky atmosphere of the prior two books. Amelia is suddenly an amateur sleuth who keeps finding herself overhearing conversations she shouldn’t. The inner monologue becomes extremely repetitive and nothing really happens until the last 20% of this book. What does happen was a pretty great reveal.  But Amelia has changed from being clever to a bit TSTL to prolong the mystery. Finally there is some advancement with the romance but I don’t think I’ll continue this series. I spoiled the ending with some goodreads reviews and while it looks like the spooky returns, the things I read about the romance plot are enough to make me quit. I might pull my hair out if I have to deal with this particular method of push and pull for 3 more books and seemingly ongoing OW drama. So I think the spooky atmosphere won’t be worth my suffering. This ends them in a vague HFN and I think I’ll leave them here.