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A review by confessions_of_a_bookaholic
The Undead Mr. Tenpenny by Tammie Painter
5.0
Cassie Black is used to dead bodies with her work at the funeral homw. What she's not used to is them waking up, which they seem to be doing on a regular basis these days. When Busby Tenpenny wakes up on her table insistent that he has been murdered Cassie has no choice but to try and help him, not realising that she has a much closer link to Tenpenny than she could ever imagine. As Cassie discovers a whole new world full of magic she struggles to see how she will ever get her life back to normal.
I stumbled across this book a while ago and decided to give it a try based on the description and the fact that the blurb says perfect for fans of Ben Aaronovich's Rivers of London series. I'm normally wary about those sorts of endorsements but can happily say this one was right on the mark. I loved the book and have already bought the rest of the series.
There is so much to like about this series. Cassie is grumpy and reluctant to make friends, but despite her prickly demeanor you can't help but like her. Many of the other characters are equally likeable, even some that are marked as potential villains.
In terms of the storyline there's a lot of world building done in this one. With Cassie not knowing about her magic we learn about how things work in the same way that she does, which is a pretty common tool for this sort of book. Despite the story doing a lot of scene setting it's by no means slow or boring. I loved the world that Painter weaves for us, and now have yet another fictional world to add to my list of places I really want to travel to. Let's face it, who wouldn't want to live in a world where you have to eat lots of cake and desert to replenish your magic!!
This one ends with a pretty big hook for the next story and it totally grabbed me. I can't wait to get stuck in to the next book.
I stumbled across this book a while ago and decided to give it a try based on the description and the fact that the blurb says perfect for fans of Ben Aaronovich's Rivers of London series. I'm normally wary about those sorts of endorsements but can happily say this one was right on the mark. I loved the book and have already bought the rest of the series.
There is so much to like about this series. Cassie is grumpy and reluctant to make friends, but despite her prickly demeanor you can't help but like her. Many of the other characters are equally likeable, even some that are marked as potential villains.
In terms of the storyline there's a lot of world building done in this one. With Cassie not knowing about her magic we learn about how things work in the same way that she does, which is a pretty common tool for this sort of book. Despite the story doing a lot of scene setting it's by no means slow or boring. I loved the world that Painter weaves for us, and now have yet another fictional world to add to my list of places I really want to travel to. Let's face it, who wouldn't want to live in a world where you have to eat lots of cake and desert to replenish your magic!!
This one ends with a pretty big hook for the next story and it totally grabbed me. I can't wait to get stuck in to the next book.