Not Dead Yet (Not Dead Yet #1)

Posted on 14 December 2018 by Jenn Burke

Dying isn t what it used to be. Wes Cooper was dead Then he wasn t though he s not exactly alive, either As an immortal not ghost, he can transition between this world and the otherplane, which makes him the perfect thief for hire For seventy years he s made a living returning items to their rightful owners, seeing his fair share of the bizarre in the process But he s never witnessed murder Until now His latest mission brings himthan he bargained for a very dead actor who is definitely going to stay that way It s just Wes s luck that his ex boyfriend, Detective Hudson Rojas, is assigned to the case Hudson broke Wes s heart years ago and could again, given he s rocking a hot silver fox look that shouldn t be legal.As they work together to track down the murderer before anyone else gets hurt, it becomes clear Wes and Hudson have unfinished business And when a secret Hudson s been keeping threatensthan just their happiness, it might mean the end of their not life together permanently.This book is approximately 91,000 words New Download Not Dead Yet (Not Dead Yet #1) [ by ] Jenn Burke [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Though not my usual type of read, Not Dead Yet was a very, very solid paranormal mystery romance, and I had a hard time putting it down.I m not a mystery lover, but if well written mysteries mixed with a ton of paranormal goodies are your thing, you re going to be in love with this one The romance is a second chance romance, something that is hit or miss for me, but I really enjoyed it here I have a thing for gruff MCs, so the grumpy Rojas worked for me I understood him as a character, and I Though not my usual type of read, Not Dead Yet was a very, very solid paranormal mystery romance, and I had a hard time putting it down.I m not a mystery lover, but if well written mysteries mixed with a ton of paranormal goodies are your thing, you re going to be in love with this one The romance is a second chance romance, something that is hit or miss for me, but I really enjoyed it here I have a thing for gruff MCs, so the grumpy Rojas worked for me I understood him as a character, and I liked seeing him and Wes together I found the whole part ghost never aging thing that Wes has going on to be intriguing and super well done After you ve read a few hundred paranormal romances, the same old tropes start to get stale, and I think that Jenn Burke made this romance feel fresh and new Also, though it isn t spelled out for us readers, I think Wes is a gray asexual or maybe a demisexual He rarely experiences sexual attraction, and Roj...4,5 stars A fabulous alternative universe.An excellent second chance romance.A captivating mystery.This one is a total winner New to me author Jenn Burke really scores with fantastic, original world building, an all engrossing plot and two intriguing MCs.Wes is an immortal ghost and then again he is not Not telling how this works, but it does One thing s for sure though he really fell hard for Hudson when they were boyfriends over 30 years ago And he still loves him Even if he is try 4,5 stars A fabulous alternative universe.An excellent second chance romance.A captivating mystery.This one is a total winner New to me author Jenn Burke really scores with fantastic, original world building, an all engrossing plot and two intriguing MCs.Wes is an immortal ghost and then again he is not Not telling how this works, but it does One thing s for sure though he really fell hard for Hudson when they were boyfriends over 30 years ago And he still loves him Even if he is trying to talk himself out of his feelings on every possible occas...I can t recall the last time a book surprised me as much as this one did EvenI can t believe how much fun it was to be surprised I had the barest of ideas going in I m the worst at reading and retaining what a blurb tells me, well, if I read the blurb at all I knew this was some sort of ghost story So,to me, ghost stories are one thing, romances with ghosts are totally another They always seem to make me feel just so sad I mean, even when they aren t supposed to feel that way there I can t recall the last time a book surprised me as much as this one did EvenI can t believe how much fun it was to be surprised I had the barest of ideas going in I m the worst at reading and retaining what a blurb tells me, well, if I read the blurb at all I knew this was some sort of ghost story So,to me, ghost stories are one thing, romances with ghosts are totally another They always seem to make me feel just so sad I mean, even when they aren t supposed to feel that way there are just so many things that can t help but be sad.This felt like that Even when I tried to keep an open mind it was always a niggle I hurt for Wes and evenso when he found Hudson again It was not good and I couldn t in a million years see...I m a sucker for imaginative paranormal mysteries, and appealing gay main characters Jenn Burke delivers both With the added bonus of one MC apparently being demisexual.Wes Cooper died young, 70 years ago, when his first love with another man ended in disaster That man had a sister who was a witch, and her attempt to bring Wes back to life worked, mostly He s living, breathing, flesh and blood, but with a part of him still linked to the otherplane where the dead first go and ghosts linger A I m a sucker for imaginative paranormal mysteries, and appealing gay main characters Jenn Burke delivers both With the added bonus of one MC apparently being demisexual.Wes Cooper died young, 70 years ago, when his first love with another man ended in disaster That man had a sister who was a witch, and her attempt to bring Wes back to life worked, mostly He s living, breathing, flesh and blood, but with a part of him still linked to the otherplane where the dead first go and ghosts linger And he doesn t age beyond the slim, young man he was when he died.Both of those things have their benefits, but also their downsides Using his link with the otherworld, he can slip into that other plane of space and move secretly and unseen He s turned his ability into a clandestine profession, retrieving items for wealthy clients taking blackmail items, or love tokens, or stolen treasures, back to their rightful owners ...This book Gah Right book Right day Do I care NO I loved this I loved this so hard that I had to STOP LISTENING TO GREG because he wasn t narrating fast enough to keep up with my need forDid you see that I stopped listening to F N GREG I will go back and listen all the through be...Not Dead Yet is totally not in my wheelhouse, what with all the ghosts, evil spirits and creatures of the night, but I completely adore this book and only after pondering just how to review it do I realize how darn complex it is and what a wonderful job Burke does in creating this world and its characters Wes Cooper is a resurrected ghost who is immortal and exists partially in the Otherplane which allows him to transport almost anywhere, which is a skill he uses to steal oops recover i Not Dead Yet is totally not in my wheelhouse, what with all the ghosts, evil spirits and creatures of the night, but I completely adore this book and only after pondering just how to review it do I realize how darn complex it is and what a wonderful job Burke does in creating this world and its characters Wes Cooper is a resurrected ghost who is immortal and exists partially in the Otherplane which allows him to transport almost anywhere, which is a skill he uses to steal oops recover items for hire This used to drive Wes former boyfriend cop Hudson Royas crazy, because he always figured Wes had been given his life back and his talent to use it for good in the world And when Hudson and Wes meet again 30 years after their breakup because of a ...The idea was interesting, but execution wasn t quite there DNF at 47 changing status to read I pushed on.Unfortunately I couldn t connect, slogged through with no wish to resume after putting down.He might look early twenties but Wes lived through the Depression He s experienced tough living, lived decades, yet he comes across a fickle club boy avoiding responsibility, which just didn t read as believable to me.Then Hudson re appearing after 33yrs, there should bechanges and his whole The idea was interesting, but execution wasn t quite there DNF at 47 changing status to read I pushed on.Unfortunately I couldn t connect, slogged through with no wish to resume after putting down.He might look early twenties but Wes lived through the Depression He s experienced tough living, lived decades, yet he comes across a fickle club boy avoiding responsibility, which just didn t read as believable to me.Then Hudson re appearing after 33yrs, there should bechanges and his whole hot cold character didn t work.I don t care if they get together.Then the mystery it gets forgotten for relationship stuff, then unconnected supernatural stuff, then suddenly re focused on and by then there s no sense of danger, worry or urgency so again it didn t engage me.BUT parts of this were really good, the ideas were good...I admit that I haven t had good experience with this author so far but with this book, I m ready to change my mind Because Not Dead Yet is a SOLID paranormal mystery romance Not only that, the romance is a second chance trope All of them are exactly the kind of story I m looking for And boy, did the story deliver First of all, the paranormal element I LOVED the unique twist of ghost that Jenn Burke offers in this book Wes Cooper died in 1933 but then he was resurrected with a spell I admit that I haven t had good experience with this author so far but with this book, I m ready to change my mind Because Not Dead Yet is a SOLID paranormal mystery romance Not only that, the romance is a second chance trope All of them are exactly the kind of story I m looking for And boy, did the story deliver First of all, the paranormal element I LOVED the unique twist of ghost that Jenn Burke offers in this book Wes Cooper died in 1933 but then he was resurrected with a spell, and now he can become ghost Wes can disappear to the otherplane, and he doesn t age With this ability , Wes works as professional thief retrieval specialist Then, the romance, oh yes, I m loving the second chance trope here Wes and Hudson the love interest has been separated for THIRTY THREE years Yes, you read it right You also have to find ou...I wouldn t say everything was going honky dory until 31% This did start out pretty rough, the world building wasn t all that fantastic, the writing was average and the MCs had zero chemistry and I didn t really care about either one of them I enjoy second chance romances, but I need to care about why they parted and care about why they should get back together, and that wasn t happening here But the case they were working on was interesting and the setup for that was going well and getting in I wouldn t say everything was going honky dory until 31% This did start out pretty rough, the world building wasn t all that fantastic, the writing was average and the MCs had zero chemistry and I didn t really care about either one of them I enjoy second chance romances, but I need to care about why they parted and care about why they should get back together, and that wasn t happening here But the case they were working on was interesting and the setup for that was going well and getting interesting, and thatthan anything else was keeping me going.So Wes is a ghost, but he s not He can go solid, and even needs to sleep for some reason, and he drinks coffee and all that jazz But he can go incorporeal too Because, you know, ghost Except not sigh He can t see peo...Wow What an excellent supernatural, mystery, slow burn and second chance romance novel, I absolutely loved this one Wes isn t exactly alive or dead a spell gone wrong has his trapped in his non aging body, with abilities to slip between our world and another mystical one It s helped him with his job retreivement specialist read thief , although it was point of contention with his then boyfriend of over thirty years ago, Hudson Rojas But when weird things start happening, Wes reaches Wow What an excellent supernatural, mystery, slow burn and second chance romance novel, I absolutely loved this one Wes isn t exactly alive or dead a spell gone wrong has his trapped in his non aging body, with abilities to slip between our world and another mystical one It s helped him with his job retreivement specialist read thief , although it was point of contention with his then boyfriend of over thirty years ago, Hudson Rojas But when weird things start happening, Wes reaches back out to Hudson and discovers some things major things have changed since he last saw him It s hard to say anything else without giving away spoilers, all I can say is, I was NOT expecting what happened and I absolutely LOVED it I adored Wes and everything about him his snark, his attitude toward his job and his non life life, and I loved that he was somewhat asexual,likely on the demisexual spectrum, and I love that representa...Today I am here to rave about Jenn Burke s Not Dead Yet That book had been on my radar for a while I eagerly awaited every 1linewed on twitter and gobbled up any bit of information she dropped on the writing process of the series, hoping she d post another snippet of it So of course I immediately requested it on NetGalley when I saw it was up on it I was lucky that I didn t have to wait long to be approved for it and not kidding I dropped everything to immediately start reading I had Today I am here to rave about Jenn Burke s Not Dead Yet That book had been on my radar for a while I eagerly awaited every 1linewed on twitter and gobbled up any bit of information she dropped on the writing process of the series, hoping she d post another snippet of it So of course I immediately requested it on NetGalley when I saw it was up on it I was lucky that I didn t have to wait long to be approved for it and not kidding I dropped everything to immediately start reading I had a moment of pleeease let me love this right before I started an...My nail art for this bookYou know that person who reads all the spoilers, skips to the end of the book, wants to know who won the game before the watch the recording That is me Suspense is not my friend I like to know what I am in for.That being said, I did not skip to the end of this book It never even occurred to me I just read and read and read until I got to the satisfying end.Hudson is Mr Grumpypants I had tears in my eyes by the end of chapter 2 because he played his role so well I My nail art for this bookYou know that person who reads all the spoilers, skips to the end of the book, wants to know who won the game before the watch the recording That is me Suspense is not my friend I like to know what I am in for.That being said, I did not skip to the end of this book It never even occurred to me I just read and read and read until I got to the satisfying end.Hudson is Mr Grumpypants I had tears in my eyes by the end of chapter 2 because he played his role so well I also laughed throughout the story Suck my toe, Hudson And I was anxious as things started to heat up on the mystery front I could not put this book down The paranormal aspects are really interesting Wes as a ghost that essentially inhabits both the living and non living is cool Lexi, her family connection to Wes and their friendship was ju...I ve given this an A at AAR, so that s 4.5 stars rounded up.For some reason, I ve been gravitating towards paranormal romances lately, most often ones featuring characters involved in law enforcement, which was the immediate appeal of Jenn Burke s Not Dead Yet It s the first in a new series in which one of the protagonists is, as the title suggests, Not Dead Although he s Not Alive either, which is certainly a unique twist and not something I ve come across before Not Dead Yet is a hugely I ve given this an A at AAR, so that s 4.5 stars rounded up.For some reason, I ve been gravitating towards paranormal romances lately, most often ones featuring characters involved in law enforcement, which was the immediate appeal of Jenn Burke s Not Dead Yet It s the first in a new series in which one of the protagonists is, as the title suggests, Not Dead Although he s Not Alive either, which is certainly a unique twist and not something I ve come across before Not Dead Yet is a hugely enjoyable read featuring two well rounded principals, an intriguing mystery, and a slow burn romance I wasn t sure what to expect when I picked it up, but it turned out to be a winner and I m definitely on board for the rest of the series.In 1933, Wes Cooper was shot and killed by his lover, Michael But Michael s sister was a witch and, unable to accept what her brother had done, cast a spell...

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14 December 2018

Jenn Burke