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    Haunted
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    Haunted
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    Haunted

    Written by Kelley Armstrong

    Narrated by Laural Merlington

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    About this audiobook

    Eve Levine-half-demon, black witch, and devoted mother-has been dead for three years. She has a great house, an interesting love life, and can't be killed again-which comes in handy when you've made as many enemies as Eve has. Yes, the afterlife isn't too bad. All she needs to do is find a way to communicate with her daughter, Savannah, and she'll be happy.

    But fate-or more exactly, the Fates-have other plans. Eve owes them a favor, and they've just called it in. An evil spirit called the Nix has escaped from Hell. She feeds on chaos and death, and is very good at persuading people to kill for her. The Fates want Eve to hunt her down before she does any more damage, but the Nix is a dangerous enemy-previous hunters have been driven insane in the process. As if that's not problem enough, the only way to stop her is with an angel's sword. And Eve is no angel.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 4, 2008
    ISBN9781400177400
    Haunted
    Author

    Kelley Armstrong

    When librarians finally granted Kelley Armstrong an adult card, she made straight for the epic fantasy and horror shelves. She spent the rest of her childhood and teen years happily roaming fantastical and terrible worlds, and vowed that someday she'd write a story combining swords, sorcery, and the ravenous undead. That story began with the New York Times bestselling Sea of Shadows and continues with Empire of Night. Armstrong's first works for teens were the New York Times bestselling Darkest Powers and Darkness Rising trilogies. She lives in rural Ontario with her husband, three children, and far too many pets.

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    • 4/5
      Fifth in Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. The narrator of this one is Eve, mother of the young powerful witch Savannah. Eve really does her best to protect Savannah, but her task is made difficult by the fact that she's dead, and ghosts are a bit limited in what they can accomplish. The Fates giver her a task that might suit her strength of character and her creative solutions... she is to capture the Nix, a supernatural creature who takes up residence in ther brains of female psychopaths and encourages them to act on their homicidal tendencies. Aiding Eve is Trsiel, an angel, and her dear love, Kristof Nast, who is also a ghost.This one gets a bit too dark for me when she goes to the prison dimension for serial killers, but overall it is a good book.
    • 3/5
      This time the heroine is a ghost. The character a black witch who died in short story just prior to Stolen. is manouvoured into helping an angel track down a nix who has escaped hell to inspire various serial killers.A sympathetic view of a character who would freely admit to judging her actions according to whether they were expedient rather than whether they were moral. It is good while its on the mortal plane but the afterworld is unsuprisingly not very beleivable.
    • 4/5
      Action packed urban fantasy with ghostly time travel, fates, nasty evil bad things and even angels. Phew. I really enjoyed visiting the murderers and seeing inside their heads in this world. There were some tear wrenching moments and a lot of death. I love the devotion Kristof had for Eve, he was a wonderful character.
      Eve, a part demon witch ghost is obsessed with watching her daughter and trying to communicate with her. The rest of her after life has become a shadow, even the love of her life and after life Kristof. He has always been there and still is, even if it means she will never be there for him.
      When a murderous demon escapes the hold of the Fates, they search out Eve to work with an angel to help bring her in. This new works sparks something in Eve and awakens something inside. She travels through time with Trsiel, an angel to visit a few of histories most notorious murders.
      I really loved the story the time travel, the powers , the evil badness, but I did not like the very ending. It was just a bit cliche'.
    • 3/5
      Interesting choice to use a ghost as a protagonist, although the limitations of being unable to affect the real world led to changes before the end of the book. I've been interested in the evolution of this supernatural universe, even if I'm not the target audience.
    • 5/5
      “I love the narrator of this story, Eve the ghost. She's an enjoyable character and I like the concern she shows for her daughter. Plus, I love studying female criminals throughout history, so I liked the aspect of this story that revisits some evil women (even though some names have been changed they're recognizable). I liked the pace of the story, the romance between Eve and her former lover ghostly sorcerer Kristoff, and the battle of an unlikely heroine to save the world. Eve kicks major supernatural ass!
    • 2/5
      I really like Eve's character, so I enjoyed this book even if the plot lost my interest from time to time. Plus, the interaction between Lucas and Eve-Wearing-Paige's-Body was fun.
    • 5/5
      Kelley Armstrong is a progeny when it comes to supernatural writing. Her books leave you breathless with their racy romances, the constant struggles, and the exciting stories. She does all of this effortlessly and you have no choice but to plummet without stumbling straight into her world. She has created such a strong presence in all of her characters that everything about them makes them seem real! You get so caught up in their stories that you feel you are a part of them. I cannot say enough good things about Kelley!
    • 3/5
      Haunted
      3 Stars

      As a half-demon / half-witch, Eve Levine lived her life in the fast lane with little care for the consequences of her actions. Now that she is dead, not much has changed. When the Fates call in a favor, Eve agrees to hunt down and capture an evil spirit wrecking havoc on the living world, but things aren’t as easy as they seem and Eve will have to call on all her resources if she is to outwit the tricky Nix…

      Good world building as always and an entertaining plot, but Eve is not a likable heroine and her romance with Kristoff is lukewarm.

      The mystery in this installment is one of the more gripping in the series. The Nix is a formidable foe and the inclusion of details concerning historical crimes adds extra nuance to the story. Another positive element is the updates on secondary characters. Paige, Lucas & Savannah are becoming a family and Jaime’s painful crush on Jeremy is so cute.

      The most significant problem with the book is the need for readers to suspend their disbelief and accept that Eve and Kristoff, who have been ethically challenged to say the least, are now a heroic duo fighting against evil. While Kristoff does manage to redeem himself to a certain extent after sacrificing himself to save his daughter, the same cannot be said of Eve and it is difficult to care one way or the other about what happens to her.

      Laural Merlington’s narration is never going to rank amongst my favorites, but I’ve learned to live with it.

      All in all, not my favorite book in the series but worth the read.
    • 4/5
      I like Armstrong's illustration of 'the after-life'. The book lets readers learn more about Savanna's parents.
    • 2/5
      At this point, I've read quite a few of the Women of the Otherworld series (a little out of order) and I have to say that Haunted is my least favorite one. While I enjoyed the opportunity to get to know Eve and Kristof better, I sometimes felt like I was just slogging through parts of this book.

      In my opinion, this book was far darker than other Women of the Otherworld books. It featured a demidemon who lives off chaos, and the way she got that was by helping women kill. And not just once, usually more than once. We encounter many of these women throughout the book. There are also some men serial killers as well- 6 of them in a level of hell that Eve gets trapped in for a short period of time...

      Overall, this was the least plausible of the series, as it mainly took place in the "ghost world"/hell and featured the Fates, angels and other ghosts. It was nice to see Eve grow up, but it would have been better as a sub-plot in another story, in my opinion, with less descriptions of murders.
    • 5/5
      As other reviewers have mentioned - it took me a while to warm to the central character in this book, Eve Levine. She is already dead, and narrating the story from that perspective can cause some initial confusion (at least for me anyway.....)Once I settled with the concept I have to admit I really really enjoyed the book - and I actually found that Eve is a character I would dearly like to see again.I know the next installment of the Women of the Otherworld series shifts focus back to Elena, the only female Werewolf, and I believe that the one after that is about Jamie Vegas (the necromancer) - however, I hope that Kelley Armstrong can find time to re-visit Eve in a later book.
    • 4/5
      Thus far, this is my least favourite book of the Otherworld series so far, but not because it lacked in story telling ability. Far from it. The story line was wonderful and as thought provoking as ever; however, I didn't feel as connected as I normally do with Armstrong's books, which was through no writing fault but simply because I found it hard to grasp some of the details of the ghost world and, of course, because it was in the ghost world for the majority of the book. Perhaps I will connect to it more when I'm finally in the right place to understand it better ;P
    • 5/5
      At first I was surprised that Eve's story came up at this point of the series. I thought the ordering was weird and I din't think I would like it. But she quickly became one of my favorite ladies (following Elena and Jaime) and I loved this story. I loved the relationship with Eve and Kris. I finished the story feeling sad that Eve had died so early in the series because I think it would be interesting to read interactions with her and the other living characters. She is wicked funny and sarcastic and confident in her abilities and she knows so much about all the species and their powers. Her ethical boundaries are a little blurrier than Elena and Paiges when it comes to survival and protecting herself and it makes for great story telling.
    • 3/5
      Everytime we change narrators I worry that I'm not going to enjoy the book as much. I was double worried this time since we hadn't had a lot of exposure to Eve. I don't think I'll make the same mistake again, I'm pretty sure that all of the books in this series will be awesome.I never would have thought that I could like Kris that much but he grew on me really quickly. And I both loved and hated the ending!
    • 3/5
      Kelly Armstrong has become a favorite of mine in the last few years, but I had trouble with Haunted. I found the first 50% to be slow and a chore to read. I actually gave up at the 49% point and read another book before I came back to it. The last 50% was great. The same type of action and involvement I have come to expect from her. That is why it got three stars from me.
    • 4/5
      Hmm. I've read this before. I liked it then, but for some reason I like it a lot more this time round.Eve is one of my favourite Women of the Otherworld characters. She's bitchy, sarcastic and thoroughly bad ass... in a dead ghost kind of way. It shows a whole new side to her character, as the earlier books don't really reveal a great deal.The other characters have smaller roles but are still present and correct with a brief nod to certain events from the earlier books.There are some quite graphic parts but what can you expect from a visit to the Hell dimensions? It seems a little more adult than the other books, but the plot grabs you and doesn't let go.This is much, much better than Waking the Witch, Eve is so much more interesting than her daughter.
    • 3/5
      I wasn't sure that I would like this book. But really I did enjoy getting to know Eve, and her motivations. But my heart broke that she couldn't do more with Savanah.
    • 5/5
      I love this author. She writes beautiful strong woman who can do. I have enjoyed everything I've read of hers and am looking for more!!!
    • 4/5
      This focuses on Eve Levine and her life in the afterlife. She is finally learning to let herself love Kris, let Savannah go, and maybe even become an angel. Although angels aren't so heavenly....
    • 5/5
      Eve is really funny, to me at least. I love the whole idea about going from being just a ghost to being an angel. I actually think I started to cry at the end. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Kelley Armstrong is awesome. She never lets me down.
    • 3/5
      While I love Kelley Armstrong's writing, and I have been in love with this particular series, this book just didn't do much for me. I don't know why exactly, but I just didn't feel as attached to the character, and therefore, not as attached to the story. This book just seemed long to me, and it was too easy for me to pick up another book (or three) to read instead of this one. All in all, not her best work, but not terrible either!
    • 4/5
      Eve Levine is a black witch with a disregard for following the rules, and "kick-butt-ask-questions-later attitude" - it matters very little that she is a ghost. Eve has been inhabiting the ghost world for the past three years - popping out to check on her teenage daughter Savannah from time to time, and generally being resident pain-in-the-tookus to the Fates. In Industrial Magic, the Fates did a little favor for Eve and now they're ready to collect. Eve must capture the depraved demi-demon the Nix, and return her wicked soul to the hell she so richly deserves. To find and defeat the Nix, Eve will need the help of celebrity necromancer Jamie Vegas and an angel named Trsiel. If Eve completes her task, she will quite literally earn her wings. If she fails, the Nix will send her to a place where she'll never be seen or heard from again. The stakes are high, and Eve thought she had this afterlife stuff all figured out... I wasn't all that excited to start this book. I knew it was about Eve, and I just wasn't interested in her. She was killed in book 2, Stolen - a victim of a madman with more money than he knew what to do with. And I was ok with her story ending there. Fortunately though, I'm a "completest" - I can't just stop reading a series that I'm invested in. Otherwise, I would have missed out on a wonderfully entertaining story.Haunted is every bit as good as its predecessors. Armstrong's writing gets better and better with each new book. Haunted is a truly original story in a series that is chock-full of original stories. She weaves together a masterful tale of the paranormal world that leaves the reader breathless with anticipation for the next book!
    • 3/5
      I think this has probably been my favorite of the series so far; I really like Eve's character. Maybe it's because I've always been a sucker for a good ghost story. Great series, on to the next.
    • 4/5
      I wasn't going to read anymore of Armstrong's "witch" books because the last two (Dimestore Magic and Industrial Magic) were so boring they weren't worth the time, but ended up reading this one anyway - lucky for me it turned out to be significantly more interesting than the earlier two non-werewolf books in this series.It is a little more complicated than I'd like - lots of traveling between dimensions and hither and thither to meet a new character/ghost/supernatural being in order to introduce another aspect of this ghost world. I would have preferred to have more story/plot and fewer tangents about how powerful and varied the supernatural world is.Also, a little bit of moralizing got slipped in here (if you were wondering how Armstrong feels on the subject:: it's a VERY bad thing for women to kill members of their own families.)Otherwise, it was good story and quite suspenseful with a little bit of humor.
    • 3/5
      This is a great story. Part of a wonderful series but the app keep s cutting off the last word or words in each chapter.
    • 5/5
      This made a damn fine read, as so many of Ms. Armstrong's books do. Eve, Savannah's mother in case you've forgotten, is dead, and owes the fates a favour (from Industrial Magic, although it's not really vital you've read that, or any of the others). Eve's asked to repay the favour by hunting a demi-demon that manages to keep escaping from where the fates have tried to imprison it. There are twists and turns, and a pretty detailed look at the afterlife if you're otherworldly. The steps and sacrifices to get to the end of the quest are many and various and nicely paced.
    • 4/5
      I didn't like this, Kelley's 5th novel in her Women of the Otherworld series, nearly as much as the first four. This book centers on Eve, and unlike previous stories, has little to do with any of the other characters I've grown to know and love.Eve is Savannah's mother, and a ghost in the afterlife. She's unsettled and is having a difficult time leaving her mortal life behind and embracing her new "afterlife" with Kristof Nash, Savannah's father whom we met in Dime Store Magic. Even though Eve cannot manifest to interact with Savannah, she still obsesses about a way to make that happen, despite Kris's attempts to convince her to move on.The afterlife contains various dimensions, with the one inhabited by Eve and Kris specifically for supernaturals. In many cases, these worlds are very much like the world of the living, though they're often stuck in the time of their heydey, think 1920's Chicago, etc. The Fates govern this particular dimension, and decide to send Eve on a quest to hunt and banish an evil demi-demon Nix who has been taking up residence in the bodies of various women and inducing them to kill for the last hundred years. The three previous seekers they've sent have all failed, in one way or another, and the Fates are hoping that Eve can succeed where they have failed. She's assigned an angel partner, Trsiel, who can bring the Nix to justice once Eve has found her, and Kris lends a hand as well.Eve's quest to find the Nix is the basic premise of the book, and thus very few characters from the previous book are here. Only Paige, Lucas, and Savannah come into play a little, but not nearly enough. Perhaps that's one of the greatest reasons I didn't enjoy this book as much as the others. Still, Kelley's a talented writer, and it was good to find out more about Eve and what makes her tick.
    • 4/5
      Very good story in the Women of the Supernatural series. In this one we follow Eve in the afterworld on an assignment from the fates to catch a wayward spirit. This is one of the best in the series.
    • 3/5
      Even as a ghost, Eve has a lot to learn. The ending was trite and shouldn't have worked out as easily as it did.
    • 4/5
      This book was good. It had been awhile since I’ve read any Kelley Armstrong, and for some reason, when I started this one a while back I put it down about 150 pages in. When I picked it back up, it was really good. There was a lot of interesting things about the book, including a bit of Dante’s ideas of hell. It was a good read.