Sister murdered, best friend dead, married to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte. Necromancer Eric Carter's return to Los Angeles hasn't gone well, and it's about to get even worse.
His link to the Aztec death goddess is changing his powers, changing him, and he's not sure how far it will go. He's starting to question his own sanity, wonder if he's losing his mind. No mean feat for a guy who talks to the dead on a regular basis.
While searching for a way to break Santa Muerte's hold over him, Carter finds himself the target of a psychopath who can steal anyone's form, powers, and memories. Identity theft is one thing, but this guy does it by killing his victims and wearing their skins like a suit. He can be anyone. He can be anywhere.
Now Carter has to change the game -- go from hunted to hunter. All he has for help is a Skid Row bruja and a ghost who's either his dead friend Alex or the manifestation of Carter's own guilt-fueled psychotic break.
Everything is trying to kill him. Nothing is as it seems. If all his plans go perfectly, he might survive the week.
He's hoping that's a good thing.
From Goodreads:
Necromancer Eric Carter's problems keep getting bigger.
Bad enough he's the unwilling husband to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte, but now her ex, the Aztec King of the dead, Mictlantecuhtli has come back and it turns out that Carter and he are swapping places. As Mictlantecuhtli breaks loose of his prison of jade Carter is slowly turning to stone.
To make matters worse both gods are trying to get Carter to assassinate the other, but only one of them can be telling him the truth. And whichever god is left standing Carter's likely to suffer the consequences.
Carter's solution? Kill them both.
If he wants to get out of this situation with his soul intact he'll have to go to Mictlan, the Aztec land of the dead, and take down a couple of death gods while facing down the worst the place has to offer him: his own sins.
My Review:
I loved reading these two books so much! And I'm so glad that I read them back to back, because they're pretty tightly linked with the Aztec deities plot line. Eric is in a pretty dark place in these books, and it gets worse.
In Broken Souls, there's Eric seeing his dead friend, the one who died in Dead Things. Who or what it is, is a mystery, one that I was intrigued to solve. When it turns out to be the husband of Santa Muerte, and they're switching places, yeah, that was a shocker! And important for Eric to solve, because Mictlantecuhtli is a stone statue. Not what Eric wants to be!
I really enjoyed his relationship with Tabitha, she is a part of this world, more than he knows, and is more complicated than he thought. And she's pretty important, especially in Hungry Ghosts, when they go to Mictlan.
As I'm coming to see, coming up with crazy, creative plans at the last minute is kinda Eric's thing. Watching them unfold, it's great to read, because we don't know the plan, and on top of that, there's no guarantee that it's going to work.
Loved reading these books so much, and I can't wait to see where the series is going to go from here!
Author: Stephen Blackmoore
Series: Eric Carter #2, 3
Read: March 19th, 20th, 2019
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2019 Books!
Publisher: DAW
Published: August 5th 2014, February 7th 2017
Broken Souls:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
Hungry Ghosts:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
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