Week 12 Reviews: Lake Silence, Crowbones

From Goodreads:

In this thrilling and suspenseful fantasy, set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, Vicki DeVine and her lodger, the shapeshifter Aggie Crowe, stumble onto a dead body . . . and find themselves enmeshed in danger and dark secrets.

Human laws do not apply in the territory controlled by the Others–vampires, shapeshifters, and paranormal beings even more deadly. And this is a fact that humans should never, ever forget . . . 

After her divorce, Vicki DeVine took over a rustic resort near Lake Silence, in a human town that is not human controlled. Towns like Vicki's have no distance from the Others, the dominant predators that rule most of the land and all of the water throughout the world. And when a place has no boundaries, you never really know what's out there watching you.

Vicki was hoping to find a new career and a new life. But when her lodger, Aggie Crowe–one of the shapeshifting Others–discovers a dead body, Vicki finds trouble instead. The detectives want to pin the man's death on her, despite the evidence that nothing human could have killed the victim. As Vicki and her friends search for answers, things get dangerous–and it'll take everything they have to stay alive.

From Goodreads:

In this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer—before it's too late.…

Crowbones will gitcha if you don't watch out!

Deep in the territory controlled by the Others—shape-shifters, vampires, and even deadlier paranormal beings—Vicki DeVine has made a new life for herself running The Jumble, a rustic resort. When she decides to host a gathering of friends and guests for Trickster Night, at first everything is going well between the humans and the Others.

But then someone arrives dressed as Crowbones, the Crowgard bogeyman. When the impostor is killed along with a shape-shifting Crow, and the deaths are clearly connected, everyone fears that the real Crowbones may have come to The Jumble—and that could mean serious trouble.

To "encourage" humans to help them find some answers, the Elders and Elementals close all the roads, locking in suspects and victims alike. Now Vicki, human police chief Grimshaw, vampire lawyer Ilya Sanguinati, and the rest of their friends have to figure out who is manipulating events designed to pit humans against Others—and who may have put Vicki DeVine in the crosshairs of a powerful hunter.

My first review of Lake Silence, Crowbones

My second review of Lake Silence

My third review of Lake Silence

My Review:

I loved reading these books again. I'm just obsessed with this world, and Anne Bishop's writing, and it was just fantastic being back with these characters, and I had such a great time reading their stories! IT is only the first time that I've reread Crowbones, so I had a really great time with it! 

Lake Silence is the first full length book in the series that didn't focus on the Lakeside courtyard, and when I first read it, I was a little sad, being away from Simon and Meg. But now we get to see more of the world, and get quick bit of Meg and Simon in Crowbones, so that's really great! 

Both books had cases that have to be dealt with. All these bad guys are just awful, from the way that Vicki was treated by her ex and that group of people, to the mind games of the next. But both were so utterly entertaining! 

I hope this isn't the last time that we've see this cast of characters. It feels like something is simmering, but it hasn't quite finished yet, and I would like to spend a bit more time here. Of course with Meg and Simon, and the Bennett crew, but I always want more of Anne Bishop's book, and this series! 

These were so great, and I can't wait to read more by Anne Bishop! 

Author: Anne Bishop
Series: The Others #6, 8, World of the Others #1, 3
First Read: March 6th, 2018, January 5th, 6th, 2022
Second Read: July 28th, 2018

Third Read: January 5th, 2022

Read: March 19th, 20th, 2024
Source: Own
Reason Why: Rereading, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Books! 
Publisher: Ace
Published: March 6th 2018, March 8th 2022

Lake Silence:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Crowbones:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars