Review of Grave Ransom by Kalayna Price

Kalayna Price’s Grave Ransom

Let’s take a second and catch up to the storyline when Grave Ransom starts.  Alexis Craft started out as a grave witch at the beginning of the series—one who is able to make “death” and other ghosts visible.  She is the daughter to the governor, but since he is a fae hiding as a human and a member of the “Humans First” Organization which demonizes all things magic witches and fae included, he has distanced himself from her and created a clean identity for her that buries their familial ties.  But as weird cases start cropping up, Alex is slowly revealed to be more than just a Grave witch.  She is actually fae and a plane bender.  This means that she is able to merge realities.  And since there has not been a plane bender in a really long time, all of the fairy courts want her to join them.  The most vehement of these is the Winter Queen, who badly wants Alexis to join her court.    In the first novels it is revealed that the annoying Fae Investigation Bureau agent who has been driving Alex crazy is actually the Winter Knight, but not before Alex and he begin a sexual relationship that quickly develops into true love.  But the Winter Knight is bound to the Queen and must follow her orders in all things.  This has led to a horrible situation for Alex and the Winter Knight.  And , just to complicate things a little more, through the series Alex’s relationship with the soul reaper whom she calls Death has also become a physical and sexual one.

This book was a great addition to the series, but unfortunately ends on a somewhat sour note.  I am trying really hard not to write spoilers in this review, but its’s difficult.  In this book, Alex goes up against a true necromancer who is putting peoples souls in other peoples bodies.  In her quest to find the necromancer, she and Death end up on opposite sides of the issue.

 

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Grave Ransom Book Cover Grave Ransom
Alex Craft
Kalayna Price
Penguin
July 4, 2017
384

In the thrilling new novel from USA Today bestselling author Kalayna Price, Alex Craft comes face-to-face with the walking dead.... Grave witch Alex Craft is no stranger to the dead talking. She raises shades, works with ghosts, and is dating Death himself. But the dead walking? That's not supposed to happen. And yet reanimated corpses are committing crimes across Nekros City. Alex's investigation leads her deep into a web of sinister magic. When Briar Darque of the Magical Crimes Investigation Bureau gets involved, Alex finds herself with an unexpected ally of sorts. But as the dead continue to rise and wreak havoc on the living, can she get to the soul of the matter in time?