Celestial Blues, Book 1
Vicki Pettersson
Harper Voyager, Harper
Collins Publishers
June 12, 2012 / ISBN: 978-0062064646
Fantasy
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Reviewed
by Jan Fields
Griffin Shaw is a Centurion, a kind of angel whose job is to help
victims of violent deaths on to their journey to the afterlife.
Violent death brings baggage for the dead -- just as it brought
for Griffin himself. He's not handling his own baggage well and
manages to screw up a pick up. As a result, he's back to earth in
the flesh to correct his mistake and collect the soul of a girl
he accidentally targetted for murder. The girl is Kit Craig and
she's not ready to be collected. Together Griffin and Kit hunt for
the killer targetting her, whether heaven likes it or not.
It was nice to get in on the first book of a series and I found
a lot to like about this one. I love the combination of vintage
noir and contemporary urban fantasy. The whole mythology of the
series with Centurians and Pures (angels who have never been human)
was fascinating. And the mystery itself was compelling and twisty
enough to satisfy any detective buff. I do warn readers -- this
book is likely to be seriously offensive to Mormons since it plays
on some of the worst of the Mormon stereotypes, so proceed at your
own risk.
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