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Spirited, Tidewater #1, by Mary Behre
Grade: C+

“Don’t you ever have the feeling like something is about to happen or something isn’t quite right? And you know if you just turn left instead of right, you’ll see what most people would walk past without ever noticing it was there?”

Jules Scott thought that starting over in Tidewater working for her adoptive parents would mean a fresh start and no more ghosts. Jules figured things were too good to be true and one ghost is particular will not stop until Jules helps her. Jules is back to talking to ghosts and trying to hide it from everyone around her including her sexy neighbor detective Seth English. Seth is different than anyone she’s ever met but she knows her secret of being a psychic can change a relationship for the worst. As Jules tries to help this spirit she finds herself in the middle of Seth’s investigation and fighting for not only the spirit but herself.

Detective Seth English is determined to change his career once and for all and this new burglary/murder is just the ticket. Seth never expected to find his new neighbor in the middle of his investigation or find himself so attracted to her. As more leads come about Jules is in the middle of it all and Seth refuses to believe she has anything to do with the crimes but doubts still arise. As Seth gets closer to finding the killer, the killer gets closer to Jules and Seth will do anything to keep her alive.

I was very excited to start this new series and I loved the idea of the detective and psychic falling in love. Jules is a great character who because of her gift has a hard time with everyday life. Even with all of the problems Jules has faced I found her to be very smart, funny and loving. The banter between her and Seth was so fun and kept me engaged from the very first page. Seth is also a great character but he does some not so nice things at the end of the book that really bothered me and changed the way I looked at him. For the most part I really liked these two together and they made the book really fun and enjoyable to read.

The reason I gave this book ‘C’ was mostly due to the fact that there are so many loose ends and side stories that it was too much. I got confused about who some people were and then why we didn’t even meet people, like Seth’s mother, who are talked about a lot. I felt that a lot of things never got resolved or got brought up and then never talked about again. I also found the story to be very predictable. I figured out who the killer was about halfway through the book and then just kept reading to see Seth and Jules finally get together. I wish there had been more twists and turns to keep me more interested.

All in all I liked this book but I’m not sure if I’ll continue with the series. I am curious to see what happens with Jules sisters and see what kind of gifts they have and how they affect their lives. This was a cute book but it didn’t blow me away or make me desperate to see what happens next.


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Spirited A Tidewater Novel Mary Behre 9780425268612 Books Reviews

Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales

Quick & Dirty Although there were humorous and sexy moments, Spirited ultimately fell short of its potential thanks to an inconsistent plot, poor character development and bad dialogue.

Opening Sentence Juliana Scott looped the strap of her black Prada clutch over her wrist and imagined scaling her apartment building in five-inch stiletto boots.

The Review

Juliana “Jules” Scott is a spunky 27-year-old with a tendency for getting into trouble thanks to her so-called “crift” – a term she uses to describe her “cursed gift” that allows her to communicate with ghosts. Of course it makes sense that she’s wary to tell people that she talks to dead people; a childhood spent bouncing between foster homes and a disastrous marriage have proven that she can’t tell anyone unless she wants a visit to a psychiatric ward. (Except for her adoptive parents who seem to take everything incredibly well.)

So what is Jules supposed to say when an overzealous ghost manipulates her senses and climb through Seth English’s open window as 2 am? The fact that the ghost has done something no ghost has ever done before fades in comparison to the fact that Jules has suddenly developed the ability to read the X-rated mind of the Greek Adonis staring back at her. Which makes the fact that he’s also a policeman intent on arresting her and her new next-door neighbor all the more fun.

Seth is more of the love-‘em-and leave-‘em type of guy. He’s in the middle of an investigation that could make his career and his new next-door neighbor has become a big distraction. But he has no choice when Jules gets literally pulled into a murder investigation and becomes a target. It quickly becomes apparent that Jules holds the answer to the growing string of mysterious deaths and that their meeting was anything but coincidence.

Let me preface my review by saying that I really wanted to like this book. And I’m pretty forgiving when it comes to what I think of as a “tabloid read” –– the kind of lighthearted story that can be repeatedly picked up, read for a few minutes and put down again over a span of time without feeling like you’ve lost anything. Insta-love is almost always a component of these types of stories because there isn’t enough character development to make a reader believe in or care about anything else. Some factors may vary, but what it really boils down to is a literary equivalent of a stick figure drawing; an attractive man, an attractive woman, some inciting incident that causes friction and voila! It’s not meant to be a cerebral exercise and I keep that in mind when it comes to my expectations.

But even “tabloid reads” need to meet some baseline expectations with dialogue, character and plot and Spirited fell pretty short of mine. There were so many “WTF?” moments in this story that I started to think Behre had cut-and-pasted the manuscript for another story over this one.

A ghost that speaks in medieval prose? Random and not even done well.

Jules continually developing new powers with no explanation? Annoyingly convenient.

Seth’s insistent usage of “precious” when talking to (or about) Jules? Creepy as hell because all I could think of was Gollum, the detestable creature in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

Ultimately, the number of issues I had with the story outweighed the lighthearted fun that it promised. Though I’ve never read any of Behre’s other work, she seems to be a fairly prolific and well-liked author. Perhaps Spirited is just a one-off, a singular black spot in an otherwise shining career, but it’s conclusion is also the end of my interest in this series.

Notable Scene

“Use your key next time, precious,” the cop growled in her ear, spinning her around. Then the cuffs were blessedly off. “You could have climbed into the window of a psycho. Good thing for you it was me. You got lucky.”

Jules rubbed her sore wrists. “Gee, I never knew getting lucky could be so disappointing.”

FTC Advisory Berkley/Penguin provided me with a copy of Spirited. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
Spirited, Tidewater #1, by Mary Behre
Grade C+

“Don’t you ever have the feeling like something is about to happen or something isn’t quite right? And you know if you just turn left instead of right, you’ll see what most people would walk past without ever noticing it was there?”

Jules Scott thought that starting over in Tidewater working for her adoptive parents would mean a fresh start and no more ghosts. Jules figured things were too good to be true and one ghost is particular will not stop until Jules helps her. Jules is back to talking to ghosts and trying to hide it from everyone around her including her sexy neighbor detective Seth English. Seth is different than anyone she’s ever met but she knows her secret of being a psychic can change a relationship for the worst. As Jules tries to help this spirit she finds herself in the middle of Seth’s investigation and fighting for not only the spirit but herself.

Detective Seth English is determined to change his career once and for all and this new burglary/murder is just the ticket. Seth never expected to find his new neighbor in the middle of his investigation or find himself so attracted to her. As more leads come about Jules is in the middle of it all and Seth refuses to believe she has anything to do with the crimes but doubts still arise. As Seth gets closer to finding the killer, the killer gets closer to Jules and Seth will do anything to keep her alive.

I was very excited to start this new series and I loved the idea of the detective and psychic falling in love. Jules is a great character who because of her gift has a hard time with everyday life. Even with all of the problems Jules has faced I found her to be very smart, funny and loving. The banter between her and Seth was so fun and kept me engaged from the very first page. Seth is also a great character but he does some not so nice things at the end of the book that really bothered me and changed the way I looked at him. For the most part I really liked these two together and they made the book really fun and enjoyable to read.

The reason I gave this book ‘C’ was mostly due to the fact that there are so many loose ends and side stories that it was too much. I got confused about who some people were and then why we didn’t even meet people, like Seth’s mother, who are talked about a lot. I felt that a lot of things never got resolved or got brought up and then never talked about again. I also found the story to be very predictable. I figured out who the killer was about halfway through the book and then just kept reading to see Seth and Jules finally get together. I wish there had been more twists and turns to keep me more interested.

All in all I liked this book but I’m not sure if I’ll continue with the series. I am curious to see what happens with Jules sisters and see what kind of gifts they have and how they affect their lives. This was a cute book but it didn’t blow me away or make me desperate to see what happens next.