Series: Goodnight Family (bk. 2)
Genera: Paranormal Romance/Mystery/Adventure
Subjects: ghosts, psychic ability, supernatural, magic,
kidnappings, Chicago, Illinois, Egyptian mythology
Age/Grade Level: Teen and New Adult (because Daisy is
a college freshman)
Length: 384 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Summary/
product description: “Daisy Goodnight can speak to the dead. It’s not the result of
a head injury or some near-death experience. She was just born that way. And
she’s really good at it. Good enough to help the police solve the occasional
homicide.
But helping the
local authorities clear cold cases is one thing. Being whisked out of chemistry
class by the FBI and flown to the scene of a murder/kidnapping in Minnesota?
That’s the real deal.
Before the promotion can go to Daisy’s head, she’s up to her
neck in trouble. The spirits are talking, and they’re terrified. There’s a real
living girl in danger. And when Daisy is kidnapped by a crime boss with no
scruples about using magic—and Daisy—to get what he wants, it looks like hers
is the next soul on the line.”
My Review: I didn’t think it would be possible that
this book would be better than Texas Gothic, the 1st book in the
series, but this was way better. Ridiculously awesome. So many things I didn’t
expect. The description barely tells you anything. This book is very different
from Texas Gothic. They both have ghosts, but Texas Gothic didn’t have nearly
as much action or adventure as Spirit and Dust.
Daisy Goodnight is psychic and can sense spirit
energies, of remnants and connections. She can summon then with objects
connected to them, talk to them and also help them move on. She’s very
sarcastic and funny and wears girly-goth garb. She’s a redhead like her cousin
Amy (the narrator of Texas Gothic) and has the same Goodnight determination. I
think I like her more than Amy as a narrator. Daisy got a lot more spunk and
feels more developed. I almost wish that there can be another book with her as
the narrator, instead of a companions series with standalone-sequels. She’s the
perfect strong protagonist with unique traits.
Then there’s the other characters. I though Agent
Taylor would be the love interest, because he and Daisy had a thing, but that’s
not the case. Daisy meets Carson after
being kidnapped by a mobster who’s the father of the kidnapped girl Alexis.
Carson doesn’t seem like a hardened criminal. He’s pretty young and too nice.
He and Daisy go a search for this Jackal artifact that’s the ransom for Alexis.
Carson and Daisy’s romance is the total opposite of insta-love. She even starts
to think that she has Stockholm syndrome because she starts to like him. The
travel and she’s learns about him.
I also loved the setting. You’d think based off the
description that this book would be set in Minnesota. Minnesota was really only
the beginning of the book. I’d say 15% set in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 10% set
in St Louis, Missouri, and 75% set in Illinois, and mainly Chicago and it’s
museums. As a resident Chicagolander, this made me very excited. Another great
book set in my home state? Awesome. And the final third or fourth or the book
takes place in the Field Museum. My absolute favorite museum to go to. I’ve
been there at least 5 times. Probably more. And yes, Sue the T. Rex is awesome.
And I did see the Egypt exhibit in 4th grade, or 5th.
There were a lot of animal mummies down there. I’m never been to the Oriental
Institute Museum, but my mom’s been there.
I love the paranormal parts, especially the Egyptian
Mythology. I didn’t know that there would be any Egyptian stuff going into
this. It really started to remind me of Rick Riordan’s Kane Chronicles series.
Looking for artifacts and some brotherhood and everything. I don’t want to
spoil the book, but I think that more people would read this if they knew more
about it. So it’s not just another ghost-story/murder mystery. This book turned
out to be an unexpected surprise, and I really hope that Rosemary write a 3rd
Goodnight book that’s even better. Maybe from Phin’s perspective? I still would
like Daisy’s best.
Cover Art Review: Boring cover. It’s just an eye.
Daisy’s eye, and a silhouette. There’s nothing that suggests the content.
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