Cassie Palmer Series

Okay so i just finished the Cassie Palmer series by Karen Chance. So far it's up to 4 books. Touch the Dark, Claimed by Shadow, Embrace the Night and Curse the Dawn.

I LOVED this series! It's now on my list of series that i keep up with.

The story is about Cassie Palmer a twenty-something claravoyant who has been hiding out from her surrogate vampire guardian for years. Her side-kick is Billy a card shark who died decades ago, he was dropped into a lake to drown and ended up bonding with a necklace he'd been wearing at his death. Now Cassie owns the necklace and Billy does errands for her in exchange for sharing some of her energy and keeping him a bit more active than the average ghost.

It's been discovered that Cassandra might be next in line as Pythia and ancient office dating back to the priestesses of Apollo. Cassie wants none of this and no one but the vampires seems to want her in the office either.

Dont let the first book discourage you. Although it was very well written it was a bit of a struggle with so much back story to get out, flashing forwards, backwards and even Sideways in time. I had serious concerns about continuing with it just because i'd find my self lost and confused.

But the author really hit her stride with the second and third book in the series. I Love how Cassie and Pritkin interact! The books sometimes remind me of a paranormal version of the Stephanie Plum series as we watch Cassie blunder her way through one fight to the next..somehow surviving on sheer luck and help from her friends. We get to watch Cassie finally accept her position as Pythia and stuggle to be the person she Wants to be instead of what everyone else would like to make her. She fears being controlled by the vampires and the circle.

All in all, i love this series. It's laugh out loud funny, seriously fast-paced, and full of action. There is Never a dull moment and no point where the story lags. The romance is great too - the tension between Pritkin and Cassie is just what I've been looking for and the scenes with Mircea are hot.

Loved it, loved it, loved it!

..On to the next....