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The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen

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Book Details


Length: 300 pages
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Age Category: Adult
Date Published: October 25, 2022
Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/6wPDGiw (Canada)
https://a.co/d/g3j99sX (USA)
https://amzn.eu/d/0P97OSx (UK)
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61473626-the-reanimator-s-heart
The StoryGraph Link: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/31e30ef2-2c2d-4574-bcd0-e72e0add2dda


Blurb

A reluctant necromancer, a man killed before his time, and the crime that brings them together.

Felipe Galvan’s life as an investigator for the Paranormal Society has been spent running into danger. Returning home from his latest case, Felipe struggles with the sudden quiet of his life until a mysterious death puts him in the path of the enigmatic Oliver Barlow.

Oliver has two secrets. One, he has been in love with the charming Felipe Galvan for years. Two, he is a necromancer, but to keep the sensible life he’s built as a medical examiner, he must hide his powers. That is until Oliver finds Felipe murdered and accidentally brings him back from the dead.

But Felipe refuses to die again until he and Oliver catch his killer. Together, Felipe and Oliver embark on an investigation to uncover a plot centuries in the making. As they close in on his killer, one thing is certain: if they don’t stop them, Felipe won’t be the last to die.

Author Bio

Kara Jorgensen (she/they) is a queer, nonbinary oddball with a penchant for all things antiquated, morbid, or just plain strange. While in college, they realized they no longer wanted to be Victor Frankenstein but instead wanted to write like Mary Shelley and thus abandoned their future career in science for writing. Kara melds her passions through her books and graduated with an MFA in Creative and Professional Writing in 2016. When not writing, they can be found hanging out with their dogs watching period dramas or trying to convince their students to cite their sources.

My Review As a rule I don’t do romance, but thankfully it’s well done and mixed with a healthy bout of paranormal activities and magic. We have murders, intrigue, abilities and romance. Overall it’s cleverly done. I fully identified with the characters and their slow journey to love and being anxious, wanting to never be a burden or difficult for others, made them very human, and relatable. My only bugbear is not knowing why they did what they did, what was the endgame to them, their desired outcome? I could not identify with that. Left me wanting more. But that’s not such a bad thing, it’s hard to please everyone from each genre, I come heavily from the mystery side, lots of murder mysteries, so I’m expecting too much. From a supernatural angle it was spot on, I can’t comment from a Romance angle but I’m sure that side would agree theirs was good. Will I read more, it’s an absolute yes, roll on reading book two!!