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Title: Spook Squad (PsyCop #7)
Author Name: Jordan Castillo Price
Publication Date & Length: August 30, 2013 – 321 pgs

Everyone enjoys peace and tranquility, and Victor Bayne is no exception. He goes to great lengths to maintain a harmonious home with his partner, Jacob. Although the cannery is huge, it’s grown difficult to avoid the elephant in the room…the elephant with the letters FPMP scrawled on its hide.

Once Jacob surrendered his PsyCop badge, he infiltrated the Federal Psychic Monitoring Program. In his typical restrained fashion, he hasn’t been sharing much about what he actually does behind its vigilantly guarded doors. And true to form, Vic hasn’t asked. In fact, he would prefer not to think about the FPMP at all, since he’s owed Director Dreyfuss an exorcism since their private flight to PsyTrain.

While Vic has successfully avoided FPMP entanglement for several months, now his debt has finally come due.

This story helped me love the series again.  While the previous book was less than my favorite, this one was great!  I loved the new changes that the characters had to wade through, the mystery was ever present and with the new powers they all are facing, each will have to rely on people they normally would not rely on.

Dr. Chance’s presence was great!  I loved what she gave to the story.  It was with this aspect of the mystery that I was most taken by.  Then you have the secrecy of Con – can he really be trusted or is he just using Vic?

Then you have the introduction of Con and his people – more so than in the previous story and I liked that new characters were introduced.

Finally, you have more in the way of seeing Crash’s perspective on life and his issues come more to light – Lisa is still a slight conundrum, as I don’t know if she’s really invested in her friendship with Vic or is that just within her comfort zone?

There were a lot of questions that came through for me during this story – but I can’t wait to see where everything shakes out.

AvidReader

This book was such a awesome addition to this series!

With this book we get more of Victor which I loved and of course his inner monologue which was at times so funny but also helped me learn more about him too.

Then there was Jacob which was good also, I have to admit I love his character too. He is in a different job now so while trying to work on a case he is also trying to protect Victor from those who would do him harm.
There was a lot of action in this book and some steam which was so very hot! I have to say I love the way this author writes the steamy scenes in this series. There always so very hot!
You see a lot of the characters from the previous books in this series too which was also very good.
There was just so much going on in this book between Victor trying to exercise a ghost that is evil and trying to figure out who around himself he could really trust. I have to say this has been one of my favorite M/M series! Every book in this series has been so good and has had me on the edge of my seat hoping for the best for these characters. Also Victor and Jacob can I just say how much I really love them together and how I love the way this author wrote these characters.

So I will leave this review with I really loved this book and I hope this is not the last we will see of Victor and Jacob! 🙂

I would 100% recommend this series!

~Kara

Another awesome and twisted book by Jordan Castillo Price. There were a lot of unpredictable surprised that kept me flying through the pages of this book. More of my two favorite men doing their thing.

I really loved how we learned more about all the characters we’ve met in all of the previous books. It was a perfect conclusion to the series, even if I was sad to see it come.

All the previous question were so perfectly answered and closed the series in such a nice way that it left me wanting more.

I’ll still say this is absolutely my favorite series with my favorite characters.

Renee

4 Spooky Stars!

I feel like I want to say I am verklempt over this book. Siiigh.

When I have finished the previous books I am usually jubilant, not Sound of Music singing in the hills jubilant, more of the pervy jubilant. Like I got a glimpse into a sacred, intense relationship that made all my bits siiiiiing. This story, not so much. Not that I am disappointed but just kind of a bit, sort of… let down. I still love Jordan Castillo Price, don’t get me wrong. But I felt a lot of parts dragged and I felt a bit left out of Vic and Jacob’s relationship. I guess the first book kind of exploded my senses when it came to this relationship and I have pretty much gotten a good dose of their intensity (or the equivalency in word porn to satisfy my appetite for this sexy duo).

I still think Jordan Castillo Price possesses an imagination that is beyond impressive. The storyline that she enraptures us with is intricate and intriguing and continually growing. This paranormal world is envious and one you sometimes wish you were part of, and then other times you are very glad you aren’t in their world!!!! haha

I would read more in this series!!! I hope we get more in this series!!

I received a free copy of this book to read and review for Inked Rainbow Reads.

Reviewer: Kimberley

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Title: In The Dark (PsyCop #6.1)
Author Name: Jordan Castillo Price
Publication Date & Length: October 30, 2012 – 26 pgs

Halloween is fun…at least, it’s supposed to be. Costumes, candy, trick-or-treat, even jaded Victor Bayne can get behind those sorts of antics. Too bad this year’s Halloween is a grownup event. Not only must Vic don a suit and endure a disco-obsessed DJ, he has to mingle with friends of Jacob’s he would much rather ignore.

Vic thinks he has the party’s host all figured out–but as he so often realizes, once he looks beneath the surface, things are seldom what they seem.

This was a strange read for me.  I was not sure if we were meant to sympathize with Keith or Vic.  While I know that Vic hates to be social, it was just a quick back alley repeater, an impromptu exorcism and some internal forgiveness.

I can only speculate that we were meant to know more about the relationship that Keith and Jacob had and this was helping us to see back in to their relationship and why, perhaps, Keith is the way he is.

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  This was a super short story but awesome look into Victor and Jacob around friends at a Halloween party.

I have to say this is one my favorite M/M series and to get little snippets of their everyday life together is just awesome!

This time yes there is a ghost Victor must deal with but also being around people who he is unsure of or feels like they hate him. So you get to see how he deals with that kind of situation too.

All together I loved this short story!
I would definitely recommend this series!

Kara

4 “a short interesting glimpse into ghouls and ghosts and … things that go bump in the night and aren’t necessarily dead” STARS!!!!!

This was a quickie…. and not necessarily the dirty kind.

I think that these shorties in between full-length stories are like something Jordan Castillo Price needs to get out and give us.. yes, us, the hungry ones, devouring every word about Vic and Jacob.

So, thank you Jordan Castillo Price for the words… and world that has Vic and Jacob in it!!!

I’m still fully enraptured by this series. Can’t wait to read more!

I received a free copy of this book to read and review for Inked Rainbow Reads.

Kimberley

I really enjoyed this little snippet from my favorite male characters.
This is just a little snippet of what every day life is like for them
and it was really wonderful to watch as Vic tries to fit into Jacob’s
life. Plus we got a little paranormal activity and got to see Vic
relate to someone from Jacob’s past.

Just like all the other stories, we really get to see the snarky and
hilarious side of Vic while watching the oh so sexy Jacob do his thing
as well.

I just love the way Jordan Castillo Price writes her characters.

Renee

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Title: GhosTV (PsyCop #6)
Author Name: Jordan Castillo Price
Publication Date & Length: Februrary 24, 2011 – 386 pgs

For the past dozen years, Victor Bayne has solved numerous murders by interrogating witnesses only he can see—dead witnesses. But when his best friend Lisa goes missing from the sunny California campus of PsyTrain, the last thing he wants to find there is her spirit.

Disappearing without a trace in a school full of psychics? That’s some trick. But somehow both Lisa and her roommate have vanished into thin air. A group of fanatics called Five Faith has been sniffing around, and Lisa’s email is compromised.

Time is running out, and with no ghosts to cross-examine, Vic can’t afford to turn down any offers of help. An old enemy can provide an innovative way to track Vic’s missing friend, and he enters into an uneasy alliance—even though its ultimate cost will ensnare him in a debt he may never manage to settle.

Having read the previous stories, this one just was not doing it for me.  While I appreciate what Price was trying to do, I thought that this story lacked chemistry between the main characters, was almost throwing in a different love story just because and it felt kind of jumbled for me.

I love the main characters, Jacob and Vic.  I love how their relationship has developed, the new things they have learned from each other and how they have developed in their powerful paranormal world.

I was disappointed in how little we saw of the other secondary characters and what we did see of them was quick and with hardly any substance.

I did like how the mystery of the “who done it” was ever present and that helped me get through this one.  But, with the unknowns being what they were, I just couldn’t really get behind this book.

Despite that, I did like how it continued through and helped to answer questions from the previous story.  I think that allowed me to rate the book a 4 star – because it answered questions and didn’t really pose more.

I can’t wait to see what Vic will do next.

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**Audiobook Review**

This was another excellent addition to this series.. We get to see Victor gain a few abilities and the return of the GhosTV as they attempt to figure out what is going on with Lisa.

As usual the plot is crazy twisty and hard to put down. The men are crazy hot and I can’t help but love Victor’s wittiness while panting over Jacob’s hotness and the way he cares for Victor.

Gomez does an excellent job of narrating once again bringing live to the already great book written by Ms Price.

Can’t wait for more of these characters especially after the little surprise we get at the end!!!

Renee

This book was another really good addition to this series!
So in this book we get a lot more of Vic and Jacob which I loved! They are worried about their friend Lisa who has gone missing.I do not want to go to much into this book and accidently give away any spoilers because you really need to read this series for yourself it is just so good!!
I love what this author has done with this series.. The way in every book you see Vic and Jacob grow so much closer to each other. Then their is Vic’s inner monologue which I just love the things he thinks to himself. How his characters his so strong but at times so shy and unsure of himself. He is honestly my favorite M/M character. Their is just something about his character that grabbed me from the first book.With this book they are dealing with a lot of different things while trying to find Lisa. You do see characters from the previous books in this series in this too.
I love how all the books in this series have had so much action and steam between Vic and Jacob which is always so hot! Every book I have read in this series has had me on the edge of my seat not wanting to put it down until the end. So I will leave this review with I really loved this book! I would definitely recommend this series!

~Kara

5 Captivated Stars!!

I will never get bored reading about Vic and Jacob!!!! There are multiple stories out and I have read them all. And I can’t wait to read the rest.

(Vic and Jacob; the names suit them perfectly!!!)

If you are just finding this author or series, you need to start with Among the Living and go from there, you won’t regret it.

Jordan Castillo Price does not disappoint in this next instalment in the adventures of the PsyCops. You read some stories and you are happy when couple’s have separate jobs. But for some reason, the more time Vic and Jacob are together, the more they are exactly where they should be. I never once grew tired of reading them together.

The author takes you on another intriguing and interesting journey with the PsyCops that solidifies their already intense relationship.

On to the next one!

~Kimberley

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