Ghost Seer

Ghost Seer, Book 1

By: Robin D. Owens

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

There’s just something about Clare. Apart from the ghosts….

When her eccentric aunt passes away, no-nonsense accountant Clare Cermac inherits more than just a small fortune. She receives the gift of communicating with ghosts. While Clare may not believe in spirits, it’s hard to overlook the shadowy talking dog appearing on her bed or spectral cowboys tipping their hats to her in the streets of Denver. And when she locks eyes with sexy - and living - Zach Slade, there’s certainly no ignoring him either.

A former deputy sheriff, Zach is leaving a painful past behind in Montana for a new life in Denver as a private investigator, a job that has him crossing paths with beautiful Clare. Not that she minds. After the restless ghost of a Wild West gunman demands her assistance, Clare finds herself needing Zach more and more - and not just for help.

©2014 Robin D. Owens (P)2014 Audible Inc.

troubled

I like the story and narrator but will not be getting any more of this series. I fail to see what constant mention of his dick has to with the story line and find it unappealing.

Good Story

I found this a good and enjoyable story, liked the location and descriptions. I could have done without the graphic sex scenes which detracted from the story. Stating the kisses in detail and that they ended up intwined in bed would have sufficed. I probably will list to the next book anyway. I am not a prude but do not need X rated descriptions in a Thriller novel, if I wanted that I would buy a sex trash book!

4 and a half stars

I enjoyed listening to this book. It had a well developed plot and characters. I enjoyed the two lead characters getting to now each other and getting to know their gifts. The story was heavy on the romance but other than that it was really good.

Just OK for me..

Any additional comments?

I liked this book well enough but it seemed kind of silly to continue letting Clare get sicker and sicker rather than have her admit she could see ghosts. Stubborn is only good for so long then it becomes tedious. And Zach was almost as stubborn, but not quite. Since I found both Clare and Zach more than a little whiny I can’t see myself moving on to the next one. It’s also a little too long and repetitive and way to expensive, IMO. There was some good sexual tension and sex in this book but not enough to overcome the constant whining they both did, him about his leg and her about seeing ghosts, it continued throughout the book.
I liked Mrs. Flinton and Mrs. MaGee and Rickman and Jack Slade but mostly I loved Enzo.

As to the narrator: Ms. Marlo did a wonderful job. The men sounded like men instead all girly BUT what she really did a great job on was Enzo. OMG, what a spectacular voice she gave to Clare's ghost dog. Loved that dog, thanks to Ms. Marlo. I would definitely listen to her again.

WARNING - Explicit Sexual Cintent

Despite the unnecessary explicit sexual content, the story line is adequate. Most likely I would have enjoyed the story more without the explicit sexual content. Narration is average.

Fresh world and fun characters

My Initial Reaction...
I really enjoyed this new series from Robin D. Owens. Ghost Seer provided a fresh new fantasy world and fun characters that I look forward to exploring in the future.

The Narration...
Coleen Marlo was a solid narrator. She delivered solid voices for each of the characters and the real treat, for me at least, was the voice she gave to Enzo. Enzo is a ghost dog who becomes Claire's guide and Coleen Marlo nailed his voice. I SAW a dog everytime he spoke because it was just so spot on. I'm definitely adding her to my list of approved narrators.

The Characters...
Ghost Seer is told from two perspectives - Claire Cermac and Zach Slade. I loved the parts from Claire's perspective, but Zach could be annoying. I wonder if I wouldn't have enjoyed Ghost Seer more if it had been told entirely from Claire's point of view.

Claire's aunt has just died, leaving her a massive inheritance. But it came with strings - Claire has the family gift, she can see ghosts and help them "move on." Up until this point, Claire was a successful accountant, but she felt it would be wrong to keep a good job someone else might really need - so she quit. That little detail spoke volumes about her character, which was reinforced for me as the story went on. Claire is a good, decent person who really thinks about the consequences of what she does for others. I loved the little details that Owens included about Claire paying percentages for tips and the way she organized and detailed things - it felt like the sort of details you'd expect an accountant to care about and it really made Claire real. And then there was the way she handled seeing ghosts - she went through a real struggle to accept what she was seeing, even hiring a top-of-the line psychiatrist to help her.

Zach is also going through a big life change - though I can't hardly see how it compares to what Claire is going through. When the book opens, he's a cop who's been shot and can no longer work in the field because of a drop ankle. He moves to Denver CO (which is where Claire already lives) and gets started at a PI firm. I do feel bad for him that he can't be a cop anymore - it's obvious that he loved what he did and it's where he feels best. But the man just wouldn't stop complaining about having to go private. Ex-cops and Ex-military make that move all the time - yet somehow he had a harder time dealing with what was happening to him than Claire did with her life changes. I guess further proof that women are tougher then men ;) But I did still like Zach - he's a good person, has good intentions, and I liked the way he dealt with his elderly client. Very respectful and caring. So I hope he just stops complaining, accepts the changes around him and then I'll love him too.

My absolute FAVORITE character was Enzo. I love animal companions in books - especially ones like Enzo that are a BIG part of the book. He talks to Claire, guides her and runs around acting like a dog. He has some other - somewhat malevolent seeming (to me) - spirit attached to him though and that totally creeped me out. Sometimes that voice would take over and give Claire instructions and I hope we'll get a better idea of what/who that spirit is in future books.

The Story...
The world build in The Ghost Seer was great too. We're basically in our world and there are some people - like Claire and, to some extent, Zach - who have an extra sense for the "other worldly things." Zach has this rhyme he learned as a kid about crows and apparently if you see x number of crows it means something different than xy number of crows. It was really neat - though Zach tried really hard to not accept his ability, so that was frustrating, much like his whining about his situation.

The really really cool part, though, was Claire's gift. I might better call it a curse, though, because it comes with some serious baggage. There are so many rules about her ability - the biggest one being that if she doesn't accept her gift, she will go crazy and die. And Claire's struggle to deal with her gift starts taking a serious toll - she's always freezing, she can't eat, sleep -- she was literally dying slowly as the book progressed. Yikes! See what I mean about her having it worse than Zach? Another cool aspect was that she can see ghosts - but not all ghosts. She has the ability to see a specific time period - roughly 1850 - 1900 if I remember correctly. This worried me because her ghosts are kind of western and that's not really my thing. But it never went too far down that path and really just through in a bit of fun history to a very modern plot and world.

Concluding Sentiments...
Ghost Seer is a really inventive twist on your standard clairvoyant story and, with characters that I love, I plan to read the next one when it comes out.

Enjoyable enough, but not my favorite.

I am a die hard Robin D. Owens fan. That being said, though, the heroine of this particular book drove me somewhat crazy with her constant and dragging on whining and denial of her 'gift'. I get the internal struggle storyline arc, but it went on WAY too long in this book (in my opinion). It frustrated and annoyed me so much I almost gave up on the story completely, which I've rarely ever done. Other than that, however, I enjoyed the story, and I like that it's a series. I just hope that dragged out whining denial doesn't continue in the following books in the series, because that could be a killer for me.

VERY ENJOYABLE

This is the first time I listened to any of Robin D Owens' books I loved it. I am containing the next book and the next. I hope Robin Owens will continue this series, the story was very well written. The narrator, Coleen Marlo read very well. Her voice for Zach Slade was very well done . I like the voice for Enzo, the ghost dog as well. A very good series!

Meh

I liked the premise. But I really wasn’t Uber impressed. Hoping it’ll get better with the second installment

Not what I expected

Expected urban fantasy, but got old ladies porn. I seriously had to skip parts due to the never ending harping on about throbbing members.

Without those parts the book would have been enjoyable, but as it stands I'll chalk it up to a completely misguided purchase and never buy anything else by the author.