Book 62, 2020

[chez_jae]

You're the One That I Haunt by Terri Garey

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



I plowed through my work book this week, and since I had very little left of it to read I brought it home and finished it this afternoon. It was You're the One That I Haunt by Terri Garey, and it's the third part of her "Nicki Styx" series, featuring newly psychic goth chick, Nicki Styx.

Nicki is dismayed when the devil opens a record store across the street from her shop, Handbags and Gladrags. It seems that Samael, or Sammy as she calls him, hasn't given up on luring her to the dark side. Nicki finds him tempting indeed, but she's given her defective heart to Joe, the doctor who brought her back to life. Sammy won't go away quietly, however. He sends the angry spirit of a newly deceased girl, Crystal, to torment both Nicki and Joe, and he causes Nicki to inadvertently out herself on video as being able to speak to the dead. Now she has people coming to her, wanting her to channel the spirits of their loved ones. In addition, she's come to the attention of the local coven. When they invite Nicki to join their ranks, she angers their leader by turning them down. Nicki gets cursed as a result, and now her life is really going to hell.

Two words: Stupid. Slut.

Never mind Nicki's defective heart; the bitch needs a spine. I just cannot with her and Sammy. She knows he's bad news (he's the freaking devil, ffs!), but whenever he comes around, Nicki can barely keep her tongue in her mouth or her clothes on her body. Imagine me in high falsetto saying, 'I know he's evil, but he's so dreeeeeeeeamy!' Not that Nicki said that, but that's the impression I got. I mean, I've seen guys so attractive before that I nearly gave myself whiplash doing a double take, but if one of them was deliberately trying to ruin my life, sabotage my boyfriend's career, and destroy our relationship, that attraction would fizzle out in a heartbeat. Guh. Enough said.

Favorite line: "The hag that did this had best recite her Rede and cower by her cauldron..."

I won't be seeking out any more in this series, unless I can get them cheap as an ebook or at a second hand shop. Not worth the full price of admission. I read for entertainment, and when I find a book far more annoying than entertaining, it doesn't get a high score. Giving this book a two.