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Published: Feb. 15, 2012
Words: 70,953 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466195486
Short description
Book One in the Sunray Bay Series. Slippery Souls is an urban fantasy...by the seaside. And if you don’t know what on earth that means, well, it’s a book containing a whole host of colourful characters - including a vampire with OCD, a handful of chain-smoking werewolves, an agoraphobic witch who lives in a lighthouse, a talking dog and a fairly ordinary twenty-something-year-old called Libby.Extended description
Libby has hit a bad patch in life, and just when she thinks things can’t get any worse she's killed in a car accident alongside her dog Rufus.During their transition to the afterlife’s Sunray Bay, Rufus somehow manages to absorb her soul – which, in turn, gives him human-like qualities and renders her soulless.
Accompanied by her now talking dog, Libby tries to unravel the mystery of her slippery soul, encountering many setbacks and dilemmas along the way. She has no idea why a group of monster slayers, headed by an ex-convict, are hunting her down, and when she teams up with rogue Peace & Order Maintenance Officer, Grim, she’s shocked to discover that there’s a mob of disgruntled vampires and a very angry mayor hot on their heels too.
Libby has never felt so unpopular, and begins to wonder whether it’s possible to die twice in one day...
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Review by:
Beverly Ashauer
on May 22, 2012 :
Slippery Souls reveals a new look into the world of the dead. While it had all the typical scary, go boo things, such as witches, zombies, werewolves, and vampires, it had such a different take on all of them that it was refreshing and a delight to read. I really enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to everyone.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Gin
on April 11, 2012 :
4.5 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this incredibly witty and dark fantasy!
I loved the main character! Libby's sarcastic inner dialogue paired with her odd disposition was laugh out loud funny. In truth, all of the characters were well written. They leapt up off the pages in this vivid, dark and twisted world. I did have a little trouble keeping up with all of the switching of character perspective and time at first, but ultimately found this to add depth to the story.
This book was absolutely delightful and original. Libby is just thrown into an odd world, that doesn't make sense and everyone seems out to get her. I didn't quite buy her quick acceptance of Sunray Bay and all the information thrown at her, but that was my only real issue. The reader was kept in the dark along with Libby, having just enough extra glimpses to add a few more puzzle pieces without ruining the mystery.
I can't wait to read the next installment and appreciate the author allowing me the opportunity to read and review this book!
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Gin
on April 11, 2012 :
4.5 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this incredibly witty and dark fantasy!
I loved the main character! Libby's sarcastic inner dialogue paired with her odd disposition was laugh out loud funny. In truth, all of the characters were well written. They leapt up off the pages in this vivid, dark and twisted world. I did have a little trouble keeping up with all of the switching of character perspective and time at first, but ultimately found this to add depth to the story.
This book was absolutely delightful and original. Libby is just thrown into an odd world, that doesn't make sense and everyone seems out to get her. I didn't quite buy her quick acceptance of Sunray Bay and all the information thrown at her, but that was my only real issue. The reader was kept in the dark along with Libby, having just enough extra glimpses to add a few more puzzle pieces without ruining the mystery.
I can't wait to read the next installment and appreciate the author allowing me the opportunity to read and review this book!
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Greg Walker
on April 02, 2012 :
Slippery Souls is an entirely enjoyable read. Humour, plot twists (along with refreshing twists on monsters you only think you know) kept me engaged to the end. Dixon introduces a spunky but down-to-earth character in Libby, thrust into Sun Ray Bay by her untimely death and accompanied by her now-talking dog Rufus.
But death is just the beginning, and as she tries to grasp her situation she meets the enigmatic Grim, the creepy Strickler, and a host of other characters working their way through a version of the afterlife that can be whimsical and at times make you glad to be among the living and on this side of the grave and page.
Slippery Souls is the first book in a series, and you'll want to follow Libby and Grim wherever they go, even into The Great Dustbowl...and beyond. Highly recommended for fans of the paranormal or anyone who likes their fiction smart, witty, and a bit unorthodox
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Canary
on March 18, 2012 :
This book was delightful, in the full meaning of the word. It takes on a vivid, irreverent style (think Terry Pratchett) and melds it with some dark(ish) fantasy.
One moment, Libby is marching out of the grocery store, jug of milk in hand, set on breaking up with her slob of a boyfriend-soon-to-be-ex. The next, she is killed by a hit-and-run. When she wakes up, she’s in a beach house at Sunray Bay, a kind of afterlife, she assumes, since her also-dead-dog Rufus can now talk.
But not all is as it seems at the sunny beach town, and it certainly isn’t Heaven. Within an hour of her arrival, Libby finds herself chased by the head of the local monster slayers, helping a rogue ex-operative, and on the top of the Mayor’s Most Wanted list.
Libby’s adventures are part humor, part mystery thrill, and part romantic subplot. Author Rachael Dixon takes the oldest fantasy trope in the book (bringing Libby over to a new world and dumping her there to flounder) and gives it her own, delectable spin.
All in all, I fell in love with the use of non-linear narrative at the opening, and (of course and absolutely) the writing style. Memorable characters, deft narrative decisions, and a take-no-nonsense protagonist makes for a line of gold stars.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Mallory Heart Reviews
on March 07, 2012 :
A delightful writing style and very wry humour makes an enjoyable novel and a fast-paced read. Poor Libby, thinking the worst problem in her life is waiting to dump her boring, unpleasant, live-in; she just doesn’t realize worse things are in store-namely, not living at all. If Libby could have expected any sort of afterlife at all, instead of oblivion, it’s for certain she would never have imagined Sunray Bay, the strangest “other side” ever. What’s more, not only is she installed there, her terrier Rufus (who also was involved in the automotive hit-and-run that cancelled Libby’s tenure on Earth) is right there with her-and he talks-and a cheeky bloke he is, too. Not only has Rufus learned sarcasm and wit in profuseness; so has Libby, and uses it as she explores her new after-death “life.”
An intriguing juxtaposition of the wry and the violent (in Big Brother style, termed “Peace and Order Maintenance”), “Slippery Souls” will keep readers on the edge trying to puzzle out its mysteries, while enjoying the outspoken Libby and Rufus, and the delightful characterisations of Sunray Bay’s citizenry, mayor, and Peace and Order Maintenance officers and prisoners. All is not sweetness and light in the afterlife, and there exist creatures and events one might never imagine for life after life. Luckily, this is only the first in a series, because readers will want to tumble on along after the Sunray Bay way of “life.”
(reviewed within a week of purchase)