Beautiful Dead: Arizona by Eden Maguire YP FIC MAGUIRE

The Beautiful Dead, a group of zombie/angel(they are resurrected dead like zombies but have super cool angel powers) teens, are back and Darina has to solve another mystery before time runs out and all of the Dead have to return to limbo. This time it is the mystery of Arizona, and her suicide that may be murder, but it’s hard to solve the mystery of a zombie/angel girl that seems to hate you and vice-versa. To solve it Darina will have to unlock the secrets of Arizona’s past and find the truth before time runs out in this thrilling paranormal romance mystery series.

The first Beautiful Dead book Jonas was a fun but flawed read. Some characters seemed flat but the cool powers and fast plot made it a good light mystery read. Fortunately, Arizona is even better. We see Darina starting to change and grow (which I had mentioned I was hoping for in my previous review!) and get to know more about the zombie/angels and their mysterious leader Hunter. I think this is going to be a really good series for fans of fast passed mysteries or looking for a new paranormal romance.

The Beautiful Dead: Jonas by Eden Maguire YP FIC MAGUIRE

Something very odd is happening at Ellerton High. Four students have died within the space of a year: Jonas, Arizona, Summer, and now Phoenix. People say they have started to see ghosts and hear the strange sound of thousands of wings beating at once. Darina was Phoenix’s girlfriend and isn’t sure what to think about all the rumors until she sees Phoenix and then the rest of the dead students. Are the Beautiful Dead real or is Darina just losing her sanity? And if they are real what do they want with her?

This is a really good start to a paranormal-mystery-romance series. The pace is fast and there’s loads of cool superpowers and danger as well as the central romance. I thought most of the characters were kind of the same old same old that we see in these paranormal books, but the book has great pacing and description and should be a hit with people that enjoyed Twilight and its ilk. Hopefully the characters are deeper and change as the series goes on. What’s sort of cool is that the Beautiful dead are kind of like a mix between Zombies and Angels, so we have something for everyone!