No Humans Involved (Women of the Otherworld, #7) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Mar 27, 2008 Barbara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-mysteries, women-of-the-otherworld

Jaime Vegas, who we originally met in Industrial Magic, is the narrator for this book in the Women of the Otherworld series. Jaime is a necromancer which means that she can communicate with the dead. In some books, like Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series, a necromancer doesn’t talk to ghosts, she raises and controls the dead. Hamilton’s Anita Blake is that sort of necromancer. Jaime CAN raise the dead but it’s not something she does routinely. In fact, though she knows it’s possible, it’s ...more

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Mar 04, 2008 Roberta rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal

This series is still going strong. In this book, two supporting characters of other books in the series get their chance to shine. The main character is Jaime (pronounced Jay-me not Hi-me) is a professional spiritualist who occasionally gives a real viewing of a spirit because of her abilities as a necromancer. In Armstrong's world a necromancer can see ghosts and lay them to rest as well as control and raise zombies. Jaime is getting her big chance to get her own tv show by being involved in a ...more

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Feb 14, 2008 Maurean rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Loved this! #7 in her Women of the Other World series; in this one we tag along with with Jaime Vegas, our favorite necromancer, as she prepares for her big TV break in a paranormal reality TV spot. They are preparing to raise the ghost of Marilyn Monroe, but the trapped spirits Jaime finds in the garden are competing for her attention.

We get to "see" alot of our old friends in this installement - Jeremy, Eve, Kristof...Paige and Savannah...even Karl Marsten plays a significant role. (Elena and ...more

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Aug 13, 2007 Doina rated it liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy

Finally, finally, finally! Couldn't wait for Jeremy's to play a more substantial role. The book focuses on Jaime Vegas, a necromancer who makes her living as a ghost whisperer. She is filming a TV special in LA with three other celebrity mediums who are supposed to communicate with the ghost of Marilyn Monroe. If only it would be that easy. She ends up finding the ghosts of 6 murdered children and is trying to find out what happened to them. We also get to see a little more of Jeremy, the Alpha ...more

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