You can read it here - http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/extras/ghoststory/index.html

word is chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5 might be released in may/june/july as a teaser prior to the books release.

 

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Figuring I have only begun reading book 1 that would be a negative.

 

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gimme moare!

 

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looks to me like they aren't going to release more. damn this book can't release soon enough. and the sad thing is two hours after i get my hands on it i'll be done with it.

 

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I always refuse to read his teaser chapters, just makes me want it now when it's still not gonna be out for awhile


Damn you Jim for being such a damn good writer!

Is this series worth reading? Always put it off because of how many books in the series there are

 

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its my favorite series so i'd say yes.

subjectively though if you do not like paranormal/fantasy you may not like it. on the other hand i've gotten quite a few people into this genre with these books when they thought they wouldn't like paranormal/fantasy but they were out of mystery authors to read so i told them to give it a shot and see if they liked it.

i always warn people the first two books, and book number 1 in particular, are not good examples of the quality of the series and to make sure you don't write them off before getting at least books 3 and 4 under your belt. neither book is bad but they aren't even close to being up to the same level as the rest of the series. this is one of those rare series of books that gets better and better as it goes on rather than stalling out or going downhill. alot of that i credit to jims creativity and his ability to write interesting stories in a series without constantly repeating things from previous books. alot of authors will constantly bring up things from previous books and waste alot of time going back over them to fill pages, jim doesn't do that. each book is a great story by itself but each one also continues the ongoing story that starts to become apparent by books 3 and 4.

 

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For me the quality peeked around books 6-8. I think the newer books are still good, but not progressively better. Perhaps I've just cooled on the series and found other things I like more.

Dresden was my first urban fantasy and since then I've read dozens of series, some of which I like more. I think Dresden has weak secondary characters and too much action that does nothing to progress the plot.

Still a very good series and probably the most accessible UF for somebody who hasn't gotten in to the genre.

 

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did you do rob thurmans cal leandros series yet yossarian? it feels less "serious" than dresden i guess but they make for fun light reading.


i've got some in the dresden series i like more than others but generally i've felt the series has just improved over time. they are definitely full of action though so if your looking for more depth rather than action i could see disliking it for that. i think its actually got the perfect mix of action and plot but thats going to be a personal preference of course.

 

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I'm seriously thinking about getting the rest of the books, just to see if they are infact better


I've read the first three and was more annoyed then anything else, really. :>

 

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