Hellsinger: A Thrilling Adventure with Fish and Ghosts

Gerbera_Reads: I love reading about psychic/skeptic pairings and I love Rhys Ford writing style, so this was a very enjoyable story for me. Apart from a wonderful cast of characters, it was funny, slightly sarcastic and very vivid.

I loved Tristan. He is so kind and so innocent in some ways, yet he still stands up to his family when they malign him, his uncle Mortimer or the purpose of the Grange. He never fit what was normal, he was always on the outside yet he feels useful when he sees guests of the Hoxne Grange on their final journey. But when his family makes another attempt to take away his home, he reluctantly agrees to let a group of paranormal investigators in to prove once and for all that Grange exists for a reason, and that he needs to be left alone.

Wolf is a skeptic through and through. He sees this opportunity as a way to prove that Tristan is not only delusional but that ghosts really don't exist. Too many years of seeing frauds make him reluctant to accept even the idea of paranormal. What he does not expect is to be proven wrong, and to find a man who will break down his walls, and to have a mulligan with his family's beliefs. It was hard to warm up to him but when...

United States on Apr 27, 2019

Yunomi: This book has a good and creepy haunted house, actually a lot more horror than you'd expect from these kinds of stories, so points for that. But especially under these circumstances, you just don't really buy that in the middle of it the protagonists take time off for MORE THAN A WHOLE CHAPTER of sex in every cheesy and swoony detail, leaving the rest of the house to fend for themselves. Not the kind of people I'd want to be stuck in a ghost house with. Spoils the ghost story, and somehow spoils the protagonists. I still had to read the second part, not enough ghost m/m stories to go round, and there are parts I quite enjoyed. The painted cover is great, by the way, pity I bought the book when it was still the old photo cover.

Germany on Nov 02, 2017

Charleyrose: So, I love Rhys Ford's writing. I've read a lot of her work, mostly all of it in fact. This supernatural series, Hellsinger was really very, very good. Tristan Pryce sees dead people. He lives in a mansion that works like a stepping stone to the afterlife. What's left of his family want him institutionalized so they can get their hands on the estate. To prove he's nuts they need ghostbuster Wolf Kincaid, he's seen more than his share of fake wannabee apparitions. He's called into prove Tristan is fruitier than a Christmas pudding. It's all going swimmingly except someone forgot to tell the ghosts.
This book was fabulous, a delicious mix of mystery, and supernatural drama. The MC's were smoking hot together, and the permanent ghosts were divine. Especially the dog, he almost stole the show. If you love Ford's work at all, and you'd be hard not to I suspect, them you'll love this book and the series.

Australia on Oct 27, 2017

Kindle Customer: I discovered Rhys Ford earlier this year and loved both of her Urban Fantasy series. So while I enjoyed the book a lot, I couldn’t stop comparing it with her later works.
First of all what I loved about the story is the romance itself. It was sweet, the main characters are charming and the interaction between the two of them was fun fun fun.
Secondary characters are quite well-developed, and undeniably interesting. But here lays one of the book’s problems: once side characters were established, they just faded and were replaced by other side character all along. The only constant one – was the housekeeper, whom I loved, by the way. Thought I saw the twist thing from the beginning; and was so not surprised. More like: Yeh! I knew it!
The story narrative was the biggest problem. At some point it felt like two different books smashed together. I didn’t like how expectantly Wolf’s core and background was changed. It didn’t sit well with me. Also there was one annoying inconsistency and the exorcism was somewhat dragging. And I was totally surprised that there were no whatsoever resolve of the issue between Tristan and his family.
But, this is a romance book, so...

United States on Sep 27, 2017

Amazon Customer: It was an exciting story and with ghosts too... Although it was really scary at the end the big bad ghost of the evil grandmother... And tristan turned out to be so brave can't believe he's cute and so cool and of course the ending was surprising but amusing too...

Germany on Nov 25, 2015

Pansy Petal: I found this to be a most delightful story. A beautiful story about how two troubled souls finding each other – Tristan, a believer in a family of skeptics and Wolf, a skeptic in a family of believers – amongst the chaos of hunting ghosts. A match destined to be.

Meeting the various characters in this delightful story was exciting and so fun! Especially when I realized that not everyone was corporeal when appearing to someone. The characters in this story were, mostly well developed. The ones that weren’t that well developed - like the cook - were actually ghosts, so it was hard to learn much about back-story or develop characters. But, that is what made this book so fun. Trying to figure out who was a non-corporeal guest at Hoxne Grange, “Hoxne Grange is a farewell point for passing spirits. It’s a final respite before they leave this world.” who was a corporeal guest, and who were the full time residents, corporeal and non-corporeal. It was a fascinating mix and not always what one may think.

The story? Well things get interesting when Hellsinger Investigation’s techs, Matt and Gidget have a huge fight which ends with Gidget breaking their engagement...

United States on Sep 06, 2014

wynn dragon: This book has its highs and its lows, but fortunately the highs greatly outnumber their counter part. The plot was unique and the characters were often comical. I particularly fell in love with Mara the house keeper, seconded only by Wolf's zany mother. Ford's descriptive abilities, when it comes to epic spectral battles, are second to none and there was never a time when I felt the story had lost its momentum. The only thing that let it down were the convenient plot twists, which could have been better hinted at earlier on in the story. That being said, this was only a minor issue for me personally
and it certainly didn't ruin what is otherwise a highly recommended read.

United Kingdom on Feb 10, 2014

Beverley: Two immediately likeable characters, Psychic investigator Wolf Kincaid and owner of Hoxne Grange Tristan Pryce have, initially, different views of the ghosts at the Grange but strong attraction and a malevolent haunting, by a female serial killer, bring them together in more than just their views. This is a very descriptive tale, the Grange and it’s environs are beautifully pictured but somehow could be situated anywhere, as if the gateway for spirits ‘crossing over’ was a haven out of time and place. The story of the ghosts and the struggle to rid the Grange and Tristan of an entity, which Wolf’s team were responsible for unleashing, forms the main plot line of the book but against this intriguing backdrop is the burgeoning love affair between Wolf and Tristan. It is this romance in which Rhys excels herself with the descriptive sex scenes and the feelings of Tristan as he experiences his first real gay sex and with someone he is growing to care for. The following is thought by Tristan during their very first sexual encounter as things really heat up…
‘ If he’d been driven mad before, he was surely down the rabbit hole looking to kick a lizard up through a...

United Kingdom on Jan 18, 2014