Cemetery Girl, Books 1 & 2

*Book source ~ Library

Title ~ The Pretenders

Series ~ Cemetery Girl, #1

Author ~ Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden

Illustrator ~ Don Kramer

Publisher ~ InkLit

Published ~ 7 January 2014

Genre ~ Graphic Novel | Paranormal | YA

Pages ~ 128

My Rating ~ 5 bites

Calexa Rose Dunhill isn’t her name, but since she can’t remember who she is she names herself from the surroundings in which she woke; Calexa from the crypt nearby, Rose from a gravestone and Dunhill from the cemetery. Until she can figure out who killed her, why she woke up in a cemetery, why she can see spirits and who she is she decides it’s safer to make her home in a crypt. With the unobtrusive help of the old caretaker, Mr. Kelner and an old lady, Lucinda Cameron, who lives across the street from the cemetery, Calexa survives for months, but is no closer to discovering anything about her past. Then one night she witnesses a murder and she has to make a decision. Let the murderers get away with it or call attention to the cemetery and hope she’s not discovered?

I love this story and the artwork. Who is this girl? Why did someone try to kill her? Why was there no mention of her disappearance in the papers? What the hell is going on? Gah! I need to know! The teens who commit the murder in the cemetery are fucked up. I mean, seriously, what the fuck?! That is just so FUBAR. Calexa’s solution to reporting the murder is brilliant. Anyway, I’m glad Calexa has Mr. Kelner and Lucinda. Now, if they can just figure out the mystery that is her then I’ll be happy.

*Book source ~ Library

Title ~ Inheritance

Series ~ Cemetery Girl, #2

Author ~ Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden

Illustrator ~ Don Kramer

Publisher ~ InkLit

Published ~ 6 October 2015

Genre ~ Graphic Novel | Paranormal | YA

Pages ~ 128

My Rating ~ 5 bites

From Goodreads:

She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill. She has been living—hiding out—in Dunhill Cemetery ever since someone left her there to die. She has no idea who wants her dead or why, but she isn't about to wait around for her would-be killer to finish the job.

Despite her self-imposed isolation, Calexa’s ability to see spirits—and the memories she receives from them—guarantees she’ll never be alone, even among the deceased. The only living people she allows herself to interact with are Kelner, the cemetery’s cantankerous caretaker, and Lucinda Cameron, an elderly woman who lives in an old Victorian house across the street. With their friendship, Calexa has regained a link to the world beyond tombstones and mausoleums.

Until the night she witnesses a murder that shatters her life—a life now under a police microscope—as their investigation threatens to uncover Calexa’s true identity…

Wow. Calexa just can’t catch a break. She’s just starting to gain some security and bam! I didn’t guess who the murderer is, so that’s a nice surprise. She gains a new ally and comes into an inheritance. However, there are more questions popping up and since this is showing as a trilogy I’m wondering how the last book is going to wrap everything up. I can’t wait to find out though. Oh! And the artwork is fantastic!