The final installment of the deep, beautiful, and sarcastic journal of Charley Davidson, grim reaper and coffee addict. This book answered some of my questions, gave me shivers (in a good way), and left me with a smile on my face. If you've followed this series from in beginning, its ending will not disappoint you.

The ending of a series is always bittersweet. I love seeing resolution to a story line I've been invested in through several books, but it's also hard to say goodbye to those characters. Unless, of course, it's only goodbye for now. Then it's a little less bitter and a little more sweet.

Charley and Reyes' story...well, there were quite a few ups and downs with them, weren't there? But no matter what's been thrown at this seemingly mismatched duo, they've been true to one another. And, HOLY WOW, are they smokin' hot. Maybe it's the fact that they'd both sacrifice anything and everything for one another if they had to that puts them at the top of my couples list.

As far as this particular story line goes, Charley's returned from exile and...well, things are complicated. Actually, they're not all that complicated. And they do get resolved. THINGS HAPPEN. Obligations are met. Charley and Reyes do their thang.

And pieces are maneuvered for a continuation of this story once a certain sweet baby has grown into herself.

I'm sad to say goodbye to Charley, Reyes, and the rest of the crew, but I'm not at all displeased with how their story came to a close. Here's to whatever the future will bring!

I love, love, love this series and am sad to see this is the last installment. I enjoyed this one so much mainly because all of my favorite characters were very present and all working together. Never had a set of books that continually makes me laugh out loud.

I've struggled through the first four in the Charley Davidson series, but I'm now raising the white flag of surrender. There must be something to these books, as there are a staggering number of positive reviews. Readers seem to be lapping these stories up like a cat to cream, so I don't blame the author for continuing to crank them out. However- I am done.

I'm done with Charley being stupidly gaga over Reyes. She loses her damn mind (and all her common sense) the second he looks her way. She has a high enough opinion of herself that I don't get why she'd allow herself to be treated the way he carries on. He says he loves her, but puts her in danger. Sure, he saves her, but what's a guy to do? Maybe not use his girlfriend as bait in the first place?

Their relationship seems immature, self-serving on both sides, and doomed to implode. Maybe this is the author's intention, watching them grow into a healthy relationship as the series moves along, but I'm not going to stick around for any more of the nonsense.

How could she end the last book on a series of 13 in this way I would never understand, I have been following her character for years and still she did this.... I do not think I will never forgive her for this dirty trick. I will not probably read the story of Beep also, not if it's so long and it is going to end so bad.
I am seriously disappointed, I will not add anything else to that.

Come ha potuto terminare in questo modo l'ultimo di una serie di 13 libri mi é totalmente incomprensibile. La seguo da anni con i suoi personaggi e lei mi combina questo finale non finale? Che trucchetto meschino, non credo che leggerò la storia di Beep a questo punto, specialmente se dura un'altra decina di libri per finire poi cosí. Sono seriamente delusa e non credo ci sia da aggiungere altro.

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

Sad to hear the last book in the series, it looking forward to the future stories. Strong funny female leads.

I have heard this is the final book in the series and that disappoints me. I love reading these books. They make me laugh and cry. I would recommend these books to all! I will watch for more from Darynda Jones and will read them in eager anticipation.

Since this was the final book in the Charley Davidson series, I wanted to take my time reading it. Did that happen? Of course not! I devoured this book in a few hours, laughing and crying along the way. I'm in denial that this is the final book. I hope a spin off series happens. This book tied up several ongoing mysteries and threw in some extras as a bonus. I can't wait to see what Darynda Jones writes next.

In the last installment to the Charley Davidson Grim Reaper series, the collective audience of Reaper Readers are left hanging out to dry with no wind. Even in the last book in the series the focus on the central conflict is put on a back burner with a quick-fix solution that has me filled with disbelief, and strikes a discordant note dually. Baby Beep has most assuredly acquired her own book series, for everything was set up for her future apocalyptic battle with Satan and his army. Because of this, I felt like Beep was not seen as a beloved child by her parents (Charley and Reyes) but a much vaunted war vessel that holds the key to salvation.

I was thoroughly disappointed by the deaths and subsequent mind-bending (read: cop-out) revelations and surprise deaths throughout this last book. For such a lengthy series (13 books!) the ending was contrived and dull, and I felt as though for the entire series I was reading in circles— as situations repeated themselves repeatedly.

To put it in words that would appeal to the 5 year old in me: The ending made me mad.

I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I finished this in 2 days. I tried to read slowly, but that didn't work out so well. I kept reading to find out what happened next. Although I had to stop reading to eat Thanksgiving dinner.
I don't want to spoil it for those not fortunate enough to have the advanced reader copy, so I won't give anything away.

Through the entire series, all 13 books, Darynda Jones has managed to keep my interest in this series. That is not an easy task.

There were several points in the book where I was laughing out loud and other times I was surprised at the turn of events. The chapter headings i.e.: t-shirt sayings and Memes are always so great. We meet new characters and we learn new things about the original crew. The ending leaves me to think spin off series or you're leaving the door open to one day revisit Charley and friends.

I will be on the lookout for whatever Jones writes next.
Goodbye Charley, Reyes, Cookie, Uncle Bob, Amber Quinton, Garrett and Artemis (to name a few) until we meet again one day (possibly, hopefully??)

Darynda Jones is one of the funniest writers I've read, and this book has some impressive surprises, but it certainly didn't feel like the end of a series, so that was disappointing.

I had no idea that this book, is to be the final installment of Charlie Daniels and family. If this is to be the case, I'm crushed and hope that someday we hear from them again, perhaps when Beep has grown older. She did not leave us all hanging, and did wrap most things up, I just don't want it to end.

This has been such an emotional book! I laughed out loud, ugly cried and have been foot stomping mad! But I could NOT have lived without the latest on my favorite book character of all time! Thank you!

I’ve been a huge fan of this series since discovering First Grave on the Right sometime during 2010 and have clamored for each installment in the Charleyverse the way Charley jonses for extra hot mocha lattes. I can’t get enough of them. So, when the rumors started going around that the 13th would be the final Charley installment, well….Is it possible to go into withdrawals ahead of time? So, thank you to Darynda Jones, St Martin’s Press, and the benevolent gods of Netgalley for the ARC, because I would’ve been on tenterhooks if I had to wait until January to read this book.

That being said, I don’t want to give away any spoilers with this review. So, I’ll just say three things…

1) Charley and Reyes have their usual chemistry. We’re talking hot enough to turn sand into glass. WOWZA. I love them, though. They’re such a great couple and are always there for each other…even when they’re not.

2) The time thing works itself out. If you thought about it, you’d probably figure it out ahead of time. So, don’t freak out about it the way I did.

3) It has all the mystery, humor, angst, tension, humor, action, adventure, humor, and heat (did I mention humor?) that you’d expect in the final book in this series. And, the ending really is kinda perfect.

4) OK. I lied. I’ll say 4 things. But, really, this is just my reaction as I was reading: YES! NO! Gemma! WHAAA? Wings! Ubie! Mom? WHAA??? Osh? YAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

All that to say: You’ll love this book the way Charley loves brown edibles and Reyes Alexander Farrow (though not always in that order).

A very fitting end to the series, although I am sad to see it end. I binge read the whole series in order and I still can't get these characters out of my head.

Funny, action packed, sexy, all rolled into one paranormal adventure. I do hope the author does a spin off series as things were left open enough to see it coming!

I loved it! Wow, what a fantastic conclusion! This is one of the best Urban Fantasy series out there. Darynda Jones is a great writer that I can always count on for a good laugh. So many unexpected and wonderful things happened in this finale. I've grown so attached to these characters that I don't want to see them go. This story left some avenues for some of the characters to veer off on and I'm hoping we can all see them again. I enjoy everything this author has written.

This book was provided to me by the publishers and Netgalley for an honest review.

I just could not find the same amount of love for this book as I did for the others. My biggest issues is the way everything tied up in the end. Stuff that didn't seem possible in the earlier books, now was possible. I also felt that there didn't seem to be any major costs.

All in all, I love the series, but the last book left a lot to be desired.

This is a fabulous ending to a fun sexy series. If you enjoy paranormal with romance and sex, this is a great series. Great for fans of paranormal, fantasy and romance.

I loved everything about this book, but the ending. I'm not sure how I would have wanted it to end, but it wasn't the way it did end. With that said, this has been a great series and I know wonder what the author has in store for us next.

This was quite the wild ride and I enjoyed every minute of it. I’ve been a fan of the series for so long and this was the perfect ending.