This is incredibly hard to write because I love this series so much and these characters are alive and vibrant. But. There’s a death of a character that I adored. Which means all the hell he went through...he doesn’t get to come out of the other side with happiness. It’s too much sadness for me. And it’s overwhelming sadness for the character who he should’ve ended up with. I hope there’s a paranormal resurrection and they end up together in a spin-off.

If there’s not? Then the series ends for me at book two and I’ll never reread it. This makes me so sad.

Here we are, on the final book in Jenn Burke's amazing "Not Dead Yet" series and yet again I find myself stating that vampires, ghosts and things that go bump in the night are just NOT my thing .... but once again, I LOVE this finale to an incredible series.

Wes is getting comfortable with that whole "being a god thing", and he and Hudson are settling into their life together, surrounded by the family of their own creation - Evan, Lexi, Iskander - along with Wes' growing group of believers. Life is good:

"I was technically dead and had been for almost ninety years. I could become a ghost and slip into another realm of existence. On top of that, a magical artifact had turned me into a god more than a year ago. Add it all together, and I was pretty sure there was very little out there that could hurt me - but there was still a tiny bit of doubt that I could survive everything."

Well, holy foreshadowing, Batman, because before too long a family of shifters asks Wes' help in finding their beloved daughter, the junior accountant Hud and Wes are staking out dies in a car crash, Hudson's niece shows up on their doorstep, shifters are mysteriously dying from drug overdoses, rogue vampires are on a killing spree ... and THEN it gets wild and crazy. Without giving away too much of the plot, everyone in their clan is impacted by death in truly horrific ways AND there's a hardline pseudo-military paranormal force in the mix.

Jenn Burke develops a complex suspenseful mystery that keeps our interest every step of the way, while unfolding the shattering personal cost each character pays. Wes finally understands the full nature of his godhood, Hudson and Wes' love for one another is demonstrated in heartbreaking ways, and the epilogue is omigawd perfect in just about every way. I highly recommend "Graveyard Shift" and the entire "Not Dead Yet" series. 5+ stars.

This series has been a page turner from the beginner and this book is no exception! There was a real roller coaster of emotion and even when it hurt I enjoyed every minute of it!

Gah!! I should’ve been prepared with that title that something’s gonna hurt. Clearly, after two previous books I thought everything (everyone!) is secure - sure, Wes and Hud battled all kinds of beings they and their merry band got injured and bloodied eh, who wouldn’t - but eh, it’s fine. I couldn’t be more wrong!!

The author pull no punches in this third installment of her “Not Dead Yet” series. GRAVEYARD SHIFT amped up the ante of the peril facing Wes and his motley crew by way of (sordid) past came a-calling. What started out as seemingly uncomplicated cases turned for worse and worser until everything culminated in major standoff that ultimately changed the course. With weighty price.

I liked “Not Dead Yet” series since the first book was released. Wes’s snarky attitude, the witty and quick retort he exchanged with his band thrilled me no end. The ups and downs of his relationship with Hudson that kept developing with each book was the highlight of this series. GRAVEYARD SHIFT is the best and the worst of the series all at the same time. To say Burke brought these dear characters - and readers along with it - through the grinder was brilliantly sick. It’s raw and intense, an emotional journey through hell and back in the true sense of the word. Oh the heart stopping and twisted pain this reader endured, the box of tissues spent.. all owing to this book.

My only wish is for Wes to finally truly master his power and not easily caught off guard ever again. And for the following (happier) escapades (for them) to roll on.


Copy of this book is kindly given by the author/publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Love this series . I am also hoping that this is not over! There was so much going on in this book. String of shifters od’ing, a bunch of new vampires being made and turned loose, a very bad thing happens, a neighbor that I couldn’t live next door to, unexpected family showing up and the shocking reappearance from someone’s past. This book kept me on the edge of my seat. I loved that Wes has named himself, the God of second chances! Wes and Hudson are stronger than ever.

I love this series by Jenn Burke. Graveyard Shift is just as exciting as the previous two books in the Not Dead Yet series. Wes is a ghost/God and Hudson is a vampire. Their relationship has progressed since the first book and you can still see the chemistry between them from the first page to the last.
Wes is very outspoken but Hudson knows how to handle him. I love seeing all the previous characters and reading about the new ones in this book. The book is romantic, funny, intense, some mystery, angst, action-packed, paranormal, and Jenn Burke did a great job with this one. I hope this is not the last book in this series.

*4.5 stars*

I love these books so much, and I'm beyond excited that Jenn Burke delivered again with another excellent addition to her Not Dead Yet series. Fans of these books, get ready for a whirlwind of emotions!

Yes, I know this is supposed to be the final installment of the series, but I'm so not ready to say goodbye! I think there is so much potential for an offshoot series here... (hint, hint!!)

Graveyard Shift is a book that must be read after Give Up the Ghost and Not Dead Yet, so you can't just jump into the series at this point, I'm afraid. However, the first two books are so good that I'm really doing you a favor by telling you to read them all.

Graveyard Shift has it all. We get BIG emotions: love, sadness (oh, the pain!), joy, and heartache, and just a really compelling story. All of the characters, even the side ones, were well nuanced and just really expertly crafted. I felt immersed in the story, which is the biggest complement I can give an author.

Graveyard Shift is Jenn Burke in her groove, doing what she does best. Fans of the first two books in the series will also love this installment, guaranteed. I adored it, and I still want more. I'm not ready to let go just yet.

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4.5 stars!

Apparently, Jenn Burke decides to go all out in this conclusion of her Not Dead Yet series; no holds barred. We have long-time enemy resurfacing with a whole new threat. We have distant family member appearing -- but everything it is not what it seems in the surface. We have a special force that targets paranormal beings that are guilty of crime. Wes Cooper, god extraordinaire, and his partner vampire Hudson Rojas must work round the clock to find a way to protect the ones they love.

For me, Graveyard Shift is an EXCELLENT way to end a series. Oh, I'm still scarred and heartbroken of course, because this book has CASUALTIES *crying my heart out*. But the story moves fast, the characters (and relationship) are solid, and I love how Wes finally accepts his power and the responsibilities that falls upon his shoulders. His power is amazing. ALTHOUGH, at the same time, the final battle with the big bad villain feels a bit anti-climactic because of Wes' power (which is why I can't give this my 5-stars rating just yet).

I wish I can say more about the storyline, but I fear that I end up spoiling things. There so many moments here that readers have to experience themselves, including the SHOCKING ones. If you're a fan of the previous two books, I think you will definitely love this one as well!!

One particular note, I'm happy that the author finally acknowledging Wes' asexuality on page with ACTUAL word. As an ACE reader myself, I'm so happy with that -- it was one of my complaints in the previous book, actually.

He’d accepted the idea that I was different so long ago, the same as he’d accepted the fact that I was somewhere on the spectrum of asexuality


While this book is said to be the final one, I still hope that Jenn Burke will continue in this universe. One of the characters needs their own happily ever after story told!

I have so much love for this series and Graveyard Shift only made me love it more.

The found family aspect of this series makes me melt, and was especially strong in Graveyard Shift. I adore all the characters. Again, old ones reappear (some surprisingly) and new ones are introduced. Some of the new faces from the previous book, Give Up the Ghost, played smaller roles than anticipated, so I'm not sure how present the new characters from this one will be, but I have high hopes.

The plot felt a bit scattered, particularly in the beginning. Most threads tied up towards the end, but there were still things thrown in there that felt off and removed from the rest, and I'm unsure where they were supposed to go.
Like in book 2, I wish some conclusions had been come to a little earlier, but it never got to the point of honest frustration - the book keeps the mysteries exciting with constant twists and turns and upping the ante. I had no way of predicting what would happen next!

The series's typical humor is present again, and it made me grin so much - I don't reccommend reading this in public if your poker face is as bad as mine!

I've said it before, but I once again want to praise the presentation of asexuality here. It's not brought up or talked about explicitly (I think only Not Dead Yet directly states Wes's sexuality) but as an a-spec reader it was obvious to me, and I loved seeing the nuances in the way Wes sees sex - how he doesn't always need or want it.

I also want to reiterate that this series is not erotica - there is a romance between two men and they occasionally have sex, but it's not particularly often and the scenes aren't extensive.
Furthermore, Hud and Wes's relationship is very much established by now, and while they keep growing individually and as mates (still having mixed feelings about the random fated mates thing that seems utterly inconsequential) I wouldn't even categorize this book as romance.

I don't know if this is the last book of the series - but I sure hope it's not! The main plots are closed off, but there is enough material left for more. I love these characters so much and I want to see how they fare and grow and live together in the future, so I'm crossing my fingers for a sequel!

Content warnings include: violence and gore, character death, character wakes up in morgue, character gets shot in the head, blood drinking in sexual & consensual and non-sexual & unconsensual situations; mentions of: depression, abusive relationship, domestic violence, assault, person goes missing, death of parents, death of child.

-4.5 stars-

I knew the conclusion to the Not Dead Yet series would be amazing and Graveyard Shift was certainly that. This is one of those series that hits on so many of my favorite things- a fun relationship between main characters, intriguing storylines, palpable emotion, fantastic secondary characters, and banter that makes me smile often. Graveyard Shift also held plenty of surprises- most made for an exciting story, others led to some heartbreak, but I cannot deny that this book held my full attention and solidified the series as one of my top faves.

Graveyard Shift definitely had that capping off feeling from the outset, rounding out storylines and characters. I loved seeing Wes’s full transformation in this book. Though he’s always been fun and sassy with a quiet strength, it was even better when he realized his potential and embraced it. Likewise, I enjoyed seeing Wes and Hudson’s relationship further solidified throughout Graveyard Shift. Their connection felt deeper as the story progressed, and it was reassuring to see their bond hold true despite the hardships their little family of friends and loved ones faced. And man were the action and unexpected turns on point in this one, leaving my heart lurching a number of times and wondering how this could be the end of such a great series. If you’re in need of the next binge-worthy series, I highly recommend picking up Not Dead Yet. Meanwhile, I’ll hope to see these characters pop up in a different series in the future so I don’t have to say goodbye just yet.

Graveyard Shift is book three in Jenn Burke’s original and entertaining Not Yet Dead series of paranormal romances, and is a satisfying and poignant send off for Wes, Hudson and their found-family of witches, vampires and other supernatural beings.  While each book in the set could work as a standalone, I’d advise reading them in order so as to gain the best understanding of the events and character backstories that have led them to the point at which we meet them again in Graveyard Shift.  If you haven’t yet started the series, please be advised that there are spoilers for the other books in this review.

It’s been almost a year since not-ghost Wes Cooper was reunited with his ex-boyfriend, Detective Hudson Rojas, thirty years after they split up.  Almost a year since Wes was turned into a god when he, Hudson and their friends foiled an attempt by a demon to return to the living plane, and almost a year since Hudson retired from the Toronto PD to become a private investigator.  Following the events of the previous book, Wes and Hudson are living together in their new home – a large house with plenty of room for the new family they’ve created – the business is going well, they’re very much in love and they’re living their best not-lives, happier than they’ve ever been.

When the story begins, Wes and Hudson are on a stakeout at the behest of Ren Oshiro, vampire and a former… associate of Hudson’s who’s become something of a friend in recent months.   Walter Gordon is a junior accountant in a firm Ren owns who has recently begun buying things he shouldn’t be able to afford and Ren wants to know if he’s stealing from the company. Wes and Hudson follow Gordon to a restaurant and Wes – in his ghostly form – observes him receiving a package that looks like it contains drugs.  Dealing would certainly explain Gordon’s new-found wealth, and Wes and Hudson continue to follow him until he loses control of his car, crashes  into a tree and dies on impact.

Before they can really think too much about what happened, Wes and Hudson return home to find a few random visitors on their doorstep, something that’s become a regular occurrence since news of Wes’ godhood circulated among the paranormal community.  Two of their visitors are the Garcias, a shifter couple anxious for news of their daughter, who disappeared a couple of days earlier; and the third introduces herself as Priya Rojas.  Hudson’s niece.  Whom he hasn’t seen in years.

When Wes and Hudson discover that there have been several drug overdoses in the shifter community over the past week, they start to realise that there’s something seriously wrong.  ‘Normal’ drugs don’t work on supernatural creatures – even when taken in huge amounts, their magic protects them from the worst effects – so for five shifters to die of overdoses within a week of one another is suspicious (to say the least) and can’t be a coincidence.  Someone is manufacturing a drug tailored specifically to paranormals… but is it designed to get them high?  Or kill them?

And as if a spate of shifter deaths caused by an unknown drug from an unknown source isn’t bad enough, Hudson’s former boss, Katrina Li, calls the pair in to consult on a series of recent murders which, from the detail in the photos she shows them, were committed by vampires.  Worse still, the MO appears identical to that in the series of murders that saw Hudson going undercover with what, at the time, he believed was a biker gang twenty years earlier - and which saw him being turned into a vampire against his will by the gang’s leader, Pike.  But Hudson killed Pike and the whole band when he eventually managed to free himself from his sire’s influence – so it’s not possible that Pike could be responsible for this latest murder spree.  But if not him… then who?

Wes and Hudson are plunged back into a world of trouble, with danger coming at them from all directions, and it’s not always easy to work out who is friend and who is foe.  With someone killing shifters, the sudden appearance of a load of brand new baby vampires, the even more unexpected appearance of the Order of the Onyx Shield, (the paranormal police), the presence of demons and werewolves… there’s a lot going on in this story, but Jenn Burke does an absolutely fantastic job of keeping things moving as she skilfully pulls her various plot-threads together.  I won’t lie - there are some intense and upsetting scenes in this book (I was in tears at least once) and at times, it seems as though our heroes are going to break under the strain and the weight of grief, but Wes, Hudson and their band are stubborn fuckers who don’t give up easily, and it’s time for Wes, “god of who knew, winning hearts and minds since 2019” to come into his own.

The story is fast-paced and utterly compelling, but once again, what sets this book – and this series – apart from your run-of-the-mill mystery or paranormal novel are the characters and the relationships that have evolved between them.  Wes, Hudson, Lexi, Evan and Isk have bonded together to form a family of sorts and Hudson, estranged from his blood-family and someone who’s been alone for the past couple of decades, has gone from that grumpy loner to a guy who is tuned into his family and happy beyond words to have those connections.  (He’s still grumpy sometimes though – which Wes generally thinks is cute;) ) And then there’s Wes;  funny, endearing, vulnerable and snarky Wes, who loves his people fiercely and has grown a lot throughout the series, having moved from not wanting to know much about the paranormal world he’s a part of to learning to accept the godhood that was thrust upon him at the end of Not Dead Yet, and how to use his magic. Like Hudson, he’s grown from a man who lived his life mostly in isolation to one who has gained a family and friends he would do anything to protect.  And now it’s time for him to step up, to make some difficult decisions… and he’s simply awesome.

Graveyard Shift delivered everything I’ve come to expect from this series; an exciting, fast-paced plot, detailed worldbuilding, superbly developed characters and relationships and plenty of humor and snark with a side of steam.  I can’t deny that I would love to read more stories set in the Not Dead Yet universe, but if this is the last we’re going to see of Wes and Hudson, then this is a brilliant farewell and I’m absolutely delighted to have been able to join them on  their journey back to one another.

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Graveyard Shift by Jenn Burke is the third book in Jenn Burke's Not Dead Yet series. This series follows Wes and Hudson who are both paranormal and run a PI business. I would recommend reading this series from the beginning because they are not stand alones.

I found Graveyard Shift on par with the rest of the books in the series. The writing style and character personalities are consistent. The prior books included vampires, witches , and ghosts and this one introduces us to this literally world's version of shifters. This one brings us out of control vampires and someone killing off shifters. It also brings back a villain from Hudson's past and not everyone in this makeshift family of friends is going to survive this book.

Overall, Graveyard Shift is an enjoyable paranormal mystery with love, friendship and family importance. I'm looking forward to seeing where the characters move on from here.

OMG. My heart is a bit broken after reading this one. I got to that point that everyone is talking about - that dreaded 80% mark - and I just...I'm shocked. I don't want to give anything major away, but WOW. I was not expecting that.

OK, so first off - I definitely recommend reading this series in order. This is one of my absolute FAVORITE series! It has great paranormal world building - vampires, shifters, witches, gods, demons, you name it. It has GREAT characters of all sorts. And it has great ace/demi representation in Wes, and what I feel is even more awesome, great respect and care of that with Wes' mate, Hudson. I've said from the beginning I love that Hudson is totally on board with Wes' orientation and very respectful of it.

The start of this book finds Wes, Hudson, and the gang in a pretty good place. Their business is going well and everyone is communicating, when a bad case becomes even worse when a major part of Hudson's past comes back to the present. It will take Wes truly accepting his god-status, and his family of friends to work together to get to that HEA.

I loved the last chapter. Truly, loved it. Despite the tears and the still-being-in-shock, if this is truly the last book with these characters, I think it ends in a great spot. Of course, I'm needy, and I want more Wes and Hudson (I'd love to see Hudson make amends with his brother?) and EVAN NEEDS A HEA DAMMIT.

I was encouraged to find and read a book with GLBT main characters in a mystery genre overlaid with paranormal themes. That part was well provided. I am always drawn into stories with vampires, shifters and other "other world" characters in "day to day life". It is one of my favorite fantasy genre. I prefer that to a more horror based genre. Graveyard Sift gave me that. I especially liked the fact that all of the characters lived a "normal" day to day life. Add to that the mystery story line and I was very drawn to the book. I was disappointed as I read the books to find characters or situations appearing with little or no introduction or back story. It was confusing and detracted from the story flow. I understand that this is the third book in a series, The book seems to have been written and edited assuming the reader had read the earlier books. I did not read the earlier two, so I did not have that history in my mind.. It made me have to re-read some paragraphs to try and figure out what the history was or just give up and lose that part of the narrative. A bit of review of earlier happenings would have made the reading more enjoyable. I have read many series where the story continues from one to the other and they have given a bit of back story to help when historical events of characters are brought in. There were also some discontinuities in the narrative that a better editing should have found and corrected. The proofreader also missed a couple of sentence fragments and typographical errors that made the story hard to follow .

The third book of Jenn Burke’s Not Dead Yet series, Graveyard Shift, was everything I could have wanted. The stakes are high and the plot arc is an emotional rollercoaster.

I’m fairly new to the paranormal romance genre. My critique partner Becca hooked me with Charlie Adhara’s shifter series, Wolf at the Door, and she also recommended Not Dead Yet, the first book in Jenn Burke’s series.

This series exceeded my expectations of MM paranormal romance. Queer representation extends beyond gay male characters. Burke features a variety of LGBTQ+ characters, including a nonbinary person, the main character Wes is on the asexual spectrum, and Wes’s best friend Lexi is a lesbian, to name a few. This book (and series) is about so much more than romance. It’s about love, friendship, and second chances.

My favorite character of this series is PI vamp Hudson (I can’t resist a soft grump). I enjoyed watching him become more vulnerable throughout the series, especially when he’s visited by someone from his past (the engaging Priya). But not-ghost/god Wes shines in Graveyard Shift like never before. His character reaches new heights and truly rises to the challenges he must face.

The book deals with grief and loss in a way that’s both heart wrenching and beautiful. Although the main characters are, for the most part, immortal, they are not immune to tragedy and loss. And as a reader, I felt their pain and loss because the emotional stakes are high and I became invested in these characters while reading the series.

I’m still in the denial stage that the Not Dead Yet series has drawn to a close. I’ll miss these characters (including many of the memorable side characters) and their paranormal adventures. I’d love to read more about shifter Don, vampire Ethan, and badass detective Kat.

If you’re seeking an MM paranormal romance with memorable characters, intrigue, and heart, start from the beginning (Not Dead Yet) and enjoy the ride.

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Strong finish to an inventive paranormal M/M trilogy that wraps up a lot of plot threads while leaving satisfied readers with room to hope that there might be more books to come someday.

Our Private Investigator duo of Wes Cooper and Hudson Rojas, along with their found family/fellow investigators are trying to figure out the connection between the overdose deaths of several shapeshifters and the sightings of numerous new vampires in the area. The case becomes surprisingly personal as signs point to the involvement of someone from Hudson's past. As pieces of the puzzle come together, Wes realizes that he will have to stretch his newfound powers as a god to save the ones he loves - and that there may be some tragedies he can't avoid.

Jenn Burke does a stellar job of keeping the action moving while continuing to flesh out the MCs and secondary characters. While I felt Hudson got a bit of a short shrift in Give Up the Ghost, he is in his element here, using both his years of experience as a police detective and his current life as a vampire to solve the crime and catch the bad guys. He's still on the grumpy and laconic side, but he clearly loves Wes, and the bonds he is forging with the rest of the group are vitally important to him. Plus the sudden appearance of his long-lost niece shows how far he will go - too far? - to reconnect with his family.

Of course the series wouldn't work without Wes Cooper, half-ghost and as he wryly refers to himself, "the god of who knew, winning hearts and minds since 2019." I can't think of another paranormal I've read that features a major character who is trying to figure out what it means to be a deity. He may have awesome powers (and responsibility, just like Spider Man), but he still engages in some TSTL (too stupid to live) behavior and planning isn't his strong suit, so he certainly isn't infallible. He still has a lot to learn and even a god has to admit that he's wrong sometimes.

To give you an idea of the book's stakes, something happens at about the 50% mark that felt like the climax of Give Up the Ghost, so that the big showdown here is about 250% more dramatic. And fair warning, some VERY SAD stuff happens.

I'm happy to leave Wes and Hud and the rest of the crew here but if Jenn Burke is able to write more about these characters I'll definitely come along for the ride.

***4.5 Stars***

"No buts. No what-ifs. It's just you and me, now and forever."

Forever takes a bit of work first, though. Well, you have to admit a not-ghost turned god doesn't have it easy in life nowadays. Umm, or in the non-life-not-quite-afterlife? Anyways, being the go-to person for Toronto's paranormal community when it comes to weird incidents bears certain responsibilities and as if several cases all of a sudden seemingly being connected somehow - where there's only the teensy-weensy problem that you have to find the conglomerating factor first - would not already be enough on his plate, Wes Cooper and his lover, former detective Hudson Rojas also have to deal with obnoxious neighbors, family issues, another extension of their paranormal reality and a ghost of the past that should have been buried by now, or turned to ash for that matter.

All of the above entails some realizations as well. About themselves and about their relationship. And getting their forever - for their love, but also for their close-knit self-made family - was never more important.

At some point, Wes also has to realize, though, that even a god can reach their limits and that these limits come at a high price. A devastating, painful, almost unbearable price.

"Until all of those battles I'd referred to - and what had happened, what I'd done, what we lost - came crashing down on me, and the laughter turned to tears."

Oh, tell me about it, buddy... These last words pretty much sum this story up for me. This last installment gave the term "emotional roller coaster" a whole new meaning, starting with me basically snickering from the very beginning and ending up with me being a sobbing mess. And I can't even tell you why because this would be too big of a spoiler, therefore the best I can give you are vague insinuations, so please don't hate me later.

As for me, this was the best in this series, but in some respects also the worst. For personal reasons only, though. What happened towards the end totally caught me off guard and wrecked me in the process. Although I finished the book a few days ago, even writing this review chokes me. I still wish the author would have found another way, but books that do that to you will be remembered forever, right?

The conclusion to this series was still masterfully done, with all threads reconciled and I love the world the author built here. Witty. Sad. Unique. Thought-provoking. Diverse. Wes and Hudson have both come a long way and I would love to revisit them again sometime in the future because as for me, I'm still not done with these guys. ;-) Highly recommended, but make sure to have tissues at the ready!

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley and from A Novel take PR. I voluntarily reviewed it.

I am really enjoying this series so far and couldn't wait to get my hands on a copy of book 3. This book continues the adventures of ghost/ god Wes Cooper and his partner Hudson. There is again plenty of suspense, paranormal stuff that's going on and a bunch of twists and reveals. It kept my attention from start to finish and I really enjoyed this latest installment.

I like how in this series the book starts with a simple case, that then turns out not to be as simple as that. Then there are multiple other threads that pop up as well and by the end of the book they often all tie together in someway. This book goes that way as well, there are quite some things going on and while I expect these would tie together it takes a while before things fall on their place. I wanted to know what was going on with the shifters dying and the new vampires that seemed to pop-up everywhere. It was fun to try and piece things together and follow along as the characters revealed more clues.

There's some death and sadness going on as usual and there are some tough things the characters have to go through, but also enough happy moments. There is a twist that seemed a little too convenient, but I did like how everything got resolved in the end. There are some twists I liked, like seeing Wes grow into his god powers. I also liked most of the new side characters we meet in this book and the new things we learn paranormal wise.

This book centers around Wes and Hudson and the tight group of friends surrounding them. I love reading about them and how they stick together and are there for one another. I like reading about these characters and seeing them all develop in each book and in most books they add another character to the group, which is fun to see. I like seeing how they all interact with one another and are there for each other.

Romance wise I was really happy how this book played out. In previous books they had some big bumps romance wise to overcome and in this book we really see Wes and Hudson as partners. They stick together and forgive each other when things don't go according to plan. They really are there for each other in all ways. And I enjoyed seeing them be so close. The make for a great couple and this book really shows their depth of love for each other.

This book again expands on the world building too. We slowly learn what it means for Wes to be a god and how he deals with this. And there's more about his powers too. There is also more about shifters that we learn in this book as there are some shifter side characters that are important for the plot. As well as some additional information about vampires and other paranormal creatures. I like how with every book the world expands and feels even more real. I like learning more about this world and the supernatural creatures in it.

To summarize: This is another great read in this series. I liked the suspense plot line with the issues that seem unconnected at first, but them slowly turn into one big issue. It was interesting to find out who's behind it, although I wasn't fully happy with the who plot twist. There are some great developments in this book, some happy and hopeful moments, but also some sad parts. I liked seeing Wes grow into his role as a god. And I also liked how Wes and Hudson really are a team in this book, there are no major obstacles when it comes to their romance and I liked seeing them together and it it's clear how much they love each other. There are some new interesting side characters in this book and the world building gets expanded a bit as well. I really enjoy this series and reading about this tight knit group of characters and I am looking forward to the next book.

Well, this book absolutely wrecked me…

I love this series and these characters are all so wonderful. Graveyard Shift continues Wes’s story as he and his vampire mate, Hudson, tail someone they believe is embezzling from Ren, another vampire, when they learn he’s actually dealing drugs. This leads to them discovering shifters are in the greater Toronto area and trying to figure out who is killing shifters and supplying the deadly drugs.

I can’t say too much without spoiling things, but this book was so good! Wes is still coming to terms with his godhood, though he’s gotten better at admitting it and accepting believers. Hudson’s niece, Priya, shows up on their doorstep and I’m really looking forward to seeing more of her. I wonder if things are being set up that she’ll end up with Lexi, but I love how so much of this book, this series is focused on chosen family and building the support system that’s going to be there for you.

The last twenty percent though had utterly wrecked me and I’m still crying a little. I can’t believe that happened and things couldn’t be fixed! It hurts and there’s so much grief; I was not prepared!

Overall, this is an excellent addition to the Not Dead Yet series and the world continues to grow and become more fleshed out with each volume. Strongly recommend if you’re a fan of (unusual?) paranormal romances.

I LOVED this book! First of all, if you haven’t read Burke’s other books in this series… please do! You won’t be disappointed. This is book three of the Not Dead Yet series. SPOILERS FROM NOW ON!

At the center of the series is newly annoint3ed God, Wes. He has absorbed a huge amount of magic and is becoming accustomed to the way it feels. He’s still sorting out “what” he’s a God of… how his powers affect his place in the world. And there are a lot of things he definitely doesn’t know… can he be killed? What happens if he lets go?

Wes’ partner at work and in life is Hudson. Hudson is a fantastic character. As open and expressive as Wes is… Hudson is a man of few words. Burke does a fantastic job of creating characters that are magnetic and fascinating. The dynamic between Wes and Hudson is so intriguing. They are dedicated to one another but both of them have been through extensive changes since they met for the very first time. It’s not just about Hudson becoming a vampire and Wes becoming… dead. It’s so much more than that. These two characters have grown and changed throughout this series and I have loved every minute of it. These two are devoted to one another… and don’t sway from that even when things get challenging. I love that about them.

I was surprised at how emotional I got while reading this story. One of the supporting characters is killed in an epic battle, and it was the reaction of the other characters that got to me. Evan… the newest vampire who lives with chronic depression is such an amazing character. The way he experiences the loss of his friend is heart-breaking.

There’s a lot going on in this novel… and I loved all of it. There’s a mystery, there is a lot of action, there are really nasty bad guys… and it’s not always clear who IS a bad guy. There is also a lot of fantastic relationships and friendship and I would love to read more about these characters!