No Humans Involved (Women of the Otherworld, Book 7) | 
 enlarge | Author: Kelley Armstrong
Publisher: Spectra
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Pages: 544
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ISBN: 0553588370
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EAN: 9780553588378
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Publication Date: February 26, 2008
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Readers around the world have fallen for Kelley Armstrong’s intoxicating, sensual and wicked tales of the paranormal, in which demons and witches, werewolves and vampires collide – often hilariously, sometimes violently – with everyday life. In Armstrong’s first six novels, Elena, Paige and Eve have had their way with us. Now get ready for Jaime Vegas, the luscious, lovelorn and haunted necromancer. . .
Jaime, who knows a thing or two about showbiz, is on a television shoot in Los Angeles when weird things start to happen. As a woman whose special talent is raising the dead, her threshold for weirdness is pretty high: she’s used to not only seeing dead people but hearing them speak to her in very emphatic terms. But for the first time in her life – as invisible hands brush her skin, unintelligible fragments of words are whispered into her ears, and beings move just at the corner of her eye–she knows what humans mean when they talk about being haunted.
She is determined to get to the bottom of these manifestations, but as she sets out to solve the mystery she has no idea how scary her investigation will get, or to what depths ordinary humans will sink in their attempts to gain supernatural powers. As she digs into the dark underside of Los Angeles, she’ll need as much Otherworld help as she can get in order to survive, calling on her personal angel, Eve, and Hope, the well-meaning chaos demon. Jeremy, the alpha werewolf, is also by her side offering protection. And, Jaime hopes, maybe a little more than that.
“As I knelt on the cobblestones to begin the ritual, I opened not some ancient leather pouch, but a Gucci make-up bag. . . .
I know little about the geography and theology of the afterlife, but I do know that the worst spirits are kept secured, and my risk of “accidentally” tapping into a hell dimension is next to nil. Even if I do bring back some depraved killer’s spirit, what can it do to me? When you deprive someone of the ability to act in the living world, he’s pretty darned helpless. In death, even the worst killer plummets from lethal to merely annoying.
Yet whatever had been trying to contact me apparently could cross that barrier, could act in the living world. . .at least on me. I added an extra helping of vervain to the censer.”
—from No Humans Involved
From the Hardcover edition.
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 Peanut Butter & Guacamole October 2, 2008
I love Guac. I love peanut butter. But together they don't taste great, and thats how I feel about the romantic couple of Jaime and Jeremy, the werewolf alpha. First off, no matter how Armstrong talks up Jaime, I just keep imagining this 44 year old presumably adult woman running around in spike heels, forgetting to take her winter coat, talking to ghosts, strip teasing near the balconey window and crushing hard on Jer like a 13 and I'm just sort of embarrased. She totally lacks dignity.
I never liked Jaime in the previous books. She comes off as a bit ditzy with and reminds me of Lucille Ball. She plays the helpless card a lot, getting herself kidnapped, moaning how her powers stink (they aren't as cool as being a werewolf) and how her mother didn't love her enough. But she grew on me in this story. I liked seeing her in action during the Seances, and enjoyed her mentoring Angelique and outfoxing her producer.
I've concluded I like Jaime as a character. But she doesn't work as a romantic interest for Jer. She's too human... She's a dead weight to Jer.
Part of what I liked about her earlier work was that it was sort of edgy and dark. The werewolves were on their own against unknown forces. Now that there are dozens of different creatures, the council, magic, etc. It is almost overkill. I think she should return to a simpler universe with not so much supernatural going on. The magic and spellcasters aren't half as interesting as the werwolves are.
I give this 4 stars. I liked seeing Jer, even if I felt he was acting OOC. Jaime grew on me and I enjoyed her segments.
Fun book July 23, 2008
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Fun book to read. I love Jamie and Jeremy. I wish there was more of Elena, Clay and Nick in this book.
Pleasantly surprised. Kelley Armstrong is now officially one of my favoured authors. June 24, 2008
I had misgivings about a book from the POV of Jaime, as I did with those from Paige's POV, but I was pleasantly surprised and ending up enjoying the read. I loved seeing more of Jeremy, getting to know his character in more depth was wonderful, and Jaime herself comes across as a mature woman. This book is proof that Armstrong doesn't need her heroines to be twenty- or thirty-somethings with butt-kicking powers (much as Elena is my favourite). Jaime is forty-five, I believe? The way she handles the potential relationship with Jeremy was evidence of a mature woman's experience, and Jaime came across to me as very smart.
I love Armstrong's writing style. It brings to mind the style in Tanya Huff's "Blood" books. Snappy and well-crafted prose and solid characters have now made Kelley Armstrong one of my favoured authors. I hope to read much more from her in the future, and will henceforth bandy her name about to friends and acquaintances.
 No Humans Involved June 11, 2008
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This book was fantastic, I couldn't put it down. If you haven't read any of this series, Women of the Otherworld, you should defiantly start.
Another Great 'Women of the Otherworld' Story! April 27, 2008
This is book seven in the Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong.
I don't mean to gush, but as with most of the Otherworld books by Armstrong, I loved it. Armstrong has an interesting approach to serial fantasy; instead of having one character/point of view for the entire collection, the books have different narrators (some narrators have more than one book, some books have more than one narrator). This gives the individual books a sense of novelty -- Armstrong is very good at giving the narrators unique voices. In "No Humans Involved," (NHI) the narrator is Jaime Vegas, necromancer. I like to think of Jaime as a lovable but ditzy genius -- she gets herself into dire situations, but keeps a good sense of humor.
The plot and subplots of NHI are well developed and comfortably unpredictable. The returning characters hold true to their developed personas and the new characters add opportunities for story and character growth. The romantic/sexual interludes are HOT without being excessive or interrupting story flow. Conflicts/fights/battles are handled with enough detail to be believable without being gross.
I recommend this book (actually, the entire series) to readers wanting a strong supernatural story with 'real' characters, a balance of humor and drama, and with a healthy dose of seductive romance.
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