Uncharted Territory (Angela Panther) by  Carolyn Ridder Aspenson – Reviews

 

The Angela Panther Series…what can I say. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m somewhat frugal. My husband would disagree, but since when is a husband happy about his wife’s spending habits? I read the first two books of this series and went to Amazon and bought them for a friend. How’s that for a recommendation?

 

Uncharted Territory
Angela Panther series – Book #3
by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Release Date: February 6, 2015

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Description:
Just when psychic medium Angela Panther thinks she’s got her gift figured out, the universe smacks her in the head with a curve ball.

When an unidentified fourteen-year-old boy takes a dive off an interstate overpass, Atlanta Detective Aaron Banner asks Angela to find out if it was suicide—or murder. But the young boy’s spirit has other plans for her: help another lost soul and forget about him.

Fortunately, Angela’s never been good at taking orders.

With the help of her dead-but-not-gone mother, Fran, and her newly single best friend, Mel, Angela sets out to discover the truth about both the jumper and the girl he wants to help.

And boy, is she out of her league.

Armed with little more than their double lattes and a tiny pink bottle of wannabe pepper spray, Angela and Mel must venture into the dark underbelly of Atlanta to solve two mysteries. Will they be able to help the dead finally rest in peace?

Review:

Uncharted Territory is the third book in this marvelous series and is every bit as witty and wonderful as the first two. I was thoroughly entertained by the dialogue and characters. Carolyn Ridder Aspenson is a gifted author and I hope this series continues for a very long time. I’m now a fan!

Angela Panther is a lacrosse mom (aka soccer mom) with two children and a sexy, simply loveable and wonderful husband (yes, I’m so envious! LOL). She has a teenage daughter Emily who has given her fits with her angst and issues (I’m so not envious, been there done that.). She also has a son around age 10 who’s wonderful, loving and respectful, plays too many video games (pretty realistic, huh?). Oh yeah, Angela can see and hear dead people!

Angela could do this for awhile as a child, but the ‘gift’ faded for most of her life and she forgot about it. Then her mother passed and suddenly there it was again. Hopefully, you’ll also read the short synopsis of the first two books, probably before or after this. Suffice it for now to say she’s struggling with this ‘gift’ changing her normal life to something…well…abnormal. Yeah, it seriously would!

In this book, Angela works with Detective Aaron Banner to help solve crimes and deaths. In the previous book, Unbreakable Bonds he witnessed her gift firsthand and asked her to help him, unofficially and unpaid.

Her best friend Mel, recently divorced, is one of the main secondary characters in the books and the relationship is absolutely entertaining and serious fun! Mel is witty, wild, hurting and horny. The two together with her dead mother, vastly surpass the wit and humor of other well-known detective-mystery type series characters (aka – Stephanie Plum), at least in my humble opinion.

The team tackles the cases of a young ‘thug’ who died from the fall off a bridge. Did he jump, was it murder? He doesn’t remember… Another case is the girl in the white gown, who disappears before getting to give her much information, is she actually dead? This and much more make this book a completely entertaining and wonderful read.

Grab a great drink, snacks! Jump onboard the Angela Panther train…ride along and watch her develop this marvelous talent. Don’t forget the tissues, there tears both happy and sad, but totally awesome coming!

 

Unfinished Business
Angela Panther series – Book 1
by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Release Date: March 26, 2014
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Review:
The setting is in Atlanta, GA. Angela Panther is a housewife and mother of two Emily 15 and Josh 10, with a sexy and loving husband, Jake and their Pit Bull/Greyhound mix Gracie. Her She’s just lost her mother to cancer and is appropriately sad and grieving, when mother pops back into her life as a spirit. She thinks she’s having a breakdown, but her mother assures her this is not the case. She’s come to make sure the funeral and burial is done the way she wants.

This first book builds a new world for Angela and her family. Her mother’s spirit helps, and she begins the process of learning to accept and use her gift. The story is kept very real with teenage angst and drama (drug parties and the death of a friend), as well as a loving relationship with her husband. There are many things to learn for both Angela and her mom. She consults a medium to help her learn. She manages to help a few people get closure along the way, with the support and love from her understanding husband. Then has to prepare for the eventual death of her father who has COPD. The characters and dialogue in these stories is absolutely the best!

 

 

Unbreakable Bonds
Angela Panther series – Book #2
by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Release Date: March 28, 2014
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Review:
This book deals with Angela temporarily losing her gift, then getting part of it back, then with cooperation with “the universe” all of it back and more. Now she can only hear the dead. All due to her not wanting to do as “the universe” wants and use her gift without worrying about her own life. It’s as hilarious as the first, the dialogue and characters are so real and wonderful. Some of the spirits are sweet and need help, all are very grateful and some are just plain hilarious.

Emily (Angela’s daughter) gets her first taste of sex, with the wrong type of guy of course. By the end finds a much better boyfriend. Mel, (Angela’s BFF) deals with a cheating husband, and has to come to terms with a divorce and raising her children. She learns much, and plans on rejoining the world and thinks about dating. Fran (Angela’s mother’s spirit) helps sleuth out the facts and even gets a little revenge on the “Cheat”. Lots of fun adventure, heart-warming aid to a tiny little spirit, and so much more. Ending with a sort of partnership with Detective Aaron Banner, unpaid help to solve crimes and give closure to the dead and their relatives

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