Review: Detour 2 Death by J.R. Turner

WARNING: If you haven't read books 1 & 2 of the Extreme Hauntings series, then you probably shouldn't read this review. Especially since it may contain spoilers!

D e t o u r  2  D e a t h by J.R. Turner

Release Date: 2/15/11 (e-book)

Publisher: Echelon Press

Series: Dff: Dead Friends Forever
& School's Out 4-ever
Age Group: Young Adult (13+)

Pages: 205 (e-book)

Source: ARC/given to me by the author
Purchase: Barnes & Noble | Kindle 

Word Blurb: Deadly, ghastly, and bloodcurdling!

"There are worse things than death, but not at Marsden Memorial hospital.

Kaylee Hensler knows her best friend Davey is on the brink of death. She knows this because she's a psychic. When she flees the girl's reformatory her parents sent her to to get to him, she has no idea the special sort of hell waiting for her.

Reapers are collectors and they come in many forms. In Feverland, the world created by Davey's sickness, the red reaper goes by the name of Molok, an ancient evil with deep roots. In Shadowland, the dark side of the hospital, a black reaper promises torture and torment to lost souls. The white reaper is the most fearsome, giving Kaylee three days before he collects both her and Davey's soul.

Kaylee has one secret weapon, one she doesn't fully understand. Her abilities will be tested, her loyalty betrayed, and her love misplaced. No one escapes Death." Goodreads»»

Out of the three, this one was my least favorite. Not to say that it was bad or anything. I just didn't find it as enjoyable. I'm going to explore the reasons why in a minute... *cries* I don't know if I'm Team Raphael (as in--wassup!--the angel) or Team Davey (as in totally loveable and scrumptious best friend-who-wants-to-be-more-than-friends). This book was not supposed to make me so conflicted! If you check out my posts for Dff: Dead Friends Forever and School's Out 4-ever - the first two books in the series - you'll see that I was undoubtedly a Raphael girl. Curse you, J.R. Turner!

In book one, Kaylee was just coming into her own as both an adolescent and into her freakin' kick-ass psychic/witchy powers. Book two, she grew stronger being that she was on her own - without much divine intervention, as well - throughout most of the book. And now, in book three, Kaylee's face-off with reapers definitely pushed her growth level up a notch or two! In reading this series, I have to say that I don't think I've ever felt such sympathy and compassion toward a heroine before. Kaylee's been put through some serious hell! Think about it, where would you be if you had to go off and kill demons, watch creepy-looking ghosts head your way to ask for help, have your parents think you're an awful lunatic, and to top it off, see your best friend begin the process of dying, all while trying to get rid of two bad reapers after the sickly and the souls of the dead?!! If it were me, they would've shipped me off to the loony bin because of psychotic break a long time ago! So, considering that Kaylee's been put through a lot and still comes out strong, I don't think I could ever stop loving her as heroine of this series. Definitely not.