What’s A Ghoul to Do?
by Victoria Laurie
Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
Originally published by Signet, April 2007
Audio By:Audible Inc, January 2010
Genre: Paranormal Humor, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Chick Lit
Source: Audible Audiobook
Heather’s Rating: 
From Goodreads:
M.J., her partner Gilley, and their client, the wealthy, de-lish Dr. Steven Sable, are at his family’s lodge, where his grandfather allegedly jumped to his death from the roof-although Sable says it was foul play. But the patriarch’s isn’t the only ghost around. The place is lousy with souls, all with something to get off their ghoulish chests. Now M.J. will have to quell the clamor-and listen for a voice with the answers…
Book Savvy Babe’s Quickie Review:
I listened to the audio from Audible, and it took me awhile to get into this book. Actually, I almost didn’t finish after listening to the first half. For some reason, on audio, the humor came across mostly silly, not so much funny (there was a lot of eye-rolling on my part). But, I did enjoy M.J Holliday, the ghost hunter/buster and her quirky sidekick, Gilley. I decided to give the second half a chance and wound up enjoying the book.
What’s A Ghoul to Do? is a light-hearted, fun read. I don’t know if it was hard for me to get into the story because of distractions, or just not the right mood, or whatever; but once I did get more into the story, I appreciated the humor, ghost hunting, and Dr Delicious 
. Once the ghost hunting team was in place and the key players in the haunting and conspiracy were in play, the story got more interesting and held my attention better. By the end of the book, I was enjoying the humor that I had found overly silly in the first half of the book and the plot came together nicely, which saved this book for me.
The audio/ narration was just okay for me. I think part of why the humor came across silly rather than funny would be the voices and the delivery of some of the supposedly funny lines. The voices didn’t always work for me, and I think I would have appreciated the humor more if I had read rather than listened.
While I had a difficult time with the first half of the book, the second half of the book came together nicely and I wound up enjoying What’s a Ghoul to Do?. This book gets a 3 star rating all around for me, for the story and for the narration. I am not sure if I will read more from the series in the future, the characters really are fun and would fit the bill for those readers looking for a chick-lit paranormal read. If I do pick up the next book in the series, I will likely try the print or e-book version rather than the audio.
Happy Reading,
March 1, 2013 at 5:18 am
I tried the 2nd book on audio and gave up after 5 chapters. Narration was not that great but it was the story that made me stop. I hate to say this but I just didn’t care about the characters, not even the lead.
Lori and I agree that we are canceling the read a long. LOL
March 1, 2013 at 7:07 am
yeah, the second book is not on the top of my I-may-want-to-read list. If I find it for sale or at the library, i might pick it up though
March 1, 2013 at 10:19 am
I didn’t live this one but was hoping book two would be better, until Jennifer told me it was more of the same. Dr. Delicious got on my nerves with his broken English, I can only imagine what it sounded like on audio! Too bad, the covers are really cute.
March 1, 2013 at 5:51 am
Sometimes, working through a hard beginning takes all the fun out of a book but it’s good to hear this one picks up in the second half. It’s a cutsie cover (too cutsie, maybe?) but what’s inside sounds like fun!
March 1, 2013 at 7:00 am
I enjoyed the first one on Audio but haven’t listened to the rest of them yet. That being said, I really like cozy mysteries so it was probably more up my alley.
March 1, 2013 at 7:04 am
I think that for me, this one took to long to get to the mystery part. The actual mystery stuff didn’t come into play until the second half, where the book picked up and I got into it more
March 1, 2013 at 7:14 am
Narration can really save or ruin a book. However, I read the print version of this book and found the humor to be silly as well. It just didn’t capture me. I gave it 3 stars as well. It is a light fun read for those who like that kind of book.
March 1, 2013 at 8:57 pm
Very few narrators can pull off humor, I noticed that on audio it takes a lot talent to deliver the lines, if the narrator is not that good they sound cheesy and they make me roll my eyes..LOL. But when it works, it’s great! Stephanie Plum narrated by Loralei King is hilarious!
I’ll make sure I stay away from this one.
April 8, 2013 at 1:03 am
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