Ami's Hoard

3.75 stars rounded up

With the same structure as the first book, “ Dead Man and The Army of Frogs ” contains three shorter stories – this time all of them are rather connected with one element: a frog that seems to be around Denton. First story, DINNER GHOST, was related to the short story released by Lou Harper in January (Dead Man and the Lustful Spirit). Second story, SPIRIT TALKER, was my favorite simply because I thought it had the best (in my opinion) case, with a malicious spirit (although the banishing scene was a let down). The last one, FROG DAY AFTERNOON, tied up the plot related with the frog, but again the climax was rather disappointing.

Having said that, I enjoyed the more ‘personal’ development of Denton and Bran in this story. Bran was a ‘tight-lipped bastard’ (Denton’s words, not mine) and it wasn’t always easy for him to talk or say something about the state of his heart. I mean, clearly he was jealous of Denton’s friendship with Gabe (and OMG, Denton, why didn’t you see that?!) but he didn’t know how to say anything about it. I know more about Bran now … compared to an enigma I thought of him in the first book. Also because Bran’s father was present. He was fun…

It was another cozy read from Lou Harper and I would love to read more about them…