Dead to Me: Cold Case Psychic Book 5, Pandora Pine

Tennyson Grimm, psychic medium, finally gets a chance to deal with his past.  But he never thought it would happen after a visit from a dead parent, let alone his own.  Ronan O'Mara knows Ten's past is holding him hostage and when his love and support give Ten the courage to face his past they get  to lay some issues to rest and decide just what kind of future they'll build for themselves.  The local law enforcement, however, has an additional request for the pair.  A local cold case brings Ronan and Ten a bit of a gruesome and disturbing surprise before they can head back home to move on with their lives.

I'm really loving the softer, sweeter side of Ronan.  He's truly growing into someone amazing.  The way he supports Ten, even to the point of encouraging him to confront hard and painful things is awesome.  As a partner for Ten he really is the more well-rounded of the two.

Ten has a lot to face.  Not only does he have the prejudice of his parents and the town to deal with, but something he didn't realize was his own.  His refusal to forgive and move on has colored his whole outlook on his youth that he forgot the many good things about what he was forced to leave behind.  This particular book was necessary for Ten's evolution because you could see how he was actually kind of backsliding in the last couple books because of his inability to let the negative parts of his past go and to embrace the good.  I thought it was a good way to close a chapter on that and to open a new one just in time for his wedding.

Speaking of the wedding, I'm glad we didn't have to slog through the details of all the plans but got straight to the important parts and the amazing things Ronan got to witness and experience.  It was moving beyond anything I could have hoped for...something desperately needed after the incredibly disturbing things they discovered while solving Union Chapel's cold case.

That case was horrible.  Awful.  Disgusting.  Disturbing.  I predicted most of what happened in that case but the level it was taken to by the end was a bit too far, I feel.  Not that I'm asking the author to shy away from the bad things that really do happen, I just think the little mentions after the truth came to light was a couple steps too far.  It brought up some disturbing things and just left it open, on the surface, in our faces instead of putting it to rest before giving us such happiness with Ten and Ronan's wedding.  Also, I don't know if I'm completely on-board with their little band of "consultants".  Though they did get the results by the end.  Where things will move concerning Greeley is interesting, however, so I'm looking forward to seeing what will happen next for this group.

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