Review: Stalked by Death (Touch of Death #2)

Stalked by Death (Touch of Death #2)
By Kelly Hashway

Published By: Spencer Hill Press
Publication Date: August 13, 2013
Date Read: January 30, 2022
Genre: YA – Paranormal Romance
Source: Bought
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320

From Goodreads:
Jodi knows that any slip-ups made by the Ophi–a special group of necromancers born under the 13th sign of the zodiac–will fall on her shoulders… and that Hades is just waiting for them to screw up so he can wipe out the Ophi line.

Unfortunately, Jodi has only convinced one Ophi to join her school: A hot guy named Chase who jeopardizes her relationship with Alex. Jodi loves Alex, but Chase can enhance her powers with just a touch—making her stronger than any Ophi has ever been.

Her mixed emotions send her powers surging out of control, and the dead start rising without her conscious summoning—exactly what Hades doesn’t want! If she chooses Alex over Chase, she may lose the battle to Hades, leading the Ophi race to extinction. If she chooses Chase, she might be able to stop Hades for good… but lose everything else.

Jodi needs to figure things out fast–because death is stalking her at every turn.

I don’t really know what to say in regards to this book. I read the first book in this series as an ARC almost a decade ago… and I loved it. It had everything I loved at the time, greek mythology, action and romance. And honestly… I still love all of those things. I really went into Stalked by Death expecting to love it just as much as the first one. But unfortunately, this one really fell flat for me. I was left just so deflated after reading it.

I don’t know whether my reading tastes have changed drastically and that’s why I didn’t like this as much as the first one or whether it was the book, but I really struggled to get through this one. I really struggled to want to continue reading. Honestly, I probably would have DNF’d this one but I kept remembering my love for the first book and I think that’s what kept me going.

Stalked by Death continues the story of Jodi as she tries to bring all the necromancers together. It had such a brilliant premise and I just don’t know what happened. All the characters that I absolutely loved in the first book I just ended up disliking in this one. The characters had completely changed. Jodi became this super annoying character who was more bothered about boys than the literal zombies walking around. Alex, this amazing confident guy who went around saving the day became irritating jealous and insecure. I just ended up really hating him. There was the typical YA love triangle… and I ended up hating everyone involved. I just didn’t care about what was going to happen to them.

I really wish I had loved this one but it just didn’t work for me. A part of me is sad that I read it as it’s soured my feelings towards the first book a little. I wish it was just a standalone and I could have kept my love for these characters alive. I will not be picking up the final book in this series. I am so super sad, and I feel so deflated after reading it. This one I wish I had missed.

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