Review: Dying to Meet You (Conjuring A Coroner Series Book 1) by SC Stokes

Dying to Meet You by S.C. Stokes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Hounded By A Serial Killer

I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.

This is the first book of a series, though there is a prequel it was written after the rest of the series, so it’s not necessary to read in order to understand this book. There is a continuing story arc after the end of this book but the cliffhanger is minimal and not at all frustrating.

Kasey Chase is a coroner on secondment to NYPD after a run-in with the son of an important man, who is also a coroner. Partnered up with Detective Bishop she is called out to a murder of a young woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Kasey.

Kasey is not only a coroner but she is prescient or psychic and she can sometimes see important information regarding the events of her victim's deaths, which helps her be good at her job. Quite quickly it appears that the world of magic has followed her into the world of the mundane and she is facing not a human serial killer, but a magic one. This draws the attention of the Magic Council, and the world that she avoided for so long by changing her name, finally knows who and where she is.

This book is really engaging. The plot is fast-moving, the world-building is solid and the characters are interesting. When I read the prequel I wanted more world-building and this book delivers that desire. Though there is little about the magical system, there is more about magical society. We learn about it as Kasey does because she’s been estranged from it since she was a teenager and she wilfully ignored it’s existence, despite still seeing her family regularly.

I like the format of this book, making the individual mystery Kasey has to solve actually being the start of the larger story arc over the series. It was an engaging mystery and told us a lot about Kasey and her place in the world. I could stand to learn more about Kasey and her personality rather than just being a vehicle for the story, but this is urban fantasy and it’s a common issue in the genre. I’m hoping as the series develops we’ll see more about who Kasey is.

This is a really great start to a series and I can’t wait to read the next book.

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