Meets the Eye

Every time I start reading a book in the Body of Evidence Series, I'm immediately reminded of how much I enjoy the actual mysteries that abound in these stories. Sure, I love the characters, especially Jenna Blake, but the interesting story lines are what keep this series fresh, fun, exciting, and interesting. After the last case that Jenna worked on in the Somerset Medical Examiner's office (Soul Survivor), she decided she'd had enough. She quit her job as a deiner for the M.E., even though she had become friends with both Dr. Slikowski and Al Dyson. She's spending more time with her best friends, Yoshiko and Hunter, and she's finally becoming an actual girlfriend to Damon. She hasn't done much looking back or wavering about quitting her job--well, maybe a little--since she made her decision, until two things change her mind: 1) during a frat party at DTD, a freshman drops dead at her feet and even her CPR attempts fail to revive him, and 2) Jenna sees with her own two eyes what appears to be someone bringing a dead person back to life--as a zombie. Jenna knows that, scientifically, there is no room allowed for zombies or people who come back from the dead. But when a body comes alive and starts screaming during its autopsy, all of her previous beliefs fly out the window. Suddenly, Jenna is thrust into yet another mystery, this one of mind-bending proportions. Why are seemingly dead people coming back to life to commit crimes? How can a person be declared dead only to come back to life on a steel slab? Why are these "zombies" acting as if their brain power is gone, doing only violent, evil things instead of the normal, sane things they did before their "deaths"? And when this time it's Dyson who gets a little too close to danger, Jenna and Slick must work together to put an end to this zombie business--before someone else ends up being one of the undead. Once again, I read this installment in the life and times of Jenna in one sitting. Although I stayed up past midnight to do it (thanks, Mr. Golden!) I wasn't disappointed in the least. And, as always, I can't wait to read the next book in the series!

Jenna Blake had had it with the life of an assistant to a somewhat mad-scientist of a Medical Examiner. That is, until she finds out about a strange new crime wave involving zombies. But Jenna knows that she has to go back to Somerset Medical Center to solve the mystery, when she tries to save the life of Tom, a freshman at Somerset, just like her, who dies, but mysteriously comes back to life days later, when his autopsy is taking place. Now she's got to find an explanation to these strange crimes involving people who are already dead. After all, zombies can't really exist, can they?After reading the previous BODY OF EVIDENCE books, I am shocked to say that this is one of my absolute favorites. Instead of a drop-off in plots after the first few books, Golden is still going strong. Coming up with storylines that will thrill and entice you at the same time. Fans of the previous BODY OF EVIDENCE books can not miss MEETS THE EYE.Erika Sorocco

Jenna Blake thought she was done being an assistant Medical Examiner but when a strange series of crimes show up she finds herself strangely drawn towards them. What's so strange about these crimes is the fact that the murderers are already dead. Torn between the want to help and solve the mystery, and to have a normal life with her friends Hunter and Yoshiko and her boyfriend Damon, Jenna is forced to make a serious decision. Will she take her old job back? Even if it means putting her life in jepordy Again??I found this book to be an equally thilling edition to the series, one of the best to date. The "Zombie killings" are baffling and you'll never expect who the real killer is. If your a fan of the Body of evidence series and can stomache reading about a lot of gore, read this book! It's one of the best in the series that I'v read!

I love this series! It keeps me in suspense. The different "cases" in the series are really original and like nothing I had ever imagined. This book has been my favorite so far. Christopher Golden presents a mystifying problem early in the story. Keep in mind that I don't usually get scared from stories or books, but at the climax of Meets the Eye, something totally unexpected happened and I nearly dropped the book with a start! I was almost crying (and laughing at myself at the same time)! I can't wait for the next book in the series.

I honestly think this is one of the BEST series I have ever read. I've read all 4 of the Body of Evidence series and am very anxious to have the fifth in my hands. I have read the other reviews for this book and I disagree with the people who don't like these books. The thing I like the most about these books is that the killer is always someone you don't suspect. In Meets The Eye, I was almost constantly in suspense and couldn't put the book down because of that. At the beginning I thought that Jenna had made a HUGE mistake. She had thought in the pervious books that this was her calling. I don't blame her for being scared out of her mind. But, I was satisfied when she decied to go back. Towards the end, I was rapidly reading so I could find out what happened next. I think that these books are EXTERMELY well written and I can't wait for the next books in the series.