Tris see’s dead people. Well, really Tris see’s spirits who have not moved on, either by a loved ones refusal to let them go or a haunting caused by a traumatic death. He is known as the Dead’s Man, hired by villagers to get rid of spirits. Mari, witnessed the deaths of her parents and tribe by spirits, and has searched her whole life for the person she thought had killed them. Continue reading “This Chick Read: The Dead Seekers by Barb and J.C. Hendee”
This is the first novel in a new series set in Thea Harrison’s Elder Races world. Sophie Ross is on leave from consulting for the LAPD when she inherits an estate in England. The inheritance has one caveat, that she must be able to get inside the estate, and provide proof that she did to the solicitors in England. This inheritance came at a great time because Sophie is on leave after being shot during a police investigation. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Moonshadow by Thea Harrison”
Lily Yu, one of my favorite female protagonists in the paranormal genre, once again shows that you do not need magic or werewolf strength to kick ass. Her kick assness mainly comes from logically analyzing and proceeding in the best manner possible. In Dragon Spawn we see a different side of Lily. Normally, she fills the role of friend, lover, and investigator, but when the children of the werewolf population falls in harms way we see her softer, maternal side. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Dragon Spawn (World of the Lupi #13) by Eileen Wilkes”
Peri Reed is trying to lie low and live a life off the grid. After discovering in The Drafter that the life she’d been leading was fabricated, Peri is in hiding from Bill, her ex Opti handler. Unfortunately, Bill has other plans for her. A drug has been created that would return all of the memories she’d lost. The catch is that she’d be hooked, and Bill could control her by providing her with the drug, Evocane. Her choice between re-discovering herself and becoming, essentially, a crack addict was actually a difficult one. The Operator explores her relationship with the man she once loved but forgot, the man she loved who betrayed her and the boss she’d like to kill. With a couple other psychopaths thrown into the game.
The Operator explored a bit more of Peri’s background. Silas, the man she loved and had wiped from her memory, is no longer content to watch things happen from the sidelines. In my opinion, he’s a big part of the success of this story. Without Silas, Peri would just be a caricature, an empty humanoid shell. The fact that she wants to remember their previous life together gives her the strength to fight for her freedom, and someone we can identify with and root for.
Kim Harrison is the author of one of my favorite series (The Hollows) and I can’t help but compare Peri to that series female protagonist, Rachel Morgan. Peri and Rachel have a couple of things in common. They both have an inordinate amount of talent, they are a bit insecure, and their conscious comes in the form of a sidekick (Peri’s a hallucination of her ex partner and Rachel’s a pixie named Jenks). They both have a lot of honor, even though they may use bad judgement and extraordinary means to deliver the right outcome. When I pick up a book in either of their series, I know I am in for a wild ride. The Operator was definitely that!
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Nell has just completed training at the PsyLED academy, and is back home ready to start her new job. A case breaks and she is sent out to a pond to take a psi reading on a group of ducks who are swimming continuously in a circle. Nell who was revealed to be inhuman, in the first book, is connected to the land in a mystical way. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Curse on the Land (Soulwood #2) by Faith Hunter”
Emerson Clark checks a box on her college financial aid application saying she is Bloodkin and her life is changed forever. College tuition paid for, job secured, and security at all times. Years later, she is a mediator on a case between two Bloodkin families about some remains that were found, and who they belong to. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Tempted by Fire (Dragons of Bloodfire 1) by Erin Kellison”
Rae Lyall has been chosen by the Goddess to be the first female Guardian which pisses off a lot of elder shifters. They claim her choosing was engineered by her father, the leader of the Montana shifter town. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Guardian’s Mate (Shifters Unbound #9) by Jennifer Ashley”
Skinwalker is a paranormal mystery set in urban New Orleans, a very appropriate setting for this genre. What makes this book different than other paranormal books I’ve read is that our protagonist, Jane Yellowrock, is a Skinwalker and I’ve never read a book where the Skinwalker wasn’t an evil character. Skinwalkers can take the shape of any animal, and as Jane takes shape we see her struggle with her inner beast. I found that struggle to be just as interesting as her investigation. She is inhuman, yet that struggle humanizes her and makes her someone we can identify with and like. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock #1) by Faith Hunter”
Shadow’s End is the latest novel in the Elder Races series. Thea Harrison has created a world where Elves, Vampires, Djinn and Wyr’s live in territories ruled by Kings, Queens or leaders of their species. This novel is about Graydon, gryphon and First Sentinel to the Wyr and Beluviel, consort to the Elven High Lord. A relationship between the two of them would be forbidden, but 200 years ago they had a dalliance Continue reading “This Chick Read: Shadow’s End (Elder Races #9) by Thea Harrison”
I have read Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protecterate series and listened to her Etiquette and Espionage series, so when Prudence came out, the first in the Custard Protocol series, I immediately put it on my TBR list. Yep, it took me a year and a half, the impetus being that the second book in this series, Imprudence, is out. I do love being able to quickly move on to the second book! Continue reading “This Chick’s Audible Review: Prudence by Gail Carriger (read by Moira Quirk)”
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