by Kit Whitfield
Benighted is a hard book to review: for starters, it's almost impossible to explain without spoilers. It includes lycanthropes (werewolves), but no magic and few action scenes, and delves deeper into moral and psychological issues than any urban fantasy I've ever read. It portrays a dystopia of sort...
Whitfield is very good as psychologies that fit the worlds she's built, but the worlds themselves tend to fall apart at closer examination. Also, she tends to go limp at endings.
Whitfield is very good as psychologies that fit the worlds she's built, but the worlds themselves tend to fall apart at closer examination. Also, she tends to go limp at endings.
Let's be honest, the urban/paranormal fantasy sub-genre is glutted at this point in time. Like all genres, UF has varying degrees or classes of writers (or books). You have books that are quick, fun reads, kinda guilty pleasures or "B" movies; such as the Kitty Norville books. You have books whos...
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