Box Office Poison
What happens when exquisitely beautiful elves start getting all the roles in Hollywood? Human actors sue, that’s what. In a desperate attempt to keep the squabbling inside the Screen Actors Guild from going public, the president of SAG forces the two sides into arbitration.Enter Linnet Ellery, a...
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What happens when exquisitely beautiful elves start getting all the roles in Hollywood? Human actors sue, that’s what. In a desperate attempt to keep the squabbling inside the Screen Actors Guild from going public, the president of SAG forces the two sides into arbitration.Enter Linnet Ellery, a human lawyer working for a vampire law firm, to serve as arbitrator. Linnet discovers that there are sinister forces at work in Tinsel Town determined to shatter the fragile peace between elves, vampires, werewolves, and humans. Someone has been coercing famous elven actors into committing sudden and terrible acts of violence against humans in a series of tragedies that could turn the tide of public opinion against all the supernatural Powers.During the course of her investigations Linnet realizes that a puzzling secret surrounds her, and that a strange power has been affecting the very course of her life. . . .
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780765326836 (0765326833)
Publish date: August 6th 2013
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Urban Fantasy,
Romance,
Shapeshifters,
Fairies,
Mystery,
Fae,
Contemporary,
Supernatural,
Vampires,
Werewolves
Series: Linnet Ellery (#2)
Fast and frivolous.Good parts:1. Fast2. Frivolous3. Linnet, the heroine, does not miraculously develop kung fu skills4. She does use amazing legal skills4. Former female adversary now a bestie5. Lots of detail on Hollywood movie sets6. Kick-ass horse7. Decent writing, with details that make it feel ...
Box Office Poison is a new addition to the urban fantasy genre by Phillipa Bornikova. I love urban fantasy and always enjoy a new take on the genre. Unfortunately, this particular take was flat, emotionless and ultimately dull.The main character of the novel and presumably the series is Linnet Eller...