Dark Currents: Agent of Hel
Jacqueline Carey,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Jacqueline Carey,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780451464781 (0451464788)
ASIN: 9780451464781
Publish date: 02-10-2012
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Paranormal,
Urban Fantasy,
Romance,
Shapeshifters,
Mystery,
Vampires,
Werewolves,
Demons,
Fiction
"lugubrious", "pulchritudinous"... On the same page. Like a paragraph apart. This author is pissing me off. PUT DOWN THE THESAURUS AND STEP AWAY FROM THE OBSOLETE WORDS."eschatological", "antimacassars", "saturnine", "loquacious", "eponymous", "onotological"... OMG JUST STOP.There are a few moments ...
While this does make use of some of the same tropes and motifs found in too much Urban Fantasy today, it is a cut above. If you are thinking it will be like Carey's Kushiel books, think again. There is a hint at a romantic many sided figure, but just a hint, the main focus is a mystery. So while ...
Like a lot of people, I got my introduction to Jacqueline Carey through the Kushiel books, so when I grabbed this one - an urban fantasy detective-style story - I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Lots of sex and gore? Complicated political setups? Doomed romance? Well, no, no and maybe, in that o...
Star Rating: 3.5 Stars, Borrow it Self Purchase, Kindle Edition First Impression: I love how Daisy has a tail she has to keep under control. I like how she has a lesser demon for a father. It’s fun and entertaining however, there is nothing new or special about this one. Yes it has a mermaid whi...
Daisy is the child of a demon, which means she has a constant temptation to embrace her vast potential power – and possibly end the world. This would be a bad thing Unfortunately her job as Hel’s (that would be the Norse goddess Hel, not Hell) liaison to the Midwestern Eldritch resort town of Pemkow...
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