by Marjorie M. Liu
Took me a while to get into this and it's definitely a novel that takes some ideas from the past and moves things on but also adds things that will resolve later. Interesting.
Three and a half stars. I found it even better than its predecessor, The Iron Hunt, however, it still suffers from some of the same narrative confusion. One of the less coherent parts of Lui's narrative is when she has Kiss, the lead character, unintentionally jumping through time and space. I thin...
After exercising a demon from a man who just killed a small child, Maxine is shot in the head by an unknown being. Being shot in the head is an occupational hazard for those of Maxine's lineage; Hunters. In fact, being shot at, blown up, stabbed, bitten and beaten to a pulp are nothing new for Maxin...
seems very interesting
Darkness Calls is the second book in the Hunters Kiss series by Marjorie M. Liu and I was looking forward to spending more time with Maxine and her "boys". I really enjoyed the first book The Iron Hunt but in my opinion Darkness Calls was even better. I like the fact that Maxine doesn't know the f...
If you have read the first book you need to read this one.The beginning of the book gives a lot of review with the new happenings to catch you up with the time from reading book one and the release of book two. There is a lot here to get you back up to speed in that break time frame, however for me ...
I don't think I can read anymore of this series. I really like Maxine. The fact that I know she has to die is too fatalistic for me. I'm in denial and won't read about her death. In my happy world, she's my Buffy.
This was a good continuation of the series. The focus this time was more on the Catholic Church's interest in Grant. We also get a few more glimpses into the past of Maxine's mother and grandmother, as well as the history of some of her ancestors and their relationship with the demons on Maxine's ...