Ok, I usually don't read gargoyle stories because it's so difficult for me to get the typical gothic statue image out of my head. I can't force myself to disassociate, so I just avoid them. In this story, Marjorie M. Liu used the word "craggy" to describe Lannes' face like a hundred times. Which alw...
Done 3.5 stars- A woman, wakes up to find herself in a room, filled with smoke, she is covered in blood and there are three dead men on the floor, she has a gun and a note pinned to her shirt that says 'RUN". She does and on her run she meets a man, who is not exactly like other men, he is a gargoyl...
...interesting. Although generally I don't much like to spend most of a book wondering what is going on, it somehow managed to work. Not sure how. At last an explanation for Rictor. Heh. I'm still trying to picture how the flying works; seems clumsy. Ah well; just run with it I guess.
While the plot was interesting, it seemed to be a bit out of place with the over all flow of things in the series. Lannes may be one of my favorite Dirk & Steele heros to date. "I read a lot", indeed.
I liked everything about this book from the characters to the mystery, to the paranormal elements. I think the later books in the Dirk and Steele series are much better than the early books which is unusual. Often I feel like the author is dawdling and not putting much effort in when a series goes ...
This has to have been the worst one in the series so far. I was thinking that Liu was getting better, but...I liked the characters, but I didn't like how everything came together in the climax of the book. Of course, the epilogue was cute, but that doesn't help the fact that I was bored when the big...
A good story but it was a bit long and there seemed to be some questions left unanswered or maybe I just didn't understand.
Gargoyles! There are so many different supernatural creatures in this world. What else will pop up? This was a really sad tortured story. It's as if each one getting more and more angst-filled. Enjoyed this one.
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