by Phil Tucker
A nice departure from the canned "tough girl with a chip on her shoulder" version of urban fantasy being flogged to death by publishers. I could live a looong happy life and NEVER read another Anita Blake clone.The story follows two women: Maya, a teenager and recent immigrant (Brazil), and Mirabel,...
4.5/5This is a fairy tale the way I like them, dark, disturbing, ancient in its battle between Good and Evil and gripping. This is also not a YA to my relief despite one of the characters being a 16-year old girl. I am tired of Holly Black and Julie Kagawa, give me War for the Oaks and Pan's Labyrin...
Disclosure: The author of this book sent me a free kindle edition.Urban fantasy is extremely popular. You even have an HBO series. Of course, most Urban Fantasy is interchangeable. Get a pretty girl, add werewolf with a side of vampire. If you feel like spicy things up, add various weres (is th...
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