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Women of the Otherworld 05: Haunted
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Women of the Otherworld 05: Haunted
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After having read so many heavy, serious books, it was high time I went back to reading at least some fun books. I was missing getting wrapped up in a story, reading voraciously just to find out what happens next?? Besides, I think I've finally hit saturation point on politics, and especially the particular version of heinous that is the Bush administration. But I digress. This book was fun. :) A fifth book by Canadian author Armstrong, I think I remember picking up the first one either from directly or from the recommendation from another BookCrosser. Not all five have been with the same main characters, but they do know each other somehow and their stories intersect. A couple of them have been about a female werewolf and another couple have been about witches. This one was once again about the witches with a slight difference, and in my opinion, an improvement. One of the storylines from previous books covers how a young girl, Savannah, born to a, eh, wayward witch, Eve, loses her mother and ends up in the care of another witch who's nowhere nearly as loose in her following of the "rules." I didn't particularly care for the stories with the werewolf, so the ones about the witches were an improvement, but I still found the characters to be a bit lacking in keeping me interested. In other words, they were a little boring. They were a little too goody two-shoes. Now this book finally got to the character in which I was interested, the "wayward" witch. It has the added twist that this is written after she is dead and she wanders a different dimension from the one in which the other witches exist. Since she's not nearly as rigid in her personality, I found this book a lot more entertaining. As a matter of fact, I blew through this book in a day, technically (darn pesky job getting in the way of my reading!). From the back of the book: In this thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic, a rebellious - and formerly deceased - witch must cross into the darkest dimensions to stop a killer from destroying everything she loves...for all time. The obstacles of being in different dimensions and the limitations of being a "ghost" makes things more interesting and the change of point of view was good. Now that I've written that summary, though, the premise of the Nix compelling people to act on their murderous thoughts does remind me of an episode of "Medium" with Patricia Arquette. I'm pretty sure it's been done several times before, but they're not coming to mind. The use of the name "The Nix" reminds me of a character with the same name used by Piers Anthony, but that character was quite different and (possibly) much older than the one in this story. Eve reminds me of those characters where the phrase "honor among thieves" fits well and the lack of naiveté compared to the other witches in previous books was a refreshing change. Right after I finished this book I made a trip to the bookstore and found that the next book was fresh out in paperback, so I look forward to the next book although I don't think it stars Eve. Shame, but I still look forward to it. |
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