Books 13-16
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13: Namaah's Curse, Jaqueline Carey.
14: Skin Trade, Laurell K. Hamilton
15 4: Bullet, Laurell K. Hamilton
15: The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate
Namaah's Curse is part two in Carey's last Terre D'Ange story trilogy. She has openly said that this will be the last, she's ready to move on, but maybe sometime next decade if a story really jumps out at her. Romanticly, this could have ended with Happily Ever After. but noooo. for the last book, Moirin has to go to South America.
Skin Trade and Bullet are two more Anita Baker books. As much as I enjoy the porn, I keep hoping the series will get back to hunting down antagonists that can be described with any combination of the words monster, serial, and killer. Bullet especially ticked me off because Anita stayed home to have sex with everyone who walked in the door is an effort to build a power base for her boyfriend, while all the other US Marshalls in the Preternatural Division get to hunt down rotting vampires. Plus, I'd read it once before. I hope to gods I don't have two copies.
The One and Only Ivan made up for the disappointment. It's about a gorilla who lives in a shopping mall with a circus theme. It's about life and death and the stuff that happens in between, animals bonding outside their species, and how some humans can be incredibly kind and compassionate, while others are vicious asshats. I read this as an ARC, so the cover says it's not due out until January 2012.
13: Namaah's Curse, Jaqueline Carey.
14: Skin Trade, Laurell K. Hamilton
15 4: Bullet, Laurell K. Hamilton
15: The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate
Namaah's Curse is part two in Carey's last Terre D'Ange story trilogy. She has openly said that this will be the last, she's ready to move on, but maybe sometime next decade if a story really jumps out at her. Romanticly, this could have ended with Happily Ever After. but noooo. for the last book, Moirin has to go to South America.
Skin Trade and Bullet are two more Anita Baker books. As much as I enjoy the porn, I keep hoping the series will get back to hunting down antagonists that can be described with any combination of the words monster, serial, and killer. Bullet especially ticked me off because Anita stayed home to have sex with everyone who walked in the door is an effort to build a power base for her boyfriend, while all the other US Marshalls in the Preternatural Division get to hunt down rotting vampires. Plus, I'd read it once before. I hope to gods I don't have two copies.
The One and Only Ivan made up for the disappointment. It's about a gorilla who lives in a shopping mall with a circus theme. It's about life and death and the stuff that happens in between, animals bonding outside their species, and how some humans can be incredibly kind and compassionate, while others are vicious asshats. I read this as an ARC, so the cover says it's not due out until January 2012.