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Ronald, Margaret: Soul Hunt

Feb 07, 2011 23:06

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blog: reviews, ratings: must read, fiction: urban fantasy, margaret ronald

Comments 23

shel99 February 8 2011, 12:22:43 UTC

I can't wait to read this. I already have my copy. Loved the first two!

calico_reaction February 8 2011, 17:41:57 UTC

I'm so glad someone else is enjoying this series!

shel99 February 8 2011, 19:16:02 UTC

Definitely! In addition to loving the characters and the story, I live in Boston and it's awesome to see my city portrayed with all of its character.

calico_reaction February 8 2011, 22:30:36 UTC

Very cool! So do you feel Ronald really captures the feel and atmosphere of the city?

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weasel_of_d00m February 8 2011, 16:23:15 UTC

I am with you on the covers - really liked the first two, and the third one is just "meh."

I am waiting to order my copy from Amazon - need to come up with a couple more books to get the free shipping, and with my husband once again joining the ranks of the unemployed I have to be really careful with the books I chose to buy on what remains of my Amazon gift card... Thanks god for libraries ;)

calico_reaction February 8 2011, 17:42:32 UTC

Heh, yeah. This one looks a little more typical of UF (but hey, no butt shots or tattoos!).

You've read the first two?

weasel_of_d00m February 8 2011, 21:42:56 UTC

Yup, I have the other two. Thankful for lack of hanging out butts and tramp stamps on the cover for the third book, but in my opinion it just does not stand out - it could be for just about any paranormal book. The previous ones were more unique.

Currently 2 cents short of $25 on my Amazon order. Am both amused and annoyed.

calico_reaction February 8 2011, 22:30:03 UTC

Oooh, that is irritating!

Thread 6

ext_283115 February 8 2011, 23:58:53 UTC

I tried to come up with something between "Like, Not Love" and "Must Have," but failed miserably. I miss your old system myself. Probably because I have to seriously want the book in order to buy it, so I could relate to the buy it, borrow it, or give it away scenarios. But that's just me.

(and yeah, it is good to see a UF book without some chick's butt prominently displayed or a plethora of tattoos everywhere)

Oh, and for your next update, I've got another giveaway running:
http://abooksellerblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/february-book-giveaway.html

I picked up Shadow Bridge today too. Dang, it *is* small!

calico_reaction February 9 2011, 01:10:49 UTC

Well, in the old system, it'd be between "Must Have" and "Worth the Cash" which makes finding something in between REALLY hard. :)

Thanks for the link! I'll add it to the next Update! Oh, but what's the deadline for entering?

ext_283115 February 9 2011, 03:26:40 UTC

Hm... "Worth It - But Get When It's On The 50% Off Table" Hurr.

Feb. 22nd is the deadline. :)

calico_reaction February 9 2011, 23:46:30 UTC

But that category would put it BELOW "Worth the Cash" :)

Thread 5

I really love these books... count_fenring March 5 2011, 06:45:59 UTC

They're one of the two sources of "steeped in Boston" fiction that I've liked so far, and they make me way less afraid of my neighborhood than Dennis Lehane. The playground where the serial killer confrontation happens in Darkness, Take My Hand is seriously a block away.

Evie has an unlicensed handgun in the first book; I'm not remembering whether Rena knows, but I remember the gun being there.

Re: I really love these books... calico_reaction March 5 2011, 15:40:53 UTC

Re: handgun, thanks! It's been so long since I read the first book that I didn't remember. :)

What's the other of the two sources that are "steeped in Boston" that you've liked so far?

Re: I really love these books... count_fenring March 5 2011, 20:28:09 UTC

Oh, pretty much every single novel written by Dennis Lehane. My favorites are Shutter Island, Darkness, Take My Hand, and a two-way tie between The Given Day and Gone, Baby, Gone.

He's really excellent at writing realistic people, and at giving the feel of Boston as a location. He also tends to write crime novels where horrifying things happen, and they tend to be set right where he grew up - which is the neighborhood I live in now. For example, a big serial-killer confrontation happens in the playground across the way from my apartment, and one of the shootouts happens at the corner market I get most of my food from.

Re: I really love these books... calico_reaction March 5 2011, 21:48:27 UTC

Ah, okay. For some reason, I didn't think he was the author you were referring to in your original comment!

I haven't read his work, though I did see Mystic River in theatres when it came out!