Comments | revdorothyl: "WARSLAYER" -- an old review of a very good read

revdorothyl

"WARSLAYER" -- an old review of a very good read

Jul 23, 2008 16:49

Yesterday, appomattoxco mentioned the 2002 novel by Rosemary Edghill (who also writes under the name "Eluki Bes Shahar" according to one reference I found), The Warslayer, to me in a comment, noting that it's now available free from Baen's free e-book library:

I was thinking of you yesterday as I read,"Warslayer" by Rosemary Edgehill. It's about an actress in ( Read more... )

sf and religion, favorite sf reading

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revdorothyl July 23 2008, 23:09:59 UTC

I think you'll enjoy it!

appomattoxco July 24 2008, 01:06:39 UTC

Have you read the Dark Hunter books? They feature the Greek Pantheon in a modern setting. The one I'm reading "Devil May Cry" is great! redeemible "bad guys", well matched H/h, loads of snark and a demon that shops QVC and brings BBQ sauce to a fight! I'm spite of not know a drop of back story I had no problem keeping up. It's romance heavy but the story doesn't come to a halt for the H/h to have sex.

Xena ish stuff seems to my latest theme. I just picked it up by mistake [#umpteen of lord knows how many!] and if I hadn't been stuck watching the shop with nothing to read between tourist I would've passed on a good thing. I really thought by the cover it was a another urban fantasy vampire thing like LKH [yuck.]

revdorothyl July 24 2008, 01:08:22 UTC

Thanks for the tip -- I'll have to look up the 'Dark Hunter' books!

I just took a quick glance on Amazon.com, and learned that "Devil May Cry" is number 11 in the series by Sherilynn Kenyon, and there are at least 13 so far, from the looks of it. It bodes well that you were able to pick up #11 and dive right in, without having to have read the earlier books.

I'll see if my library has copies!

revdorothyl July 24 2008, 01:13:47 UTC

Oh, and look what else was under that author's name on Amazon!

My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding, with stories by Jim Butcher and some other folks I've actually heard of, in addition to the one you introduced, Sherilynn Kenyon!

Lord, look at em all. appomattoxco July 24 2008, 01:42:14 UTC

If I'd known there were so many I'd never get sucked into this but now I must have company.

Here's a quote. The h is trying to convice the H to train her to fight the demons he's after. "My father is the harbringer of deathand destruction. My grandmother the Great Destroyer. My mother the goddess of the hunt. I think I'll be okay."

"yeah," he breathed. "You do do have the history of absolute terror and cruelty in your viens."

She winked at him. "Remember that if you ever get between me and my chocolate bar."

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