Murder of Crows
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Grace a son don de clairvoyance, Meg Corbyn a gagne sa place aupres des dangereux terra indigene de Lakeside. Lorsque l'apparition d'une nouvelle drogue violente et addictive remet en cause le pacte fragile entre Autres et humains, la petite ville est de nouveau plongee dans la tourmente. Les aptitudes de Meg devraient permettre a Simon Wolfgard, dirigeant metamorphe de l'enclos, d'eviter un bain de sang. Mais encore faut-il pouvoir dechiffrer ses visions a temps. D'autant que l'homme qui veut recuperer la prophetesse se rapproche, mettant en peril les vies de tous ceux qui la considerent a present comme l'une des leurs. Par moments brutalement realiste, il se degage aussi une certaine melancolie de ce roman centre sur le combat d'une jeune femme en quete de liberte. A ne surtout pas manquer ! Romantic Times L'un des meilleurs romans de bit-lit de tous les temps. All Things Urban Fantasy
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14 primary books15 released booksThe Others
The Others is a 15-book series with 14 primary works first released in 4 with contributions by Anne Bishop and Christine Warren.
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This second story in “The Others” series is fantastic. Great world building and the relationships are on target even if we don't know what that target is supposed to be.
Originally posted at Fantasy Literature.
Meg Corbyn, a blood prophet, has finally found a place to belong ??? among the ferocious shapeshifters called the Others. They love and protect Meg from the man who still hunts her. Meg???s prophetic abilities seem to be getting stronger and she is able to foresee violent interactions between the humans and the Others. Meanwhile Monty, a cop, is trying to defuse tensions before war breaks out.
I didn???t much like Written in Red, the first book in Anne Bishop???s THE OTHERS series. As I explained in my review, Meg is one of the dullest people I???ve ever read about. The only thing that makes her interesting is her addiction to cutting herself, but this is so unpleasant that, rather than making me feel sympathetic for Meg, I just feel revolted. I also didn???t believe in Bishop???s world.
However, I picked up the sequel, Murder of Crows, anyway. That???s because there was finally some action at the end of Written in Red, I did care about Monty, and ??? here???s the clincher ??? the publisher of the audiobooks sent me a review copy.
Unfortunately, I liked Murder of Crows even less than Written in Red. Meg continues to be a pathetic heroine who is guarded, babied and pampered by the Others. (She is the only human they don???t think of as prey because of her ???sweet blood???). I am tired of her weakness and her naivet??. (Just look at the covers for the two books. Doesn???t she look pathetic?) I???m tired of following Meg around while she delivers mail, eats dinner, does her other repetitive mundane tasks, and cuts herself... Read the rest: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/murder-of-crows/
Same as the first. Good writing, not mut happening. The author has mastered the art of writing about nothing, with a twist of supernatural stuff.
For the people wishing for romance and sex, for the love Yog-Sothoth, NO! There is enough of books like this already. Not every relationship between a man and a woman needs to end up in bed.
Some of the plot advancements
- figure out what the drugs like "Gone over Wolf" are being manufactured from- take down the Controller and free up the Cassandra Sangue
