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matildejuliana's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
nona_moon's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
drorraifnesher's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
yodamom's review
5.0
Thaisia, a North American alternate world is a world where Others and humans try not to come in contact more than necessary. They have villages sectioned off from the humans and vise versa. Human law does not apply on their land nor the other way around. Humans are meat, blood source or just an annoyance. These are animals, vampires etc, not humans nor do they want to be like humans.
In one of these Other towns a Young girl is found cold, dressed odd for the weather and in some kind of need. She asks about a job as the human liaison she see's posted. Curious, Simon the leader giver her the job. He does not know why but there is something he has to figure out about this human. She does not smell right. She learns quickly, even with the various wildlife surrounding her. Her secrets slowly unfold and brings danger to many. Who, what and where she came from is more important than they know.
I loved this book. The author weaved these interesting characters in a believable and enjoyable way. I liked getting to hear their stories and watch them learn to deal with each other. I loved the animal traits that she left with the animals and the wickedness she left to the vampire. *No sparkly, sexed up rico suave's in the bunch* This was just a fabulous urban fantasy that took me away to another place for some pleasurable hours of reading. No romance. The few bits that didn't work so much for me were lost under everything I did enjoy.
In one of these Other towns a Young girl is found cold, dressed odd for the weather and in some kind of need. She asks about a job as the human liaison she see's posted. Curious, Simon the leader giver her the job. He does not know why but there is something he has to figure out about this human. She does not smell right. She learns quickly, even with the various wildlife surrounding her. Her secrets slowly unfold and brings danger to many. Who, what and where she came from is more important than they know.
I loved this book. The author weaved these interesting characters in a believable and enjoyable way. I liked getting to hear their stories and watch them learn to deal with each other. I loved the animal traits that she left with the animals and the wickedness she left to the vampire. *No sparkly, sexed up rico suave's in the bunch* This was just a fabulous urban fantasy that took me away to another place for some pleasurable hours of reading. No romance. The few bits that didn't work so much for me were lost under everything I did enjoy.
laura_corsi's review
4.0
Love Anne Bishop! And the Others Series is the most exciting thing she has written since The Black Jewels Trilogy! I can’t wait to read the rest of the series. It does get bogged down in a few places but hopefully things will smooth out in the rest of the series. Sometimes starting a new world verse things get clunky and squeaky around the edges.
alisha_j's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
cosymilko's review against another edition
5.0
Anne Bishop spins quite an elaborate new world in this book. Set in an alternate version of earth, there's enough similarity to make it familiar but it's the strange that hooks you in. When humans started to spread across the world they found that something/someone was already living there. The Others are strange and powerful and view the humans as smart meat.
An uneasy truce has been established with the humans useful to the Others until they step out of line.
Meg is on the run and finds herself in a Courtyard of the Others. She manages to get a job and stay there knowing that someone is looking for her. She's seen her own death but is finally starting to live as she gets to know the Others.
This book has the potential to be riddled with cliches that have been dogging (no pun intended) the shifter/werewolf/vampire paranormal genre. Somehow, Bishop sidesteps them all and manages to deliver a quite unique spin on the genre and manages to keep her supernaturals creepy and scary through the whole book.
The plot moved a little slowly in the start as the world building took first place but once engrossed I had to know more about the world and about what was happening.
There's enough in this book to keep someone reading and enough not said, in that typical show don't tell, that I need more of this world.
Bishop's dialogue is always tight and sassy in places and was something I thought may have been unique to Blood Jewels. It's not. Characters are witty without looking like they're comedians and "human" enough that they're not always making the right decisions but the ones they feel they need to make.
I can't wait for the second book in this series to come out. I look forward to it. I also wouldn't mind the chance to pick it up at Howling Good Reads.
An uneasy truce has been established with the humans useful to the Others until they step out of line.
Meg is on the run and finds herself in a Courtyard of the Others. She manages to get a job and stay there knowing that someone is looking for her. She's seen her own death but is finally starting to live as she gets to know the Others.
This book has the potential to be riddled with cliches that have been dogging (no pun intended) the shifter/werewolf/vampire paranormal genre. Somehow, Bishop sidesteps them all and manages to deliver a quite unique spin on the genre and manages to keep her supernaturals creepy and scary through the whole book.
The plot moved a little slowly in the start as the world building took first place but once engrossed I had to know more about the world and about what was happening.
There's enough in this book to keep someone reading and enough not said, in that typical show don't tell, that I need more of this world.
Bishop's dialogue is always tight and sassy in places and was something I thought may have been unique to Blood Jewels. It's not. Characters are witty without looking like they're comedians and "human" enough that they're not always making the right decisions but the ones they feel they need to make.
I can't wait for the second book in this series to come out. I look forward to it. I also wouldn't mind the chance to pick it up at Howling Good Reads.
notruse's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75