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see_sadie_read's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
This is Urban Fantasy at its best...and it really is Urban Fantasy. There is no sex and only the merest hint of a possible future (F/F) romance, so not to be confused with PNR.
Kusenski does a fabulous job of creating atmosphere and presenting the immortal gods as both all-powerful and oddly fragile. I really adored this about War. Conversely, there was nothing fragile about Camilla. But I loved her just as much. She truly was the strong female character I'm always looking for and finding myself frustrated in her absence.
There is also some marvellous dialogue. A lot of it is internal, either with oneself or with a subsumed personality, but it's largely followable. There were numerous scenes in which characters were simultaneously holding conversations and remembering past events or conversations and sometimes it was hard to tell which passages were meant to be remembrances and which were meant to be realtime. But other than this, I thought dialogue was sharp and natural sounding. It really was a pleasure to read.
My only real complaints are that the ending felt rushed. I didn't quite follow War's leap of logic that brought about the conclusion. It felt very abrupt. (Though, to be fair, War was presented as a man who regularly acts before he thinks things through.) I also thought that some of the side characters, like Ian or Olivia, who played fairly important roles, felt hollow. IMO, they weren't fleshed out enough for their significance.
All in all, I really enjoyed it and will be looking for more of Ms. Kuzenski's writing.
This is Urban Fantasy at its best...and it really is Urban Fantasy. There is no sex and only the merest hint of a possible future (F/F) romance, so not to be confused with PNR.
Kusenski does a fabulous job of creating atmosphere and presenting the immortal gods as both all-powerful and oddly fragile. I really adored this about War. Conversely, there was nothing fragile about Camilla. But I loved her just as much. She truly was the strong female character I'm always looking for and finding myself frustrated in her absence.
There is also some marvellous dialogue. A lot of it is internal, either with oneself or with a subsumed personality, but it's largely followable. There were numerous scenes in which characters were simultaneously holding conversations and remembering past events or conversations and sometimes it was hard to tell which passages were meant to be remembrances and which were meant to be realtime. But other than this, I thought dialogue was sharp and natural sounding. It really was a pleasure to read.
My only real complaints are that the ending felt rushed. I didn't quite follow War's leap of logic that brought about the conclusion. It felt very abrupt. (Though, to be fair, War was presented as a man who regularly acts before he thinks things through.) I also thought that some of the side characters, like Ian or Olivia, who played fairly important roles, felt hollow. IMO, they weren't fleshed out enough for their significance.
All in all, I really enjoyed it and will be looking for more of Ms. Kuzenski's writing.
doctortwirls's review against another edition
5.0
I got completely lost in this book and will have a very hard time waiting for the next one!!
ryuutchi's review
3.0
I started this book because it was billed as a GLBT book. Instead it was a mostly non-romance adventure/politics story about the God of War getting maneuvered into a bad situation and getting out of it by possessing a female soldier (who is not in a lesbian relationship with the lesbian cop character, more's the pity). There some really interesting political interplay, but it's mostly character study about War, Camilla (the soldier) and a young schizophrenic man who is possessed by Eris/Discord. The ending was fairly predictable, but the characters were engaging and I find myself looking forward to the sequel.