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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Rape, Kidnapping, Stalking
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
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:
No
This one was really fun. Cool magic and world building.
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
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:
Complicated
So I read this one after the Innkeeper books and I have to say it does not sit in my heart the way those do. I really much prefer those. I don't know what it is about Kate or if it's because this is the first book the authors ever wrote, but it feels rather impersonal, often rushed, and in general a bit boring.
There is enough thrown at us about this strange new urban fantasy futuristic world that contains the whole line up of paranormal creatures, that it almost feels like the beginning of an epic fantasy series. Perhaps it was a genre convention of the time (I don't read that many early 00's books anymore; I read most of them back when I lived those years). For that we are ambushed with Words of Power, the Order, a murder mystery, a strange new future where everything is in ruins, weird fluctuating magical waves, none of this is every really explained. Perhaps that's fleshed out more in future books, but I have to say I was a tad annoyed with how certain things are gone into great detail (power dynamics between the Order, the People, and the Pack for one example) without every giving us more than a tiny mention of "the magic went out".
Kate herself is an okay protagonist. She feels like so many other badass, tough, mercenary-turned-detective women in UF that I'm a little tired of it. The heroine of the Innkeeper series, in comparison, was refreshing in how she was mostly a normal person just had a house that loved her.
There are tons of mysteries hinted at, few of them explained. But folks say the series gets better so I'm willing to try the next one too.
There is enough thrown at us about this strange new urban fantasy futuristic world that contains the whole line up of paranormal creatures, that it almost feels like the beginning of an epic fantasy series. Perhaps it was a genre convention of the time (I don't read that many early 00's books anymore; I read most of them back when I lived those years). For that we are ambushed with Words of Power, the Order, a murder mystery, a strange new future where everything is in ruins, weird fluctuating magical waves, none of this is every really explained. Perhaps that's fleshed out more in future books, but I have to say I was a tad annoyed with how certain things are gone into great detail (power dynamics between the Order, the People, and the Pack for one example) without every giving us more than a tiny mention of "the magic went out".
Kate herself is an okay protagonist. She feels like so many other badass, tough, mercenary-turned-detective women in UF that I'm a little tired of it. The heroine of the Innkeeper series, in comparison, was refreshing in how she was mostly a normal person just had a house that loved her.
There are tons of mysteries hinted at, few of them explained. But folks say the series gets better so I'm willing to try the next one too.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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
unnecessary use of outdated and oppressive gender terminology