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kathydavie's review against another edition
4.0
Second in the Jill Kismet urban fantasy series set in Santa Luz.
The Story
Jill Kismet is a "gritty, urban" Hunter with just two purposes: take out the bad guys and resist Perry. If she just happens to have some fun with Saul along the way…
Wendigos, the Sorrows, and organ theft from the unwilling and the pregnant make a bad week for Jill, and then she discovers that people she trusts have been lying to her…big time.
The Story
Jill Kismet is a "gritty, urban" Hunter with just two purposes: take out the bad guys and resist Perry. If she just happens to have some fun with Saul along the way…
Wendigos, the Sorrows, and organ theft from the unwilling and the pregnant make a bad week for Jill, and then she discovers that people she trusts have been lying to her…big time.
amym84's review against another edition
4.0
I liked Hunter's Prayer a little bit more than [b:Night Shift|2572997|Night Shift (Jill Kismet, #1)|Lilith Saintcrow|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344264586s/2572997.jpg|2584556]. I think it's definitely a book where you need to have read the preceeding book in order to understand the world. Lilith Saintcrow throws the readers into the world with little explanation. It would be very easy to get confused.
Hookers have been going missing and / or turning up dead on the streets of Santa Luz. Jill has to find out what is killing these girls in her city. What she finds is something very unexpected, but she wouldn't be Jill if she wasn't throwing herself headfirst into the danger.
Hunter's Prayer begins a couple of years after Night Shift. It takes awhile to figure out how long it's been since the first book because Jill does reference the rogue Were from Night Shift. They way she does it, however, makes you realize that it's been quite awhile since that battle. Jill is still with Saul. I really liked their developing relationship and I was glad that they were still together. Since so much time has passed between the first book and the second book, we don't get to see how their relationship has grown we just get to see the aftereffects. Part of me really likes to see the process (as it were) of building a relationship, but Saintcrow does a really good job conveying everything. After all, this is an Urban Fantasy. Not a romance. I do appreciate that she throws the light romance in. I like that she gives Jill someone who truly cares about her and someone she truly cares about.
I will say that we get a little leeway in the story of Mikhails murderer. She plays a role in the story, but I don't want to give anything away. I will say that I like Saintcrow's choice in bringing her into the story now. Obviously Jill has a debt to settle with her since she killed her teacher. It's a vendetta that we learned about in the first book. She will get her revenge. Oftentimes, vendettas such as this take a background place in a series until the penultimate (usually last) book in the series. Like we've been working up to it for books and books and finally we get closure. Well, Saintcrow does things a little differently pitting the two against each other briefly in this book. Not saying there won't be more conflict, but Saintcrow started things out nicely.
I've tried to read other books written by Lilith Saintcrow in her other series and none of them have grabbed me like the Jill Kismet series. I'm really interested to see where Jill's story goes, I'm just happy I started reading now that it's complete.
Hookers have been going missing and / or turning up dead on the streets of Santa Luz. Jill has to find out what is killing these girls in her city. What she finds is something very unexpected, but she wouldn't be Jill if she wasn't throwing herself headfirst into the danger.
Hunter's Prayer begins a couple of years after Night Shift. It takes awhile to figure out how long it's been since the first book because Jill does reference the rogue Were from Night Shift. They way she does it, however, makes you realize that it's been quite awhile since that battle. Jill is still with Saul. I really liked their developing relationship and I was glad that they were still together. Since so much time has passed between the first book and the second book, we don't get to see how their relationship has grown we just get to see the aftereffects. Part of me really likes to see the process (as it were) of building a relationship, but Saintcrow does a really good job conveying everything. After all, this is an Urban Fantasy. Not a romance. I do appreciate that she throws the light romance in. I like that she gives Jill someone who truly cares about her and someone she truly cares about.
I will say that we get a little leeway in the story of Mikhails murderer. She plays a role in the story, but I don't want to give anything away. I will say that I like Saintcrow's choice in bringing her into the story now. Obviously Jill has a debt to settle with her since she killed her teacher. It's a vendetta that we learned about in the first book. She will get her revenge. Oftentimes, vendettas such as this take a background place in a series until the penultimate (usually last) book in the series. Like we've been working up to it for books and books and finally we get closure. Well, Saintcrow does things a little differently pitting the two against each other briefly in this book. Not saying there won't be more conflict, but Saintcrow started things out nicely.
I've tried to read other books written by Lilith Saintcrow in her other series and none of them have grabbed me like the Jill Kismet series. I'm really interested to see where Jill's story goes, I'm just happy I started reading now that it's complete.
zoe_e_w's review against another edition
1.0
Stopping at page 70. I enjoyed the first book in this series, but there are simply not enough cuss words in my limited vocabulary to display my rage at the writing in this second outing with Jill "super duper hunter supreme" Kismet.
Imagine Angel, Buffy, and Darkside Goth Barbie were somehow combined into one person, and then their brain was removed and replaced with piss and vinegar. That's Jill. She'll spend a lot of time telling you how she's dressed and what jewelry she's wearing right before she jumps into yet another pointless fight. Which she will of course win in less than a page, because she a "suuuuper hunter" and the dark forces of the world are all pussies compared to her.
Whatever. Done with this crap, and never coming back. Nice first book, but the second fell in a lake of stupid.
Imagine Angel, Buffy, and Darkside Goth Barbie were somehow combined into one person, and then their brain was removed and replaced with piss and vinegar. That's Jill. She'll spend a lot of time telling you how she's dressed and what jewelry she's wearing right before she jumps into yet another pointless fight. Which she will of course win in less than a page, because she a "suuuuper hunter" and the dark forces of the world are all pussies compared to her.
Whatever. Done with this crap, and never coming back. Nice first book, but the second fell in a lake of stupid.
jbolerjack's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
kvsreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
justytoo's review against another edition
5.0
In the second book of the Jill Kismet series we see her continuing to fight against her debt to Pericles and learning to live with Saul Dustcircle whom we met in the first book. Meanwhile Prostitutes are showing up dead and eviscerated, and it's Jill's job to find out why and make it stop.
tynga's review against another edition
4.0
Jill is never done protecting her territory and is once more dragged in a great thriller when pregnant prostitutes start showing up dead randomly with all their organs and eyes taken out: not for delicate stomach. Jill isn't alone anymore though and she thanks god everyday for it. Saul Dustcircle came back to her and they built a relationship as stable as it can get when you are a hunter. Kismet, Saul and Perry are knee deep in a very complicated series of events and try to sort it all out, not without loosing some feathers in the process.
Another great novel by Lilith Saintcrow: Jill is more and more interesting. She's facing her hunted past more then once in that novel and grow as a character. Near-death experience rains in a story full of action and Treason. We are left wondering what the heck it is with Perry and his weird games, we want to know what he is! Hopefully we will find out in the third book of the series
Another great novel by Lilith Saintcrow: Jill is more and more interesting. She's facing her hunted past more then once in that novel and grow as a character. Near-death experience rains in a story full of action and Treason. We are left wondering what the heck it is with Perry and his weird games, we want to know what he is! Hopefully we will find out in the third book of the series
see_sadie_read's review against another edition
3.0
I read this as part of the Jill Kismet compilation. I liked some aspects of it a lot and others not at all. I liked that the relationship between Saul and Jill has firmed up and they make a great team. (I also just adore Saul!) I like that Jill went through a bit of personal growth (and emotional healing) since book one and was one strong woman. I didn't like that so much of the plot was centered on rape, forced prostitution, and abuse of women. It wasn't gratuitously described, but it was a large part of the plot. These days I always mention this, if it's the case because I try and avoid rape in the books I read for enjoyment. It just feels so overly prevalent in life general that I just don't want to add one more reference to in my life. I figure others might feel that way too. Lastly, while I love the writing, there have been some repetitions, both within the book itself but also things being described in a cut-and-paste manner from book one.
audiobookmel's review against another edition
3.0
I would give a 3.5 stars. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the first novel. I am very interested to see what is going on with Perry. I like seeing Saul show serious interest in Jill. There were some very difficult scenes for Jill in this book. It is great to see that Saul is ready to take their relationship to that very serious step.