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On the surface, it is a love story between a 3 or 4-thousand year old serial murderer and a 3 or 4-centuries old healer with super human strength and shapeshifter abilities, and like any good love story, they kind of hate each other. Set at the height of the chattel slave system, it moves from Africa to colonial America and gets all into the psychological side of domination/submission, patriarchy and some other confusing stuff...

I read her "Parable" series decades ago and I'm still mulling that one over, so I expect I won't really "get" this book for a while either.

stitchinthyme's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

doormatt's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

cb613's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

amberrose's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional slow-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

4.5

eelitorr's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.5

Very strong start to a series. Having read some of her other novels, I can tell this is one of Bulter's earlier works based on how often she departs from the story to give background information, sometimes in the middle of an action sequence. Still, a page turner!

amandadee's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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