erinnaissance's review
3.0
So I’ve been reading the Night Creatures books in order fairly quickly. I like tomboys/tough girls and independent women but this Grace, while competent, was obnoxious. I liked the new plot with its supernatural surprises but I did feel the story went on too long and then too quickly wrapped up.
gerd_d's review
3.0
I liked it, but I am not impressed.
The fact that this is the second book in the series not to feature werewolves was a welcome diversion (and who could've known that I would one day say that?), but in the end I've got this suspicion that all that kept me reading and enjoying it was a feeling of familiarity.
This typical "Yes, this is a work by..." you get from authors you read for a long time.
Formally the characters and messages in the book are less questionable than in the last one (though not really anymore likable because of that), but plotting wise the story seemed not as well constructed with a far too short cut climax. *giggle*
The fact that this is the second book in the series not to feature werewolves was a welcome diversion (and who could've known that I would one day say that?), but in the end I've got this suspicion that all that kept me reading and enjoying it was a feeling of familiarity.
This typical "Yes, this is a work by..." you get from authors you read for a long time.
Formally the characters and messages in the book are less questionable than in the last one (though not really anymore likable because of that), but plotting wise the story seemed not as well constructed with a far too short cut climax. *giggle*
vkemp's review
3.0
Grace McDaniel is the sheriff in Lake Bluff GA. Last summer she became aware of the supernatural world when werewolves showed up in Lake Bluff and started killing people. The Jacher-Suchers followed and assisted in the eradication of the problem. Now Grace calls them to say people are dying again in Lake Bluff and she needs their help. But the J-S are too busy to come to Lake Bluff, so Grace is left to her own resources and the help of Ian Walker, a mysterious new doctor, a Cherokee, like Grace. Grace's grandmother had tried to teach her the ways of her people, but Grace's father wanted nothing to do with that mumbo-jumbo so Grace never learned her grandmother's heritage, let alone the Cherokee language. Grace wishes she had paid more attention. Grace and Ian must work together to defeat the Raven Mocker, a horror out of the Cherokee tradition.
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