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secretmagic's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. I’m surprised so much happened in ‘Death’s Mistress’. I realise action books are often set over a short period of time, but I’m always shocked by how much fighting and trouble can occur in a couple of book days. Like in ‘Midnight’s Daughter’ we learn more about the vampire world, especially the war with the mages and it’s strange to see Dory learning so much about her own family. You would expect a 500 year old dhampir to know all there is about vampires, since she earns a living killing them. But she shocked me by being so smart, yet so clueless about vampires.
I love how dangerous Dory is. While she doesn’t lose control dhampir-style in ‘Death’s Mistress’, no-one can deny that she’s insanely skilled when it comes to fighting; probably because she gets herself into so much trouble. Action and fighting seem to follow her like a shadow, but she just keeps hitting back and survives against all odds.
I’m amazed at how involved the fey are in Dory’s world. They said to be this mysterious paranormal species and their fey objects are dangerous in the human world. But, as we see in ‘Death’s Mistress’, they are the cause of so much damage for the vampires, especially in the Senate with all their political struggles. I love that there are new and old fey issues; Claire’s new royalty status and Ǣsubrand’s obsession with Dory bringing the fey firmly into the story.
I've become addicted to Louis-Cesare. There's something about him that makes me smile. His protective side shines through so much, I can't help but love the French vampire. As much as I was hoping for Dory and Louis-Cesare to get together, I can’t help be love seeing them fight and attempt to avoid each other. The sexual tension is insane and I love it.
I can’t wait to see what happens next
5/5 stars
I love how dangerous Dory is. While she doesn’t lose control dhampir-style in ‘Death’s Mistress’, no-one can deny that she’s insanely skilled when it comes to fighting; probably because she gets herself into so much trouble. Action and fighting seem to follow her like a shadow, but she just keeps hitting back and survives against all odds.
I’m amazed at how involved the fey are in Dory’s world. They said to be this mysterious paranormal species and their fey objects are dangerous in the human world. But, as we see in ‘Death’s Mistress’, they are the cause of so much damage for the vampires, especially in the Senate with all their political struggles. I love that there are new and old fey issues; Claire’s new royalty status and Ǣsubrand’s obsession with Dory bringing the fey firmly into the story.
I've become addicted to Louis-Cesare. There's something about him that makes me smile. His protective side shines through so much, I can't help but love the French vampire. As much as I was hoping for Dory and Louis-Cesare to get together, I can’t help be love seeing them fight and attempt to avoid each other. The sexual tension is insane and I love it.
I can’t wait to see what happens next
5/5 stars
lynseyisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Dory's back and heads are gonna roll! Or, you know, get carried around in a really smelly gym bag but that doesn't have quite the same ring to it!
I'm still enjoying my revisit of this series although I do regret deciding to get the audio versions this time. I just don't like the narrator so I think that's lessening my enjoyment, but it was the only way to fit the re-reads into this month's schedule.
In this one there's a lot more humour and wacky shenanigans going on than in the first--mostly coming from Ray, a sneaky and shameless level five master vampire and club owner, who Dorina accidentally decapitates at the beginning of the book.
What do you mean there's no such thing as accidentally decapitating someone? There so is.
There's also a great deal of progress in the inter-character relationships right across the board; from Dory and Louis Cesare to Dory and her father and even with Radu to a certain extent (Although I think LC is still sulking a bit). I also loved the scenes with Stinky! Bless him.
I am now all caught up and looking forward to Fury's Kiss for some new content. I can't wait!
5 Stars ★★★★★
I'm still enjoying my revisit of this series although I do regret deciding to get the audio versions this time. I just don't like the narrator so I think that's lessening my enjoyment, but it was the only way to fit the re-reads into this month's schedule.
In this one there's a lot more humour and wacky shenanigans going on than in the first--mostly coming from Ray, a sneaky and shameless level five master vampire and club owner, who Dorina accidentally decapitates at the beginning of the book.
What do you mean there's no such thing as accidentally decapitating someone? There so is.
There's also a great deal of progress in the inter-character relationships right across the board; from Dory and Louis Cesare to Dory and her father and even with Radu to a certain extent (Although I think LC is still sulking a bit). I also loved the scenes with Stinky! Bless him.
I am now all caught up and looking forward to Fury's Kiss for some new content. I can't wait!
5 Stars ★★★★★
tiffanyxcc's review against another edition
3.0
Death’s mistress begins by showing us a bit of the work Dory is now doing for the vampire senate, or more specifically, her father Mircea Basarab. With the war going, the senate cannot spare it’s more valuable muscle to dispose of these “minor” criminals of the vampire world. While collecting payment for her latest task, she learns that Louis-Cesare has been missing for about a month now (since the end of midnight’s daughter). Mircea also confirms he may have another job for her, and to await his call. In the meantime, if she has any contact with Louis-Cesare, she is to contact Mircea immediately
Once Dory arrives back home, she finds a dragon stuck in the hallway. After an exchange or words, we learn there has been a misunderstanding, and the dragon is actually Claire, Dory’s best friend, and occasional roommate. It seems her other half (the part of her that is fey), is in adolescence, and she is having trouble controlling her transformation into the dragon.
After the misunderstanding, we learn Claire’s son (who is now 9 months old, thanks to the wonky timeline in faerie) Aiden is under attack by other fey wanting the coveted role as successor to the throne. To protect him, Claire petitioned for him to gain the fey protection ruin early, the Naudiz ruin. This makes him impossible to kill, and is usually given to successors who reach one year of age. But the Rune has been stolen!
Once the rune was stolen, and taken out of Faerie, it was put up for sale in a private auction. A very private auction, comprised mostly of vampire senate members from around the world, and a mage. The north american senate fears if anyone gets their hands on the rune, that they can use it to influence the placement for their new members, since they are short four members. This becomes a big concern when Ming de won the auction. But…she never received the prize. From this point on, Dory is on a goose chase to track down the ruin for her friend, and to keep it out of vampire hands. But bodies start turning up, and it looks like someone is one step ahead of her, throwing out false leads and dead ends. This novel is a great example of why i love Karen chance’s writing. There is never a dull moment!
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Once Dory arrives back home, she finds a dragon stuck in the hallway. After an exchange or words, we learn there has been a misunderstanding, and the dragon is actually Claire, Dory’s best friend, and occasional roommate. It seems her other half (the part of her that is fey), is in adolescence, and she is having trouble controlling her transformation into the dragon.
After the misunderstanding, we learn Claire’s son (who is now 9 months old, thanks to the wonky timeline in faerie) Aiden is under attack by other fey wanting the coveted role as successor to the throne. To protect him, Claire petitioned for him to gain the fey protection ruin early, the Naudiz ruin. This makes him impossible to kill, and is usually given to successors who reach one year of age. But the Rune has been stolen!
Once the rune was stolen, and taken out of Faerie, it was put up for sale in a private auction. A very private auction, comprised mostly of vampire senate members from around the world, and a mage. The north american senate fears if anyone gets their hands on the rune, that they can use it to influence the placement for their new members, since they are short four members. This becomes a big concern when Ming de won the auction. But…she never received the prize. From this point on, Dory is on a goose chase to track down the ruin for her friend, and to keep it out of vampire hands. But bodies start turning up, and it looks like someone is one step ahead of her, throwing out false leads and dead ends. This novel is a great example of why i love Karen chance’s writing. There is never a dull moment!
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kathydavie's review against another edition
4.0
Dorina is one kick-ass girl! A little too inclined to act without thinking but loyal to her friends. At this point, Mircea has Cassie "under his thumb" and the ley-line races are underway (just to bring it in line with the Cassie Palmer series).
Claire has fled Faerie with her 9-month old son after a series of assassination attempts and the loss of a royal family rune which would have protected her son from death. She takes refuge in her old home with Dorina who combines looking for the royal rune with a simple job for Mircea. Only, as usual, Mircea hasn't told her anything about why he really wants this job accomplished.
And it is a mess...politically, murderously, guilt-ridden, and full of revelations for Dorina.
Fascinating range of characters with a torturous political path to be twined. It's amazingly violent and homey all at the same time...
Claire has fled Faerie with her 9-month old son after a series of assassination attempts and the loss of a royal family rune which would have protected her son from death. She takes refuge in her old home with Dorina who combines looking for the royal rune with a simple job for Mircea. Only, as usual, Mircea hasn't told her anything about why he really wants this job accomplished.
And it is a mess...politically, murderously, guilt-ridden, and full of revelations for Dorina.
Fascinating range of characters with a torturous political path to be twined. It's amazingly violent and homey all at the same time...
patchworkbunny's review against another edition
3.0
I find Claire a bit of an uninspring character and easily find myself getting a bit bored of Fey polictics. However, Dorina spends a large portion of this book running around New York with a decapitated vampire in tow. I was not expecting to laugh so much!
melby223's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
tessisreading2's review against another edition
3.0
Fun, fast-paced urban fantasy; a little too much sexualized violence for my taste, but that problem is endemic to the subgenre from this era and Dory is very far from helpless, so at least there's that. The endgame was pretty obvious but it was fun regardless.
claire_loves_books's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed Death's Mistress for the most part but I felt there were to many interlinked plots that got confusing as I tried to keep track of all the different characters, I did really enjoy the plot twists and turns but I just felt there was one too many plot lines. I also felt like the action scenes were a bit ridiculous.
Saying that the characters were great especially some of the new ones and I loved Ray- he's hilarious.
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And I felt like Mircea's relationship with Dory's mum didn't really fit with what we knew so far- i.e him abandoning her.Saying that the characters were great especially some of the new ones and I loved Ray- he's hilarious.