Hello to all!
i hope you have a better weather than us because here it's so cold ( and rain...) ....oki an excellent time to stay near the fire with a good book and a cup of tea but sadly it's not on my list for today, the special event at the roleplaying club is only a few hours away so we must do the shopping, finish decorating and a lot of other details ^^ busy day.
Busy yes.. enough that i don't participate in Brenda's event
The Ghoulishly Good Monster Mash Mix up? No ^^ and today is about dragon so it will the next thing i do... but first like promised i continue to share with you my october reading discoveries....and Brenda planned well because this book does have dragons too so...
Happy reading!
Publisher: DAW
Publication: 2013
ISBN: 0756407923
Genre: urban fantasy
Violence: strong
Language: normal
sex: mild
Public: 18+
Source: won (thanks Brenda!!!)
Cryptid,
noun:
1. Any creature whose existence has been
suggested but not proven scientifically. Term officially coined by
cryptozoologist John E. Wall in 1983.
2. That thing that's getting ready to eat your
head.
3. See also: "monster."
The Price family has spent generations studying
the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity--and humanity
from them. Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a
cryptozoologist, she'd rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and when
her work with the cryptid community took her to Manhattan, she thought she
would finally be free to pursue competition-level dance in earnest. It didn't
quite work out that way...
But now, with the snake cult that was killing
virgins all over Manhattan finally taken care of, Verity is ready to settle
down for some serious ballroom dancing—until her on-again, off-again,
semi-boyfriend Dominic De Luca, a member of the monster-hunting Covenant of St.
George, informs her that the Covenant is on their way to assess the city's
readiness for a cryptid purge. With everything and everyone she loves on the
line, there's no way Verity can take that lying down.
Alliances will be tested, allies will be
questioned, lives will be lost, and the talking mice in Verity's apartment will
immortalize everything as holy writ--assuming there's anyone left standing when
all is said and done. It's a midnight blue-light special, and the sale of the
day is on betrayal, deceit...and carnage.
My opinion:
After reading Discount Armageddon, I couldn’t wait to get more of Verity
and Dominic as well as the Aeslin Mice.
If I could have rushed my precedent reads to get to this one earlier I
would have done it but it’s not my style so I had to be patient and it was more
than, worth it! I really enjoyed this book, I’m not giving it an higher score
though and I can’t really tell you what I found missing even if I will try .
So first this story takes place some
weeks after the events in book 1 and Dominic and Verity are still not sure
where they stand together. Trust isn’t completely there but they do have a sort
of relationship. Dominic isn’t trusted by the cryptids but he does prove to be
concerned for some and trying to adapt to Verity’s company which can be really
confusing, not every one would be comfortable with speaking mice or a telepath
you can’t remember.
He has reason to be perturbed by all
this new knowledge since it’s the completely opposite of how he was raised but
he is trying for the sake of Verity and she is not making things easy for him.
To be honest I really enjoyed how his personality was constructed because a
sudden change wouldn’t feel right and how the author managed to make him sound
is just the right one. I love him, he is so human and trying to do things right
I couldn’t be angry with him for his hesitations and doubts.
Verity is also trying to adjust to
having someone other than family to trust and she is really difficult about it,
she keeps fighting Dominic and trying to put him ill at ease. I had a little
difficulty to understand that since she was the one to make the relationship
move to the next level and I don’t like the idea she could make love to him
without any trust or love soothe fact that after she acts like it’s nothing
bothered me. At the first occasion she
doubt him. She is at a time of her life when she must decide what really counts
for her and that’s her primary focus and as often if facing adversary that you
can really discover yourself and what is important for you. I enjoyed seeing
her determined, trying to help the majority and how she was persevering the
torture was really interesting. She isn’t a super woman, yes she had a special
training, yes she has some abilities but no super powers at the end she is still a
young woman who doesn’t like suffering, who can be terrified… so human but it’s
her humanity that make her want to fight for the cryptid population despite the
risk, she could flee but she stays and do what she believe in even if it means
sacrificing herself, and not without thinking about other solution. She isn’t a
coward, she wants to life but she can see farther than herself and it’s what
makes her a Heroine. ..; at that time I was really admiring her.
Another part that interested me was the
way the cryptid community acted after learning the danger….it was so natural in
a sense some afraid run away some want to fight to protect what is their. It
was something I could understand perfectly and I loved to see some wanting to
stay and trust Verity… I mean they have some doubt about her because she is a
Price but they can admit what she has done for them and trust her when
necessary. Kitty is a good example at a time she sound like against Verity at
all, selfish to the worst levels but she is the one taking a stand to protect
the community and offer refuge, helping in negotiations and such. It’s when
facing difficulties that you discover your true friends and allies…. And here
it’s really a good example. Istas and Ryan as well as the dragons are there,
some with a little persuasion but there are there.
We also see more member of the Price family
and learn about their history, I can tell you I was probably more disappointed
with that part ^^, her parents send to Verity uncle Mike as backup but the way
he nearly gave up at a time had me frustrated and angry. He should have been
the one to believe ion verity but no. Sarah did all the work and for a normally
peaceful character it was really something.
I
still enjoyed as much as before the little advices or proverb from Verity‘s
ancestry, there are ringing so well^^ and never miss to make me smile, like the
way Seanan McGuire at the beginning of each chapter put in bold the place where
the action takes place…it could seem to be a detail but can’t recommend enough
to pay attention to them.
The romance is there and not just in a
few pages, action is gripping and non
stop so you are really left wanting to keep reading until the last page but perhaps what make me sad is that you feel
it’s the last book on Verity adventures. I don’t mean she will never appear
again in the series but the next two book will focus on her brother not her
and I wanted more, a lot more of Verity
and Dominic and the mice ( as well as Sarah of course).. it’s hard to explain
without giving too much info… there is a ending, a happy one but it’s kind of
an open ending set in a proper place yes just I wanted more ^^;; I can only
hope we get what happen after last page in a novella because it could be so fun
that I don’t want to miss that^^
In resume, it an excellent book full of
humour, tension and romance, that will catch you in the story and not to let
you go until you have finished it. I enjoyed it a lot, I even loved it but it
could have been even better I think ( how I absolutely can’t tell^^;;) and I
will read the rest of the series hoping for more Verity ( and I can’t wait to
meet Antimony^^) a must read if you love urban fantasy with humour and original
creatures
Score: 4/5
Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and
no compensation was received in exchange for this review
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