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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The welcome return of Joanne Walker/ Siobhain Walkingstick!
The welcome return of Joanne Walker/ Siobhain Walkingstick!
This sequel takes place three months after the first book, apparently there was a mini story released in between that centres on an encounter with a banshee, but I haven't read that story and did find the references to that encounter confusing. That being said, I enjoyed this book as much as I did the first.
Some of Joanne's dabblings in the spirit world (as she fought to save the world) from the last book have caused repercussions for Seattle and now she has to learn how to embrace her powers to fix the problem that she has accidentally helped create.It doesn't get any easier for her as her guide Coyote has gone missing and strangers appear to offer to help her ..but can she trust them?
She is introduced to a coven of witches who also say they want to help her, but without Coyote's advice Joanne is reluctant to trust her own instincts, but she knows that she must embrace her role as Shaman if she is to prevent more lives from being lost as the body count around her begins to rise.
The supporting cast in these books are part of the pleasure of the series for me, the ever wonderful Gary, Det Billy Holliday and his wife Mel, Thor the mechanic, and not forgetting the exasperated Police Chief, Morrison. The interaction between all the characters is very natural, you really get a good feel for them. I'm pleased to see that there are more books in this series to come as I'd like to know more about Joanne's back story, and if she and Morrison will ever wake up to the feelings they seem to have for each other!
The welcome return of Joanne Walker/ Siobhain Walkingstick!
This sequel takes place three months after the first book, apparently there was a mini story released in between that centres on an encounter with a banshee, but I haven't read that story and did find the references to that encounter confusing. That being said, I enjoyed this book as much as I did the first.
Some of Joanne's dabblings in the spirit world (as she fought to save the world) from the last book have caused repercussions for Seattle and now she has to learn how to embrace her powers to fix the problem that she has accidentally helped create.It doesn't get any easier for her as her guide Coyote has gone missing and strangers appear to offer to help her ..but can she trust them?
She is introduced to a coven of witches who also say they want to help her, but without Coyote's advice Joanne is reluctant to trust her own instincts, but she knows that she must embrace her role as Shaman if she is to prevent more lives from being lost as the body count around her begins to rise.
The supporting cast in these books are part of the pleasure of the series for me, the ever wonderful Gary, Det Billy Holliday and his wife Mel, Thor the mechanic, and not forgetting the exasperated Police Chief, Morrison. The interaction between all the characters is very natural, you really get a good feel for them. I'm pleased to see that there are more books in this series to come as I'd like to know more about Joanne's back story, and if she and Morrison will ever wake up to the feelings they seem to have for each other!
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have to confess to finding this a slightly disappointing entry to the series after the strong start of book one: Urban shaman. Essentially, the main problem for me was that for the first three quarters of this book, there just wasn't enough going on. I didn't feel engaged in the mystery element of the story which is unusual for me because I'm normally keen to pick up on any clues left for the reader and often (sometimes annoyingly) work out who the "bad guy" is way ahead of the big reveal. But in this case, when there was a big ta-da! moment, I was completely taken by surprise, but I think this was more to do with there not actually being any breadcrumbs left for me to follow prior to this than me just not observing them. I hadn't been looking in that direction for anything untoward. So on the one hand it was nice to be surprised for a changed, but on the other hand, my inner smug know-it-all missed out on being able to say "Ha! I knew it!"
Joanne also spent a large portion of the book bemoaning her new shamanic abilities or wishing them away altogether, which I found very contradictory to the way she'd accepted them without question in book one. What she really needs is to learn how to properly use her abilities instead of just bumbling around, but unfortunately, her spirit guide and mentor, Coyote, was noticeably absent for most of the book. Something Joanne barely seemed to register.
I did, on the plus side, really enjoy seeing more of the great characters I had met in book one. For me- at this point in the series, anyway- the best thing about this series is the strong characterization. Her secondary characters are really well written and I'm developing a big old soft spot for a couple of them in particular. And Joanne herself is growing on me as well. Aside the girlie whining about her magic in this book (which I hope was simply added to show character growth later on and that I won't have to suffer too much more of in subsequent books), she is mostly a cool and collect, dry-humoured kind of gal, and I love her tom-boy nature and her deep love for her car, Petite. She's also taken up fencing (she might as well since she stole an immortal warrior's sword, right?) so I'm hoping this means she'll become even more of a badass without her magic, as she is with it.
The last quarter of the book was very exciting, although it can get very confusing at times when Joanne is out of her body or on another plane of existence. I'll confess to only just barely following what was going on during these end scenes, but they were fascinating nonetheless. I'm hoping as the series progresses I'll be able to wrap my tiny brain around the different realities Joanne can exist in and it will all make way more sense to me.
Here's hoping!
Joanne also spent a large portion of the book bemoaning her new shamanic abilities or wishing them away altogether, which I found very contradictory to the way she'd accepted them without question in book one. What she really needs is to learn how to properly use her abilities instead of just bumbling around, but unfortunately, her spirit guide and mentor, Coyote, was noticeably absent for most of the book. Something Joanne barely seemed to register.
I did, on the plus side, really enjoy seeing more of the great characters I had met in book one. For me- at this point in the series, anyway- the best thing about this series is the strong characterization. Her secondary characters are really well written and I'm developing a big old soft spot for a couple of them in particular. And Joanne herself is growing on me as well. Aside the girlie whining about her magic in this book (which I hope was simply added to show character growth later on and that I won't have to suffer too much more of in subsequent books), she is mostly a cool and collect, dry-humoured kind of gal, and I love her tom-boy nature and her deep love for her car, Petite. She's also taken up fencing (she might as well since she stole an immortal warrior's sword, right?) so I'm hoping this means she'll become even more of a badass without her magic, as she is with it.
The last quarter of the book was very exciting, although it can get very confusing at times when Joanne is out of her body or on another plane of existence. I'll confess to only just barely following what was going on during these end scenes, but they were fascinating nonetheless. I'm hoping as the series progresses I'll be able to wrap my tiny brain around the different realities Joanne can exist in and it will all make way more sense to me.
Here's hoping!
15 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's really hard to know what to say about this book that won't spoiler the plot. It's edge-of-the-seat stuff: the tension builds with awful inevitability towards the ten-car pile-up of a denouement. You're riding in the eleventh car; do you crash and burn? Does Jo destroy the world (or at least Seattle) even as she is trying to learn to use her shamanic gift to heal it? I'm not going to tell you. Because I'm mean. So buy it.
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