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Steel Rose (Paperback)

by Kara Dalkey (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: RoC; First THUS edition (29 Oct 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0451456394
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451456397
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,784,529 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A performance artist with magical powers battles two warring bands of elves who each want to take over the city of Pittsburgh.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Why did the author have to change her style?, 28 Dec 1998
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I dreaded the contemporary fantasy setting, the supposed now-days teenage antics were so unrealistic, and too wild to believe it happened at all. This is the fiction of fiction, the characters were unbelieveabley fake.

Kara Dalkey is one of my favorite fantasy authors, but this book just totally turned me off, this is the worst book she's ever written. Hard core fantasy lovers, this is not your book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent contemporary fantasy; Great read!, 26 Oct 1998
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My favorite way to pick out a book to buy at the bookstore is to peruse the SF/Fantasy writers, and pick out a random book written by a female writer. _Steel Rose_ was one of those picks, and I must say I was more than pleasantly surprised.

TJ is not a traditional weak-kneed heroine, or a bodybuilding monolith Amazon (heh heh), just an average, everyday performing artist (who happens to have inherited latent magical powers) struggling to get her break. As a sometime- actress msyelf, I was able to sympathize with TJ's problems more than a little. As a character, I felt she was extremely well-rounded and thought out-- she had this reserve of almost invisible strength within her.

I must admit I was a bit put off by Dalkey's writing style at first, but I soon warmed up to the idea--it was so refreshing to read a fantasy novel that is written like ordinary conversation--not written in "high language". I also loved the miniature tour of Pittsburgh.

All in all, I am very happy that fate led me to _Steel Rose_ -- and I am looking forward to reading Dalkey's other works as well.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book-very origional, 23 Mar 1998
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This book has a highly origional senario and plot, it is written very well, and aside from the magic and immortals involved, it is very REALISTIC! Also, in this book, there are no 'good guys' and no 'bad guys' there are just 2 different kinds of immortals that are at war with eachother at the cost of human existance (no, I'm not giving anything away, this is a variation of the blyrb). I couldn't put this book down, it was a real treat.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Fantasy
This is a contemporary fantasy at its best. With STEEL ROSE, Kara Dalkey has provided one of the most entertaining novels I've read this summer. Read more
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