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Frost Moon (2010)

by Anthony Francis(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0984325689 (ISBN13: 9780984325689)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Bell Bridge Books

series

Skindancer

review 1: I have had this book forever to read and just finally got around to listening to it on audiobook. This is the first of three books (so far) in the Skindancer series. It was a well done urban fantasy that I enjoyed.�As mentioned above I listened to this on audiobook and it was very well done. The narrator does an excellent job with character voices and conveys emotion well. It’s definitely one I would recommend listening to if you like audiobooks.Dakota Frost is a magical tattoo artist and a Skindancer. She gets called into a case as a consultant to consult on a series of serial murders involving magical tattoos. Right around the same time a werewolf commissions her to make him a special binding tattoo to help contain his were side. The two separate events start ... moreto converge and Dakota begins to find she may have bitten off more than she can handle.This was a well done urban fantasy. I really loved the magical tattoo system here, it is very unique. I also loved the idea behind Skindancers. Dakota is still just starting to understand her power as a Skindancer. Still I loved what we have seen so far. Dakota can do some pretty unique things as a Skindancer, but she is not invincible and has to work with her limitations too.As with many urban fantasies there are werewolves, shapeshifters, and vampires. Dakota also gets involved with taking care of a young Beastkin, this reminded me a bit of the Beastkin in the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. The description throughout this book was very well done. The imagery behind the Skindancing scenes made them easy to picture and were very magical to read about. Some of these scenes really come alive for the reader.Outside of the awesome tattoo magic, there wasn't a ton here to set this book apart from other urban fantasies out there, but I did enjoy it and thought it was a fun read. The story stops at a good place and doesn’t leave you with any major cliffhangers.Overall I thought this was a solid urban fantasy and a fun read. I will definitely be checking out the second book in the series. I would recommend to those who love urban fantasy, especially to those who are interested in unique magic systems.
review 2: I really liked the sound of the plot. Although I have no personal interest in tattoos, I liked the idea of making magical tattoos and thought it made add something different to the urban fantasy story. It turned out to be fairly interesting especially when compared to other elements of the book.The plot was my issue in several ways. Right from the start I was not enjoying it. This book did not feel like the urban fantasy that it advertised itself to be. I was getting the feeling that the author had decided to take the word 'fantasy' to mean he was to include every single female fantasy that he might have which is why we were being bombarded by the stuff. I felt as if I was reading bondage style erotica instead of urban fantasy and had I known about this content, I would not have bought it in the first place. It just doesn't interest me. Neither does the fact that everyone who meets Dakota wants to jump her bones. This is such a boring and over-used plot device and it gets on my nerves.Dakota having the ex-girlfriend didn't bother me as I don't care what race, religion or sexuality my MCs are, as long as they are well written and interesting, and we get a good plot. But that did not happen. Dakota herself was ok as a MC, but it was the introduction of the domination and all that stuff that I have no interest in reading about. Lady Saffron and all her ideas for fun were not what I was expecting-there was NOTHING in the blurb to suggest the paths that this book wandered down and that pisses me off. The author, in my opinion, should be clear on the subject matter in his books to let people make an informed choice about whether to read it or not. I felt pretty cheated by this omission, if I'm honest.The plot also has a lot of things that are just not interesting and don't add to the plot. Another reviewer commented that nobody really seemed interested in looking for this serial killer and I agreed with that. Perhaps the author forgot about it for a while in the erotica frenzy or something. The sexual content and comments seemed there to shock the reader or to be sexually contraversial in some way. For me, it was just ten shades of boring dross that made me want to make the book into a functional lampshade or something. It would have been great to get through a whole chapter without people leering at Dakota, making offensive comments and suggestions about what she should do to herself or have people indulging in crude, lewd crap all around her. And Dakota herself behaves just as badly so all liking for her rapidly went out the window. Lets just say her brain morphs into the slutty version of Anita Blake very quickly, and leave it like that.So if Christian lesbians behaving badly is not your scene, avoid this book. Actually, if you don't like weird erotica, avoid this book. I certainly won't waste money on this guy's books again. less

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