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Spirit Dances (Luna) (2013)

by C.E. Murphy(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

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Romance

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Luna

series

Walker Papers

review 1: This is the sixth book in the Walker Papers series. I need to go back and start at the beginning, although the author did explain what was happening, if you have not read the other books. Joanne Walker is a Irish/Cherokee shaman. Something happened to her and she got a lot of power. She is also a homicide cop. She and her partner Billy, who sees ghosts, got called out on a domestic and Walker had to shoot the wife before she hit Billy in the head with a baseball bat with a nail in it. Then Walker tried to heal the woman and her magic did not work. It really bothered her that she had to shoot the woman but she did not kill her.She received some tickets to an Indian dance performance from a woman whose life she saved. When she told her captain about the tickets he invited hi... moremself to use the extra. Apparently, he has a thing for her - that's is part of the reason I need to start from the beginning....something happens at the performance and even though Walker is suspended from duty she needs to investigate this mystery!This is a very good book. I know I will enjoy this series.
review 2: Spirit Dances (The Walker Papers #6) By C.E. Murphy Joanne is getting used to her Shaman powers and taking the lead more and more – though she still has plenty to learn and some surprising ambushes, especially on when her “warrior path” will or will not permit violence. Usually not. Her plate is full this book – a domestic violence case that puts her in a very conflicted position, a Native American dance troop being preyed on metaphysically, her boss becoming a wolf and a series of dead and missing homeless people all vie for her attention. And at least some of it is linked to the dark thing that has been stirring in the books for so long. And on top of that, her relationship with Morrison finally breaks that barrier – after so much denial and awkwardness, who knows where it will lead? I found the plot interesting in a different way than I usually find the plot of this series interesting – they’re always fun detective stories with lots of magic and interesting twists that always end with a surprise – always. Not that all of that didn’t apply here – we had an excellent detective story that was immense fun – and an ending that was completely unexpected. I can’t really comment more beyond lots of positive there, the plot was fun, interesting, character driven and with a twist end – classic Walker Papersreally. If you liked the plots of the previous books, you’ll like this one No, the difference was the amount of things that were brought in from the past – like Cyrano and Rita and Thunderbird Falls – into this book. Previously, each book had felt at least semi-standalone, this book was still fairly stand alone but had a lot more connections to previous events in the series. In addition, the plot was much more directly related to the lurking big bad. I feel the series is shifting more towards the meta, I am intrigued Early in the series I had a problem with the metaphysical descriptions completely overwhelming the plot and leaving me lost confused and with a pretty massive headache. That’s nearly entirely gone – but there are still moments of confusion, especially when the metaphysical is involved in one of the fight or action scenes. There are moments towards the end of the book, at the wickerman, where I became rather hopelessly lost in magic and memory and completely lost track of the actual fight that was happening. I think more than the plot, the main strength of this book is Joanne’s character development. She is reaching a new plateau in her power, settling into her role and into her relationships – both with her friends and finally, oh finally, with Morrison. They are just so awfully awkward and clumsy and fumbling together that they just had to get together. It has been on the cards for so long now and it’s excellent to see them finally pass that barrier. Even if the book didn’t have Gary in it. One of the elements I love about this series is how Joanna has evolved as a character. I’ve complained before how Joanne seems to spend a lot of her time desperately trying to fix the messes she has made. And yes, she makes mistakes in this book and they cost her, she also acknowledges the mistakes she’s made. But she also has an epic scene where she stares down Coyote – big Coyote not Cyrano - and makes it clear if he doesn’t like the job she’s doing he can take the power off her and have done with it because she’s doing the best she can with the limited experience and knowledge at her disposal. Read More less

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Zara

Can I get an AMEN?!? About flippin time that the story got back on track and where it should have been for awhile..In this book we are finally getting what the readers have wanted all along. Joanne has a date with Morrison to the theater. Mind you it's to see a Native American dance that goes terribly wonky. Turns her somewhat into a Coyote and a dancer ends up getting killed on stage. But hey that's just another day in the life of super shaman Joanne Walker!The novel moves at a super fast pace that is very coherently put together. In the last few novels I found myself being overloaded with information that I just had a problem deciphering. However this book finally grasps the fact that not every reader knows about Shamanistic rituals and such, so is much, much easier to follow.Lots of the same great character's you have come to love, with the story culminating in a very unforeseen way that sets up the next book perfectly.5 stars all the way!

Cierra

This sixth book in the Walker Papers series. This novel follows Jo through some new challenges as she faces another bad guy. Her powers continue to expand, and she gets more comfortable with both acting on them and talking about it. Coyote is away leaving Jo to deal with issues on her own again. Morrison features more heavily in this story line including a pseudo date between he and Jo. Still well worth the read for fans of the series.

Charlie_leighg

well, the end got me hooked, i was a bit meh through the middle tho...

delin

(y) liked it alot.

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