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Queen Of Wands - Signed Limited Edition (2012)

by John Ringo(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1451638302 (ISBN13: 9781451638301)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Baen

series

Special Circumstances

review 1: "Queen of Wands" by John Ringo is book 2 of a 2 book series. It was a reasonable sequel to the "Princess of Wands" but it wasn't as good and I didn't think book 1 was all that good. Still... if you are a church-going Christian it might hold appeal. It is violent, however. Just so you know.The Story: Barbara Everette is a homemaker whose children are near-grown and has been recruited into a secret force hunting down bad spirits and she is trying to reconcile her Christian faith with much of the paganism she sees in her fellow spirit hunters. (Think, Ghostbusters or Men in Black but not funny at all.) Any problems? Aside from the violence, I resented the attempt to bridge the various religions. I though it trivialized the differences. Nevertheless, if one is to work with peo... moreple of different religions, some accommodation and tolerance (and frankly, looking the other way) is required. I'm not talking about that. This is a semi-religious organization she has joined and religious outlook becomes important to doing the job. I wasn't sold on the reasoning for bridging that gap.So... I might read the book again just to make sure I didn't make a mistake reviewing it. Sometimes I'm just in a bad mood, but the ending left a bog opening for a sequel and there was no sequel. That says something about the audience reception of this book. It didn't seem to work for others either. Too bad. It was a good idea. I would have liked to have seen it expanded upon.
review 2: The sequel to Princess of Wands was just as good as I had hoped. It had me laughing, it was fast paced, and it even gave the spotlight to other characters for a while. The ending went in a way different direction from what I had anticipated, which is good actually. However, it also set a much darker tone for the books to come. Not that it is much of a surprise given that Ringo seems to write best when it appears that basically everyone is screwed and there's no reason to really hope for anything at all good to happen. I am disappointed that I started reading the series so soon after it came out since that means waiting for the next book, but I can always re-read this one... less

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