Books by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
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review 1: I really wanted to love this book based on advance reviews and descriptions from trusted sources. Historical Venice! A mysterious Vampire! Towers, assassins, a rebellious female main character! There were some great scenes, some intriguing characters, some great action sequences....
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review 1: The book was a great continuance of where the last book left off. I can't wait to read the third edition of the series. All I can say to Jon is that i have both thumbs up and I am a big fan of your books. To be honest i didn't even know about the Assassini books, and I haven't e...
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review 1: I thought this book was very good. The story moved along quickly, several times I had to force myself to put it down and go to sleep.It is historical fiction, of an alternate Venice in the beginning of the 15th century. There was soo much intrigue, between most of the main charac...
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review 1: Grimwood, who developed his style writing mean nasty cyberpunk thrillers, applies it to a mean nasty historical fantasy set in Venice in 1407. Assassins battle with werewolves over fleeing aristocratic brides-to-be, with the assassins coming off the worse, leaving the city of Ven...
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review 1: I drive between two and three hours every day, back and forth from Long Beach to LA, with my carpool/cousin/coworker. It's a LOT of time to spend in the car, and while my car doesn't have one of those nifty jacks that plug into an ipod, it *does* have a CD player. So what, I thou...
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review 1: I loved this book (as evidenced by the five-star rating). It's the kind of writing that gets under your skin and invades your dreams. Grimwood is masterful in his prose, and his worldbuilding is so intricate that I didn't realize until well into the trilogy that it was alternate ...