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Blood From Stone (2009)

by Laura Anne Gilman(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0373802978 (ISBN13: 9780373802975)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Luna

series

Retrievers

review 1: This is more like 4 and a half stars. I liked this book more than I liked the last two Retriever books. This one was just about Wren, Sergei, and P.B., instead of all the extra characters/conspiracies/etc. Not that I didn't enjoy those books, I just liked this story about the core characters even more. I know Gilman is taking a break from Wren for awhile to write more about Bonnie and the PUPIs, and I like them too, but I hope we see more of Wren, Sergei, and P.B. soon!
review 2: I thought this was a decent end to the series. (This is not a spoiler -- Gilman notes on the first page that she's done with these characters for a while, and is moving on to a new series starring Bonnie). It gave me the weird impression that she wasn't done with them until about 3/4... more way through the book, and then hastily wrapped everything up. Other than that, though, it was a fairly satisfying conclusion.Now that Wren and P.B. have discovered their bond, and the truth about demons, they find that other people are aware of that same truth, and after the secret of how demons are created. P.B.'s life and freedom are threatened, and Wren and Sergei try to both find the papers that hold the secret and protect P.B. at the same time. In the meantime, Wren struggles with a bit of a midlife crisis, as her building goes up for sale, she Retrieves a small Talented child, and her old master (Neezer) begins to resurface, all while she's trying to repair her relationship with Sergei.The P.B. story is wrapped up nicely, but some of the other stuff is left hanging -- I would have liked another hundred pages or so on where her life was going next. But maybe that'll all be wrapped up in the Bonnie books, since Bonnie will also have to deal with the building being sold.And my favorite minor plot, the unhelpful Seer, gets another cameo (or, well, her cookies do.) :) less

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