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Esprits Impurs (2012)

by M.L.N. Hanover(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

2811206566 (ISBN13: 9782811206567)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Milady

series

The Black Sun's Daughter

review 1: Poor story line, very slow beginning, unengaging characters, and racism. I normally can read a book of the length of Unclean Spirits in one day or two. I had to start the book three times, hoping it was just the first chapter that was bad. I put the book down after reading “You aren't Jewish or Muslim or anything fucked up like that, are you?” There is unfortunately enough racism and intolerance in the world, so I don’t need to read about it from characters who are supposedly the good guys. I also don’t think that a protagonist who suddenly becomes super wealthy and has mad martial arts skills without working hard for either is somebody to look up to.
review 2: Daniel Abraham takes on the girl demon-hunter genre and does so brilliantly. I have just fini... moreshed reading a lot of reviews from people who were justifiably offended by the behavior of some of the characters, but, honestly, hang in there with this one. If you think a character is being a jerk, there's a reason for his/her/its behavior. Not a justification or a denial of that person's fundamental nature, but a reason. Mostly, in my experience, it's a wonderful "tell" that the person is someone other than who he/she/it seems to be.The subtle, nuanced understanding of human nature that characterizes Abraham's other works (the Dragon's Path series, the Expanse series with Ty Franck and, of course, The Long Price Quartet) find their way into this series disguised as the typical sexy action female-empowerment fantasy that pervades this genre. Jayne is surrounded by stunning men who find her uniquely attractive. She has secret abilities that only come to the fore once she's escaped her repressive environment. She's abruptly super-rich thanks to her mysterious benefactor: a savior from her past.This premise is the sort of thing that makes me throw a book against the wall. What Daniel Abraham does is to turn the whole premise on its head. Jayne does the whole stupid uber-shopping thing that shows up in this genre but then donates everything to charity. The most interesting of the male characters actually DOESN'T find her attractive at all. She does sleep with the second-best choice, but it turns out that he's kind of a loser. The mysterious benefactor: well, I won't spoil it for you. Through all of that, I liked Jayne more with every page. Not because she was perfect and powerful and had a clear character development arc that I could predict in my sleep. But because she didn't have any of that and kept going anyway. less

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elyse

I really dug this book, and I can't quite put my finger on why. First off, its written by a guy whose previous work is more Sword and Sorcery type epic fantasy (haven't read anything else by Daniel Abraham aka MLN Hanover, but its definitely on my to read asap list after this one!), and as far as world-building premises go.... well... this is way simpler than 90% of the urban paranormal fantasy fare I've read in the past. I'm thinking its more believable because of the simplicity, somehow. This rather short novel reads like a 450 page walloper and was reminiscent of Jim Butcher or Kevin Hearne. I was stunned upon finishing to realize it had all that going on in well under 200 pages. I typically feel a bit cheated with the shorter paranormal fare... as if they were edited too severely to their detriment, and I'd have been happier with much more 'meat' and backstory. But somehow this book reads much beefier than it is. I loved the mythology and multi-ethnic spirituality woven throughout. It didn't strike me as the least bit contrived or forced. Honestly, if I were to imagine a completely believable 'real-world' scenario where all the things that go bump in the night actually prowl around in the shadows, this book pretty much nails it. I can't wait to see what comes next in the series, and I'm dying to see the Jayne' character, who I found amazingly well-drawn by a male author, btw, discover more about her hidden history and potential (... not to mention her much foreshadowed but not yet explained mystery tattoo).

Susy

I needed a really good book, and got an okay book. Not terrible, the writing is good, but the story and character development were a little disjointed. As a result I never got fully emotionally invested. I was also left frustrated by the title mentioning the Black Sun's daughter, but the book never explained the Black Sun or why having a daughter might be important. Therefore, I am disinclined to read any more in the series at this point.

toluwalasesolanke

waste of my time

taylah

Enjoyable read

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