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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780441005345
ISBN number: 0441005349
Label: Ace
Manufacturer: Ace
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: June 01, 1998
Publishing house: Ace
Sale Popularity Level: 10866
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Sorceress. Lady. Mistress. Thief. Just call her an overachiever.
To survive, Sham has spent most of her young life stealing from Southwood’s nobility. Now, as the city’s nobles fall prey to a killer, Sham is called on to help—and must use all of her magical wisdom to send the demon away.
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I am a Kim Harrison and Charlaine Harris fan, who does not usually like fantasy/supernatural fiction involving magic, wizards or mages. However, this book was delightful. This is the second Patricia Briggs book I have read and I truly enjoyed it. It had just the right amount of action, romance, and humor, without going overboard with the sex or violence scenes. She has a great variety of supernatural races and a very likable character in Sham.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I can't believe this is the end of the book! It has so much potential for a sequel, or maybe even a triology! There were characters to explore, relationships to develop and more demons to vanquish! I loved how briggs was able to develop a relationship between the Reeve and Shamera without concentrating the book on it and how deeply she delved into the world. It amazes me how detailed she could write about this subject because it's so difficult to bring a world to reality out of thin air. However, the explanations did get a big complicated sometimes and I did get lost, but that's my only concern about it. It was a great book and I NEED A SEQUEL! I really hope she considers it!! :D
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This is an atypical fantasy novel of spys. The heroine is working for what is technically the enemy. Shamera is a native of Southwood who is asked to spy for the occupational force. Or one faction of it. The current leader of Southwood (Lord Kerrim) is doing his best to improve the conditions for everyone, native and occupier. However, the court in general does not seem to like this idea. There are plenty of options as to who is cursing - and killing - Lord Kerrim. Of course, very first Shamera must figure out there is a curse at all.
As with all of the authors books (so far) the emphasis is firmly on character, and the character drives the plot, rather than the other way around. You can watch additudes change and mutate, and conclusions are reached in a seemingly logical fashion.
The world is built from the inside out, so that if you accept the mundane, it is easy then to accept the fantastic, as it ties into what is known.
Reccomended for anyone serching for a little escapism.
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Evil lurks in the halls of the castle, and the Reeve is finally convinced to seek someone with magical powers to find it. Sham turns out to be more then what the Reeve bargins for - masquerading as his mistress, she battles the creature (and the Reeve's mother, who seems infinitely more frightening).
Usually, I dislike overt romance in my sci-fi/fantasy, but Patricia Briggs does an excellent job with this book, making it fun, and interesting, but doesn't read like a bad Harlequin novel set in a fantasy setting.
Definitely "girly" fantasy, but guys with a hidden streak of romance in them, will fall in love with Sham as well.
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Hm, I'm a bit embarrassed. I mean here we have a book which is basically a romance, mixed with some mystery elements and set in a fantasy landscape (you can't get much lighter) and yet I liked it. I liked it so much, I gave it four stars.
The heroine is flashy and sassy, the hero well muscled and and has the famous soft spot under a crusty exterior. Their dialogues are fast paced and witty, the plot flows along nicely and never drags. The world (same as in STEAL THE DRAGON) could have had some potential if it hadn't been neglected so badly (Sham and Kerim need some place to hold their witty dialogues after all). Fortunatelly the novel was revised before being republished in Aug 05, causing a definite improvement of style and story line.
Cliche works, this novel stands prove.
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