Amber Benson is letting us back into the weird world of Calliope Reaper-Jones in the second book of the Death's Daughter series, "Cat's Claw".
This one promises to be very interesting. The first book dealt with the disappearance of her father, The Grim Reaper. In this one Callie needs pay back the debts she amassed doing it.
Here is the Amazon link, http://www.amazon.com/Cats-Claw-Amber-Benson/dp/0441018432/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_3
As I mentioned yesterday the next book Hollows Series by Kim Harrison is also out. The new book, Black Magic Sanction, has Rachel doing what Rachel does best; getting into trouble WAY over her head. Like Callie, I didn't like Rachel at first. I thought she was, well, stupid. She did things all the time that got her into trouble. But soon I figured out that Rachel isn't stupid. She is impulsive and being drawn into plots she would rather not have to deal with herself. Like Calli, Rachel has powers and that doesn't mean she knows what she needs to do with them. Rachel can be a total flake, but it works for her and now I love this character.
The Amazon link, http://www.amazon.com/Black-Magic-Sanction-Rachel-Morgan/dp/0061138037/ref=pd_sim_b_1
Both books are fun reads with interesting and engaging heroines. I am going to try to get both books today. I like to support authors when I can during their first week of release.
I'm iffy on the new Amber Benson. I bought the first novel because, well, like a lot of Buffy fans I had (have) a Tara crush.
ReplyDeleteI just couldn't get into though. I'm not sure why but it just didn't click.
That said, I haven't started Kim Harrison's series although everyone pushes it. Maybe it's time to.
I get that. There are something about the first book I didn't like either, but later I "got it" and it was enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteKim Harrison is great. I have read all her Hollows books so far, so I am looking forward to this one.