Pub Date: July 27, 2010
Pages: 361
ISBN: 9780061783166
Color me surprised, but I didn't expect to like this one. Mencheres has always seemed--well--old every time he appeared in the Cat and Bones series. But since we've only seen him described from Cat's point of view, it stands to reason that there might be more to him than meets the eye.
And he is ancient. No doubt about that. Scary, too.
But Frost was able to not only counter my preconceived notions of how he would act and what he would do--she made me love him more than just a little bit.
As with the previous book in the "Night Huntress World," this one is told in the 3rd person--instead of the 1st person narration found in the Cat and Bones stories.
What made this one work a bit better for me than the Spade's book (although I enjoyed that one, too) was the fact that this is not a damsel in distress story. Not really. This book is about Mencheres. His past, present, and future. And about his realization that even after thousands of years, life can still surprise him.
We get a few cameos from other characters, but they remain firmly on the sidelines of the story. And I adored the heroine, Kira. She's just an incredibly solid person who had some bad things happen to her both personally and professionally. But she doesn't whine about it. She learns from it and moves on. Even her borderline TSTL moves that endangers her life make moral sense for her. She just doesn't have the information she needs to avoid getting into trouble.
My Grade: A-
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