false 277897 6 Necromance-for-hire Dante Valentine is choosy about her jobs. Hot-tempered and with nerves of steel, she can raise the dead like nobody’s business. But one rainy Monday morning, everything goes straight to Hell. <p>The Devil hires Dante to eliminate a renegade demon: Vardimal Santino. In return, he will let her live. It’s an offer she can’t refuse. <p> There’s just one catch. How do you kill something that can’t die? 269521 1 3 2006 Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine, #1) total:926|5:290|4:382|3:183|2:53|1:18| 926 3651 1428 118 3 5 false false Thu Jul 31 00:10:07 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 00:10:52 -0700 2008 Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
cause I'm in need of some restraint

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Dante Valentine is a Necromance(able to raise spirits of the dead and relate their final wishes) and a bounty hunter. She is contracted by The ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Jun 14 06:36:14 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 18:35:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Dec 08 16:10:19 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 04:33:34 -0800 2008
This story is about a necromance called Dante Valentine. She is...more...]]> 4 2 false true Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 05:32:48 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 04 03:02:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 13:40:38 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 13:57:06 -0800 2008 Living With The Dead while visiting my in-laws and wanted something new to read for the trip back. It was one of those books I always picked up, thought looked interesting, but never quite got around to reading- probably because it seemed like more of the sa...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 09:56:29 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 07:02:22 -0800 2008
Dante is a very strong female character, but she feels more real than other similar characters I've read (Anita...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 08:46:47 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 26 04:49:05 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 18:56:49 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 07:00:22 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 13:06:52 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 16 07:03:08 -0800 2007
The writing was also a little repetitive; for example, I found mysel...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 27 11:23:06 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 11:58:15 -0800 2008
Dante Valentine is really good at what she does. In fact, there are some that say she is the best necromance and bounty hunter in Saint City. Apparently the Devil thinks so too.

When Lucifer sends his personal assassin, Tierce Japhrimel, to fetch Dante ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 30 23:17:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 23:32:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 21:35:05 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 21:49:47 -0700 2009
Years ago, I read several novels for the RPG Shadowrun. Toward the end of them, and I only read five or six, I was sick of them. There was something about them I didn't like. I think it was the lack of continuity between the books and the fact tha...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Sep 18 23:27:25 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 23:28:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 22:06:37 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 15:51:15 -0700 2009
Several times I put this book down because the language was getting harder to jump over. But, I didn't get it out of the house fast enough, I guess because shortly I returned to it. The story was just that good and I needed to read it.

Being a sci fi n...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:57:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 19:51:23 -0700 2009
Dante Valentine is a Necromance in a somewhat alternate future, where Necromance is a respectable profession with a guild and a uniform. Supposedly Necromances earn their bread by identifying...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 08:48:30 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 08:52:04 -0800 2009
I think that all the things I didn't like about this book were also all things I did like about it, just on the flip side...

*This review may contain mild spoilers. I'll try to keep it at a minimum.*

The book starts with Dante, a necromance who can bring ba...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 06 18:53:39 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 01:46:51 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 18:53:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 09:16:29 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 09:22:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 21:06:58 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 21:23:48 -0800 2009 1 Working for the Devil is set in the future (you can tell, because they have flying cars), and...more...]]>