false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240260551m/6294062.jpg 6294062 2 Heaven, Hell and Earth…let the pieces fall where they may. There are demons in the world. Monsters. Creatures that would steal your soul. You might hide under your covers at night and pretend all’s right with the world, but you know. Even if you don’t want to admit it. Las Vegas bar owner Trixia Iktomi deals in information. And in a city where unholy creatures roam the neon night, information can mean life or death. Not that she has anything personal against demons. They can be sexy as hell, and they’re great for getting the latest gossip. But they also steal human souls and thrive on chaos. So occasionally Trixia and her friends have to teach them some manners. When Trixia learns of an artifact known as the Light of Life, she knows she’s hit the jackpot. Both sides — angel and demon — would give anything for it. But first she has to find it. And as Heaven and Hell are ready for an Apocalyptic throwdown, Trixia must decide where her true loyalties lie — and what she’s ready to fight for. Because in her world, if you line up on the wrong side, you pay with more than your life. 6478436 book 1 9 2009 Trick of the Light (Trickster, #1) total:91|5:30|4:26|3:27|2:7|1:1| 91 350 278 32 3 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 17:06:08 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 17:06:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 16:18:15 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 16:18:15 -0700 2009 Just a little arson between demon hunting friends kicks Thurman's new Trickster series off to a flashy yet humorous start - and I was hooked.

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Trixa is a bar owner in Vegas. When first we meet her she's just burned down a nightclub with her two companions, Griffin and Zeke, who she took in years earlier when they were just a couple of starving teens on the street. The arson's okay, though, because the club i...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 13:39:09 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 19:27:45 -0700 2009
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Trick of the Light was my first read of Rob Thurman's. I'm always on the lookout for new authors and books that interest me, and Lisa Shearin highly recommended Rob Thurman. I'm so glad she did.

With a strong female lead, fighting, supernatural elements, an...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 18:42:50 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 20:03:59 -0700 2009
Thurman has a good style and good sense of characters; only it doesn't make up for the poor execution of this book. She wrote this like I think on my period; angst...more...]]> 4 6 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 05 18:33:35 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 19:31:52 -0800 2009
That said, I whined a bunch while reading this book. Wrote notes about being tired of stories where demons are evil fallen angels who are suddenly all bad (they were angels once after...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 17:34:53 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 00:15:57 -0700 2009
Between hunting for a magical ar...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 17:19:50 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 16:03:28 -0700 2009 But none of the story is as it appears on the...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 01 22:38:36 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 10:54:44 -0700 2009
But I'm giving it a full five stars for the mighty *SNAP* Ms. Thurman deliv...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 16:17:39 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 16:20:19 -0800 2009
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BTW, my favorite character in the book was Leonore. :)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6294062