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Faerie Blood
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Angela Korra'ti (Goodreads Author)
Note from the author: This edition of Faerie Blood is the original Drollerie Press release edition, and is now out of print. A newer edition was released in June 2012. See angelakorrati.com/books/faerie-blood for details!
Kendis Thompson is an average, ordinary software tester in Seattle. She has great friends, great housemates, a cat she loves, and her beloved violin. The...more
Kendis Thompson is an average, ordinary software tester in Seattle. She has great friends, great housemates, a cat she loves, and her beloved violin. The...more
ebook, 219 pages
Published
May 2009
by Drollerie Press
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I bought this book on a Fictionwise sale last year, and for a number of reasons ( primarily getting a bit burned out on Urban Fantasy) I didn't read it until now. I am glad I finally read it, though.
This was an enjoyable read. When I started reading it felt like I was walking next to Kendis as she struggled to adapt to the fact that trolls, elves and magic existed. The Seattle setting was detailed and added to the feeling that I was a silent witness to the havoc that elves and magic wrought on S...more
This was an enjoyable read. When I started reading it felt like I was walking next to Kendis as she struggled to adapt to the fact that trolls, elves and magic existed. The Seattle setting was detailed and added to the feeling that I was a silent witness to the havoc that elves and magic wrought on S...more
Fast-paced and geektastic, Faerie Blood starts off as a classic tale of Awakening. But it pulls ahead of the birth-blood-'n-fate pack in two important ways. First of all, the Special/Chosen characters remain characters - they retain their personalities, their priorities, and their individuality rather than being subsumed by their destinies. And, even more wondrous, the non-Special characters also remain characters, rather than fading to the status of props and setting. That's credible magical re...more
I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Anyone who has read my reviews knows I do not spend a lot of time giving a synopsis of the book because that typically is on Goodreads next to the book cover or on Amazon etc., so, I will move forward. It's great to see another book about the fae that, though it holds to some of what appears to be some traditional terminology in books about this group of supernaturals, it still strikes out on its own. It definitely held me in its grasp, and not...more
Kendis is pretty close to what I'd think of as the perfect sort of friend for myself. Nerdy job, nerd-like interests, half-fae...I think we'd get along quite well. She does have this unfortunate tendency to want to ignore the reality of the situation, but I'll give her leniency for the fact her whole world just imploded. And she does rally quickly when the situation grows bad and someone needs to remain in control.
Christopher, of Newfoundland, was a bit of a hoot. I always like it when guys find...more
Christopher, of Newfoundland, was a bit of a hoot. I always like it when guys find...more
Faerie Blood is fairly standard modern urban fantasy fare; that's not intended to be read as a bad thing, however, since the same can be said of, well, most modern urban fantasy fare.
Though the story was enjoyably presented, there weren't really any huge surprises beyond the whole "holy crap, mythical creatures are real, and a fair number of them want to kill (and in some cases, possibly eat) me!" experience of the protagonist. Then again, not every book needs such plot twists, and certainly not...more
Though the story was enjoyably presented, there weren't really any huge surprises beyond the whole "holy crap, mythical creatures are real, and a fair number of them want to kill (and in some cases, possibly eat) me!" experience of the protagonist. Then again, not every book needs such plot twists, and certainly not...more
I enjoyed this story of Seattle software programmer Kendis Thompson who ends up being part Fae. She's different from other urban fantasy heroines because she is a proud geek girl (and we don't see enough geek girl heroines) with many nice nods to Star Trek and Star Wars. She's snarky like most UF heroines, sure, but she isn't over the top about it.
Much of the story deals with Kendis finding out that there are Fae alive and well in her city while the full on fantasy background didn't kick in lat...more
Much of the story deals with Kendis finding out that there are Fae alive and well in her city while the full on fantasy background didn't kick in lat...more
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A delightful fantastic dramedy that evokes the best of Charles de Lint and the old SERRAted Edge stories, with an updated awareness and a strong sense of overarching narrative -- as well as a sense of Place -- that keeps it from being merely a series of engaging set pieces. Very mucn looking forward to future installments in the series, which will appeal to fans of Diane Duane and BtVS no less than Dunsany and Gaiman.
Great opening hook with a troll attack. Interesting fey and Warder magic; I especially liked the magical connection between the two main characters. The descriptions of music, Seattle and computer programming felt authentic. Looking forward to the promised sequel!
Quibble: I wanted Kendis and Christopher to kiss long before they actually did.
Quibble: I wanted Kendis and Christopher to kiss long before they actually did.
I actually haven't finished the book. The formatting on the Kindle edition was so bad that I kept being thrown out of the story and after two chapters couldn't take it anymore. Which is a pity, because what I managed to read was interesting.
I suggest the author reformatt it and not use the Word formatting for Kindle.
I suggest the author reformatt it and not use the Word formatting for Kindle.
This book was an okay read, it was just boring. The hero never really gives me a whole lot of power. I didn't feel safe with him at all and the majority of the time the heroine was begging people to tell her what was going on. The names of the adversaries were too difficult to remember. I wanted to say, ohh are you a good witch or a bad witch to figure out who was good, bad or indifferent. It's like there was another story out there that I should have read before reading this one to understand t...more
This is a well written and entertaining book. The suspense and humour blend well together and the characters are interesting and unusual. Recommended!
What a fun read this was.
Fast paced and I just adored the group of characters and how they interacted. On a whole it was great. It was rather warm, no sex which I found refreshing and sweet in fact in the romance sense. In the Urban Fantasy sense, it was action packed and believable. Gritty in some parts. It was so unlike anything that I have read and what a pleasant surprise it was.
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Fast paced and I just adored the group of characters and how they interacted. On a whole it was great. It was rather warm, no sex which I found refreshing and sweet in fact in the romance sense. In the Urban Fantasy sense, it was action packed and believable. Gritty in some parts. It was so unlike anything that I have read and what a pleasant surprise it was.
To see full review go to Romanceischocolate.wordpress.com
I really enjoyed this book. It started out a little slow for me but it picked up. Then with all the action it was great. I love me some Kenna and Christopher! Book 2 needs to come out already!
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The very first thing Angela Korra'ti ever wrote, at age 8, was a short story about a girl spirited away to rule over the leprechauns for a day. She progressed rapidly to pretending to take notes in class when she was actually writing novels, and writing fanfic before she had any idea what fanfic was! Music has been a part of her life almost as long, thanks to six years playing flute and piccolo in...more
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Emerald City red involves light liquor, heavy munchies, and marathon sessions of video games of the ‘giant robots shooting each other and everything else in sight’ variety. We debate competing lines of software or gaming consoles with passion, and dissect every movie, television show, and novel in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres.
With as many of us as there are in this town, people inevitably find ways to cater to us when we get in the mood to spend our hard-earned dollars. Downtown Seattle boasts grandiose geek magnets, like the Experience Music Project and the Experience Science Fiction museum, but it has much humbler and far more obscure attractions too, like the place we all went to for our ship party that evening: a hole-in-the-wall bar called the Electric Penguin on Capitol Hill. ”
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Emerald City red involves light liquor, heavy munchies, and marathon sessions of video games of the ‘giant robots shooting each other and everything else in sight’ variety. We debate competing lines of software or gaming consoles with passion, and dissect every movie, television show, and novel in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres.
With as many of us as there are in this town, people inevitably find ways to cater to us when we get in the mood to spend our hard-earned dollars. Downtown Seattle boasts grandiose geek magnets, like the Experience Music Project and the Experience Science Fiction museum, but it has much humbler and far more obscure attractions too, like the place we all went to for our ship party that evening: a hole-in-the-wall bar called the Electric Penguin on Capitol Hill. ”
