Jane Yellowrock is back on the prowl against the children of the night...
The vampire council has hired skinwalker Jane Yellowrock to h...
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Mar 21, 2011
Dana
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I'm definately enjoying this series but I found myself torn with this installment. I was caught thinking often that we were getting a 'better view' of something (i.e., plot, character development, romantic progress, Jane's history), then conversely feeling that we could have used just one more tidbit. I'm glad that the majority of smaller issues in the previous book found resolution here. I was not pleased with the choice in romantic partners though, but realized that said choice was most likely
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Feb 08, 2011
Kyami
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I seem to always enjoy the second book in a series more than the first. You get past the introductions and straight to the meat.
The action was awesome, and I liked that we learned more about Jane's background and got to hear more from Beast. Also the originality of Jane/Beast co-existence is refreshing in a market that is glutted with urban fantasy. The world in the book is well-detailed, and there's even a romance plot. The secondary characters of Molly and her children also get a More...
The action was awesome, and I liked that we learned more about Jane's background and got to hear more from Beast. Also the originality of Jane/Beast co-existence is refreshing in a market that is glutted with urban fantasy. The world in the book is well-detailed, and there's even a romance plot. The secondary characters of Molly and her children also get a More...
Feb 04, 2012
Lady Jaye
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2.5 tars
The first book in this series surprised me into enjoying it and checking out the rest of the books. Unfortunately, this book is a disappointing follow up to the first book.
Jane Yellowrock is still in Louisiana, even after completing her job for the Vampire Council. It seems she has been hired on to do some more work for them: a rogue is making new vampires and must be stopped.
For a long while the story just seemed to be going nowhere, so I went back and che More...
The first book in this series surprised me into enjoying it and checking out the rest of the books. Unfortunately, this book is a disappointing follow up to the first book.
Jane Yellowrock is still in Louisiana, even after completing her job for the Vampire Council. It seems she has been hired on to do some more work for them: a rogue is making new vampires and must be stopped.
For a long while the story just seemed to be going nowhere, so I went back and che More...
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Jan 21, 2012
Melindeeloo
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Since I actually thought the first book, Skinwalker was pretty good, Blood Cross has been sitting on my TBR pile for a long time for no reason other than I buy way more books than I can possibly read and I am always chasing the next new release, so somehow this made it to the lower strata of the pile without getting read. But someone clued me into the free download of a short story prequel to the series (Kits) which pulled me back into the world of Cherokee, rogue vamp hunting, shape shifting, H
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Feb 06, 2012
Fangs for the Fantasy
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Blood Cross is the second book in the Jane Yellowrock series. When we last left Jane, though she had saved the day, Leo, the master of the New Orleans was not pleased, believing that she had killed his son, rather than killing the killer of his son. In Blood Cross, Jane must hunt a dangerous rogue who is creating vampires and killing witches.
But things are far from that simple - with witch magic and vampire powers coming together to try and overcome the ancient curse of the vampires More...
But things are far from that simple - with witch magic and vampire powers coming together to try and overcome the ancient curse of the vampires More...
Sep 19, 2011
J9
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The second book is a continuation of the first book, as Jane's contract has been extended to cover another task. Therefore, you will probably want to read the first book Skinwalker before you pick up Blood Cross.
Faith Hunter is back with Jane Yellowrock, skinwalker, who is on the trail of the vampire who is creating young rouge vampires who have been terrorizing the street of New Orleans.
Jane Yellowrock is a skinwalker. Only those who are closest to her know of this power, th More...
Faith Hunter is back with Jane Yellowrock, skinwalker, who is on the trail of the vampire who is creating young rouge vampires who have been terrorizing the street of New Orleans.
Jane Yellowrock is a skinwalker. Only those who are closest to her know of this power, th More...
Sep 16, 2011
Kiki
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Beast shares Jane's skin. She is a constant voice in the life of Jane and traditionally, takes the form of different sized cats. Whenever Jane shifts, Beast takes control. I love Beast's constant voice in Jane's ear and vice versa.
Jane is descended from a Cherokee tribe of skinwalkers and can turn into anything. But since Beast is feline, she usually changes into a cat, with Beast always hoping to be Big Cat. In her childhood something tragic either destroyed Jane's t More...
Beast shares Jane's skin. She is a constant voice in the life of Jane and traditionally, takes the form of different sized cats. Whenever Jane shifts, Beast takes control. I love Beast's constant voice in Jane's ear and vice versa.
Jane is descended from a Cherokee tribe of skinwalkers and can turn into anything. But since Beast is feline, she usually changes into a cat, with Beast always hoping to be Big Cat. In her childhood something tragic either destroyed Jane's t More...
Sep 15, 2011
Mackenzie
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Blood Cross takes place only days after Book 1 of the series, Skinwalker, concludes. Jane has been asked by the New Orleans Vampire Council to take on another case for them... this time a vampire who is turning young vamps (rogues) out into the night unchecked, a BIG no no in the vampire community. Often once a vampire is turned, they must stay with their master (imprisoned) for 10 years give or take to begin to control their blood lust around others.
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Although Jane agrees to this jo More...
Mar 08, 2011
Anita
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Second book in the Jane Yellowrock urban fantasy series. This one happens immediately after the first book ends, still in New Orleans. Jane's friend Molly and her two kids Angelina and Evan are visiting for a few weeks while there is construction on their house. Jane has a contract to find a rougue vampire-maker, and to do it she gets cozy with the woo-woo section of the police department and a bad of former military vampire killers, as well as Leo's security chief. Jane and her mountain lion b
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Feb 06, 2011
Tracy
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In the second book of the Jane Yellowrock series, we start off scant days after the concluding events in the first installment, Skinwalker, and follow along with Jane as she takes up the reins of her second contract for the New Orleans Vampire Council, to hunt the vampire making and leaving new-rogue vamps all over the place. This hunt risks more than even Jane and Beast may be able to survive when vampire politics, witchcraft, and the shrouded mystery of the Mithran origins all start to coalesc
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Dec 30, 2010
Karissa
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This is the second book in the Jane Yellowrock series by Faith Hunter and it was just as awesome as the first book. It is a fast-paced book with wonderful action scenes and wonderful characters. I would definitely recommend reading the first book first, if you liked the first book you should like this one.
This book picks up where the last left off. Jane is still in New Orleans and is still on contract to hunt down the maker of the rogue vampires. She is joined by the witch Molly and he More...
This book picks up where the last left off. Jane is still in New Orleans and is still on contract to hunt down the maker of the rogue vampires. She is joined by the witch Molly and he More...
Jul 09, 2010
Amanda
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Jane is hunting the rogue maker. The master vamp who is creating vampires and turning them loose before they can control their madness. Usually they are kept locked up for ten years before they are able to be introduced back into society. While tracking the rogue maker Jane uncovers a lot more than she bargained for concerning the vampires and their politics. Leo is still out to avenge his son, sick with grief and blaming Jane for his loss. When Molly and her two children come to visit they soon
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Jun 15, 2010
Caressa
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I LURVE urban fantasy, but I'm noting that most of what I read tops out at 2 stars. Why? Well, first of all, most of what is billed as urban fantasy is really paranormal romance. I love the mysticism & magic of fantasy juxtaposed with the chaos and cynicism of modern life. What I don't care for (I'm looking at you Paranormal Romance) is a "hard as nails" heroine banging every dude that sniffs her supernatural pheromones.
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Jan 09, 2011
Michelle
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3.5 stars
once again, faith hunter comes up with an actio-heavy, snappy story and interesting people to run around in it. our cherokee skinwalker heroine is still in new orleans, tying up all the loose ends from the first novel - don't jump into this one without having read the first one. if vampire politics, a bit more of jane's origins & native american heritage, secret ancient vampire myths, and tuff cop friends make you happy, give this one a go. a lot of the sketched ideas from More...
once again, faith hunter comes up with an actio-heavy, snappy story and interesting people to run around in it. our cherokee skinwalker heroine is still in new orleans, tying up all the loose ends from the first novel - don't jump into this one without having read the first one. if vampire politics, a bit more of jane's origins & native american heritage, secret ancient vampire myths, and tuff cop friends make you happy, give this one a go. a lot of the sketched ideas from More...
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Aug 14, 2010
Pikachu
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This book was cracktastic, combining elements of urban fantasy and paranormal romance; the best of both worlds. The main character is a rogue vamp slayer named Jane Yellowrock, a Cherokee skinwalker who has the ability to shift into animals at will. However, her main form is a big cat named Beast who makes up a large part of her personality. Her current objective is to stop a vampire from churning out bloodthirsty rogues. But she quickly finds out that these rogue vampires are a little different
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Jan 02, 2011
K.
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Jane Yellowrock is a part-Cherokee Rogue Vampire Hunter in New Orleans with a contract from the Blood Master of the City to hunt down a rogue vampire turning vampires without sticking around to take care of them.
In this second in a series, Jane's now holed up in an ex-bordello with her witch friend Mary Jane and MJ's kids, sure that magic and her own fighting skills (not to mention the spirit of a mountain lion she carries) will be able to protect them all.
As vampire hist More...
In this second in a series, Jane's now holed up in an ex-bordello with her witch friend Mary Jane and MJ's kids, sure that magic and her own fighting skills (not to mention the spirit of a mountain lion she carries) will be able to protect them all.
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Mar 31, 2010
Maria
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I really enjoyed reading this 2nd book in the Jane Yellowrock series.
The character of Jane continues to evolve as a human and a shifter.
There was more romance in this book than in the last although the focus of the romance changed somewhat from 3 men to 2. Leo Pellisier was undergoing a major depression and for a Master Vampire, that was not a great thing to suffer thru. George Dumas was again the suiter that
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The character of Jane continues to evolve as a human and a shifter.
There was more romance in this book than in the last although the focus of the romance changed somewhat from 3 men to 2. Leo Pellisier was undergoing a major depression and for a Master Vampire, that was not a great thing to suffer thru. George Dumas was again the suiter that
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May 04, 2011
Chichipio
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2.5, but I'm rounding up to give it a chance and because of little Angie who's just too cute for less.
Well, this one is all on me. I knew what I was getting into and did so anyway. I'm sorry Ms. Hunter, I'm not the best reader for your novels and so, I'll go easy with my criticism.
Basically, I had all the same problems that I had with the first time. Jane's logic and her inability to make even the simplest leap of intuition keep baffling me and her (bad) attitude and brag More...
Well, this one is all on me. I knew what I was getting into and did so anyway. I'm sorry Ms. Hunter, I'm not the best reader for your novels and so, I'll go easy with my criticism.
Basically, I had all the same problems that I had with the first time. Jane's logic and her inability to make even the simplest leap of intuition keep baffling me and her (bad) attitude and brag More...
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Nov 04, 2011
Amanda
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Nov 14, 2011
Michele
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Book 2 in the Jane Yellowrock series.
What I loved...
I love Jane. What can I say? She's wicked. I find her bad-ass-ness believable is the thing. She's not just a cartoon bad-ass. She's confident and cocky but she has her insecurities and vulnerabilities. It's nice to read about a female character who knows who she is, what she believes in and what she will and will not tolerate.
(WARNING: Spoiler on the romance angle)
Ok so in book 1 there wer More...
Book 2 in the Jane Yellowrock series.
What I loved...
I love Jane. What can I say? She's wicked. I find her bad-ass-ness believable is the thing. She's not just a cartoon bad-ass. She's confident and cocky but she has her insecurities and vulnerabilities. It's nice to read about a female character who knows who she is, what she believes in and what she will and will not tolerate.
(WARNING: Spoiler on the romance angle)
Ok so in book 1 there wer More...
May 10, 2011
Kate
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The second book in the Jane Yellowrock series does not disappoint. Although, I loathe awkward bring-the-reader-up-to-speed first chapters, where the characters say things like : "as you know, I am the one who killed the creature that was pretending to be so-and-so and then that made you-know-who all kinds of angry at me so that now I have a price on my head while I also attempt to discover who is creating other rogue vampires without anyone finding out my secret." And the other person
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Jan 19, 2010
Stephanie
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Blood cross is sort of a shapechanger/vampire paranormal adventure book with a tiny bit of romance thrown in. This is the second book in a series, I really loved the first - skinwalker, mainly due to the main character. The second book - blood cross - was also good, but I wasn't as into it as the first book, although I'm not sure why it didn't grab me the same way. The main character, Jane Yellowrock, is really interesting. She's a Cherokee "skinwalker" or shape changer with no real
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Mar 23, 2010
Lynn
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Faith Hunter’s second Jane Yellowrock novel is a slow burn that heats up fast to a raging fire. Someone in New Orleans is making vampires and turning them loose on the city untrained and very hungry. When the killing spree begins to cause problems for the Vampire Council, it sends Jane to discover and stop whoever is responsible. As she begins to unravel the mystery, her best friend’s children are kidnapped and Jane struggles to unravel the mystery before it is too late. Hunter keeps us guessing
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Feb 01, 2012
Coucher de soleil
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This is the sequel to the first novel featuring Jane Yellowrock, called 'Skinwalker', itself a sequel of sorts to a short story featured in the multi-author collection 'Strange Brew'. All in all it was a decent follow-up to the first novel.
The first novel suffered from the following issues: (1) slow pacing with (2) a non satisfying (IMHO) resolution of the mystery which the main character was there to investigate. This second novel has a slightly quicker pace and the resolution of J More...
The first novel suffered from the following issues: (1) slow pacing with (2) a non satisfying (IMHO) resolution of the mystery which the main character was there to investigate. This second novel has a slightly quicker pace and the resolution of J More...
Mar 14, 2010
Tori [Book Faery]
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The last book finished off with Jane being offered/hired again by the Vampire Council. This time she has to hunt down a master vampire who is turning humans into vamps and setting them out into civilization with bloodlust controlling their every actions. (Vampires typically stay chained for roughly ten years before deemed "sane" enough to be released into society). Big no no in the vamp wor More...
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The last book finished off with Jane being offered/hired again by the Vampire Council. This time she has to hunt down a master vampire who is turning humans into vamps and setting them out into civilization with bloodlust controlling their every actions. (Vampires typically stay chained for roughly ten years before deemed "sane" enough to be released into society). Big no no in the vamp wor More...
Dec 27, 2009
Patrick
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Picking up a few weeks after the events of Skinwalker, we find vampire bounty hunter and skinwalker, Jane Yellowrock receiving visitors. Jane's best friend and earth witch, Molly is there with her two children, Angelina and Little Evan. Together they are riding out the tail end of a hurricane at Jane's rental property in New Orleans. Molly is a powerful earth witch, but all of her wards are down because the storm was playing merry-hob with them.
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Aug 23, 2011
L-D
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In this book, Jane's contract is renewed by the New Orleans Vamp Council to track down the vamp who is siring young rogues. I enjoyed this book and the action. At the conclusion of book 1, Jane is now hated by Leo Pellessier, the Master of New Orleans, because he believes she murdered his son. Leo is not an enemy to be taken lightly and Jane now must worry about her friend Molly and her kids Angelina and Little Evan, who are staying with her. Now that Rick LaFleur is no longer undercover with
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Dec 05, 2010
Doina
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This book started off strong (or maybe I should say that the series started off strong), but in the end it did not really deliver. I really hate it when something is billed urban fantasy, and then it transforms into paranormal romance. I don't mind it if the author decides to throw in a romantic aspect as long as it doesn't take over the story. When it starts taking center stage, I get a little ticked off because that's not why I picked up the book in the first place. If I wanted something f
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Oct 29, 2011
Audel
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Ce second tome confirme le potentiel et l’intérêt de cette série. En effet, ce tome est plus riche et plus passionnant que le précédent.
L'histoire commence là où s'était arrêter le premier. Jane doit finir d'accomplir son contrat et tuer celui qui réveille les parias. Cependant, elle doit aussi faire avec la colère de Léo qui ne semble pas faire la différence entre son fils et le porte peau.
Dans ce tome, nous retrouvons les personnages de Molly et de ses enfants découvert dans la nouv More...
L'histoire commence là où s'était arrêter le premier. Jane doit finir d'accomplir son contrat et tuer celui qui réveille les parias. Cependant, elle doit aussi faire avec la colère de Léo qui ne semble pas faire la différence entre son fils et le porte peau.
Dans ce tome, nous retrouvons les personnages de Molly et de ses enfants découvert dans la nouv More...
Feb 28, 2011
gert
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enjoyed the first one - LOVED the second one.
having already met most of the main characters, we can get and stay in the story. and i have to say - both this book and the previous in the series definitely offer up a MASSIVELY improved story versus most pnr i've read. i actually had to work a bit to follow what was going on, and did not reach the 'correct' conclusion at the speed of light, as normally in pnr. normally, i find pnrs talk about the wacky world they live in, there's a ton o More...
having already met most of the main characters, we can get and stay in the story. and i have to say - both this book and the previous in the series definitely offer up a MASSIVELY improved story versus most pnr i've read. i actually had to work a bit to follow what was going on, and did not reach the 'correct' conclusion at the speed of light, as normally in pnr. normally, i find pnrs talk about the wacky world they live in, there's a ton o More...
