The latest installment in Estep's Elemental Assassin series. When an old acquaintance of her beloved mentor asks her for help, Gin can't say no--ev...
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Aug 05, 2011
Lisa O.
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3.5 stars.
This is not a review.
This is my rant directed towards one of the least likable love interests in the history of Urban Fantasy: Mr. Donovan Caine.
Or donovancaine, which has a certain assonance to a potent anesthetizer, and is truly appropriate, because that's exactly what he does to me. One of the most hypocritical, double-faced, backboneless men ever to have roamed the pages of a UF novel. And I loathe those kind of men - and who wouldn't?
Not only his e More...
This is not a review.
This is my rant directed towards one of the least likable love interests in the history of Urban Fantasy: Mr. Donovan Caine.
Or donovancaine, which has a certain assonance to a potent anesthetizer, and is truly appropriate, because that's exactly what he does to me. One of the most hypocritical, double-faced, backboneless men ever to have roamed the pages of a UF novel. And I loathe those kind of men - and who wouldn't?
Not only his e More...
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Aug 16, 2011
AH
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3.5 stars
Web of Lies is the second book in Jennifer Estep’s Elemental Assassins series. Our heroine Gin Blanco has now retired from her extremely lucrative career as The Spider and has now settled down working at her restaurant The Pork Pitt. Gin finds retirement a little boring. When the opportunity to help Fletcher’s old friend Warren Fox arises, Gin agrees to do the job.
There are a lot of things to love about this series. The author builds an imaginative world where some More...
Web of Lies is the second book in Jennifer Estep’s Elemental Assassins series. Our heroine Gin Blanco has now retired from her extremely lucrative career as The Spider and has now settled down working at her restaurant The Pork Pitt. Gin finds retirement a little boring. When the opportunity to help Fletcher’s old friend Warren Fox arises, Gin agrees to do the job.
There are a lot of things to love about this series. The author builds an imaginative world where some More...
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May 28, 2011
Sabrina
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Gin Blanco is back. She's no longer working as the famous assassin Spider and now runs the barbecue joint the Pork Pit. Life is a bit boring without concentrating on her former job so Gin is actually excited when two guys try to rob her. Stopping them is no problem but when it turns out that the father of one of the guy's is a famous lawyer with connections to the most powerful and cruel woman in town Gin fears that there will be trouble. And when the next day Gin manages to rescue a young women
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Oct 22, 2010
Kat
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So basically I kind of like this series. First of all because Gin may be a bleeding heart who'll take a job just because she hears a sobstory - but it also turns out she's a real bitch. Something I can really appreciate.
I've never told anybody this before but I also relate to Gin because I too am a female assassin.
This is totally me in my assassin garb getting ready to take down anybody I see dog-earring a book!
Okay... maybe not.
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I've never told anybody this before but I also relate to Gin because I too am a female assassin.
This is totally me in my assassin garb getting ready to take down anybody I see dog-earring a book!
Okay... maybe not.
But I want More...
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Sep 24, 2011
Mariya
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I have to say that I'm impressed. WEB OF LIES has exceeded my expectations this time around and I am looking forward to zipping through this series fast. I have come to love these characters even more except *cough*DonovanCaine*cough*, I didn't think an assassins life could get anymore exciting, but boy, was I wrong.
Our heroine Gin is retired or at least she is trying to stay retired, but being The Spider, the best assassin out there has been calling for her to get that excitement back More...
Our heroine Gin is retired or at least she is trying to stay retired, but being The Spider, the best assassin out there has been calling for her to get that excitement back More...
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May 07, 2011
Pamela {Spaz}
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Web of Lies picks up four months after Book 1 Spider’s Bite left off. While Web of Lies may be read as a stand-alone novel, many of the developments that occur won’t be as meaningful if you skip Book 1. I highly recommend reading Spider’s Bite before taking this one on.
Gin “The Spider” Blanco has retired from the assassin business and is running her inherited restaurant The Pork Pit. We pick up with Gin on a seemingly typical day in More...
Web of Lies picks up four months after Book 1 Spider’s Bite left off. While Web of Lies may be read as a stand-alone novel, many of the developments that occur won’t be as meaningful if you skip Book 1. I highly recommend reading Spider’s Bite before taking this one on.
Gin “The Spider” Blanco has retired from the assassin business and is running her inherited restaurant The Pork Pit. We pick up with Gin on a seemingly typical day in More...
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Feb 01, 2012
Naomi
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Didn't quite like Web of Lies better than Spider's Bite, but liked Gin a lot better this time around.
The story takes off a few months after the events in Spider's Bite. Gin has retired from being an assassin, she's the proud restaurant owner and is trying to get on with her life after losing Fletcher, when trouble finds Gin again. What follows is a few action sequences, some sleuthing and Gin basically getting herself in to dangerous situations where she is always confident.
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The story takes off a few months after the events in Spider's Bite. Gin has retired from being an assassin, she's the proud restaurant owner and is trying to get on with her life after losing Fletcher, when trouble finds Gin again. What follows is a few action sequences, some sleuthing and Gin basically getting herself in to dangerous situations where she is always confident.
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Jan 28, 2012
Felicia
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Audio Rating 4
Story Rating 4
What I Loved: Who doesn't love when a series gets stronger in the 2nd book? This is looking to be a series that consistently builds on the story, characters, and plots from the previous books and keeps you wanting more. Gin is a very impressive leading character. She is tough, smart, a chameleon (though I loved Owen's reaction to her hooker gear), and yet still vulnerable. She truly is a great mix of everything. The storyline was f More...
Audio Rating 4
Story Rating 4
What I Loved: Who doesn't love when a series gets stronger in the 2nd book? This is looking to be a series that consistently builds on the story, characters, and plots from the previous books and keeps you wanting more. Gin is a very impressive leading character. She is tough, smart, a chameleon (though I loved Owen's reaction to her hooker gear), and yet still vulnerable. She truly is a great mix of everything. The storyline was f More...
Jan 21, 2012
Sayjil
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Other than being bored, retirement is going well for Spider. Gin Blanco is honouring Fletcher’s last wish by retiring and running the Pork Pit. Then two guys; Lance and Jake McAllister decided to rob the Pork Pit and Gin would have let them except they threatened to kill a customer. After Gin took care of them, she finds herself in unwanted attention, the girl being the sister of Owen Grayson and Jake the son of Mab Monroe’s lawyer, Jonah McAllister. This being spread around, a girl named Viole
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Dec 16, 2011
Stef
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I really wish I could give this book no stars, but I don't think that would be fair. I love the plot and I love parts of Gin and her powers. I was so thrilled about the idea of an elemental assassin when I forced myself to read through the first one. First of all, for a hard core assassin Gin really whines a lot.I am so sick of books where the main character has all of these amazing powers and yet she whines relentlessly about how her life sucks. I understand that she lost her family and that he
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Oct 31, 2011
Romancing the
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Review by Zita: Gin discovers that Fletcher, once known as the assassin called the Tin Man, did some pro bono work, so when Violet Fox shows up at the Pork Pit asking for his help, she gamely steps up to the plate. It seems a dwarf with mining concerns is harassing Violet's grandfather in order to force him to sell him his land. Grandpa Fox is holding his own, but the creeps are threatening Violet now. Gin manages to rescue Violet from a horrific beating and quickly reaches the conclusion that t
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Sep 16, 2011
Kiki
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Gin is now a retired assassin, but she is still a watchful, waiting spider- a dreadfully, bored spider with lots of curiosity to lead her into trouble.
It seems like the series is shifting to where Gin is more of a vigilante than a for hire assassin. The book starts with a robbery at the Peach Pit and a young female customer looking for the Tin Man- the late Fletcher Lane's handle.
I throughly loved this book as Gin strives to make things right for Fletcher's childhood best f More...
It seems like the series is shifting to where Gin is more of a vigilante than a for hire assassin. The book starts with a robbery at the Peach Pit and a young female customer looking for the Tin Man- the late Fletcher Lane's handle.
I throughly loved this book as Gin strives to make things right for Fletcher's childhood best f More...
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Sep 14, 2011
Fangs for the Fantasy
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Gin has entered her retirement as an assassin - she's now a college student and BBQ restaurant owner, hanging up her knives after her mentor died. Or so she thought.
An old friend of her foster-father shows up in her restaurant looking for help – and someone tries to kill her. Pulled in by the need to help her foster-father's friend (and because she's not tolerating any hits in her own restaurant) she finds them being intimidated into selling their land to a mining developer. Dragged in More...
An old friend of her foster-father shows up in her restaurant looking for help – and someone tries to kill her. Pulled in by the need to help her foster-father's friend (and because she's not tolerating any hits in her own restaurant) she finds them being intimidated into selling their land to a mining developer. Dragged in More...
Sep 07, 2011
Richard
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Another good book in the Elemental series.
This book started with Gin's life six months after the death of her mentor, Fletcher. She's taken over his BBQ restaurant, the Pork Pit, and has retired from the assassination business. When a pair of well-connected boys attempt to rob her store, she gets pulled back into violence.
The story tracked two major plot lines in parallel. In one, Gin is trying to save Fletcher's friend from being driven off his land. In another, she is d More...
This book started with Gin's life six months after the death of her mentor, Fletcher. She's taken over his BBQ restaurant, the Pork Pit, and has retired from the assassination business. When a pair of well-connected boys attempt to rob her store, she gets pulled back into violence.
The story tracked two major plot lines in parallel. In one, Gin is trying to save Fletcher's friend from being driven off his land. In another, she is d More...
Jul 14, 2011
Sara
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Plot: 4.5 Stars
Although I wished Gin would've looked a bit more into the bomb that was dropped at the end of Spider's Bite, I can understand her hesitance. Hopefully this plotline will be expanded on in the third novel, Venom. Besides this point, the plot drew me in immediately. Every piece of the puzzle fit together perfectly, and yet so many things completely surprised me. It was very interesting to see more of the elemental powers that Gin and other citizens of Ashland possess.
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Although I wished Gin would've looked a bit more into the bomb that was dropped at the end of Spider's Bite, I can understand her hesitance. Hopefully this plotline will be expanded on in the third novel, Venom. Besides this point, the plot drew me in immediately. Every piece of the puzzle fit together perfectly, and yet so many things completely surprised me. It was very interesting to see more of the elemental powers that Gin and other citizens of Ashland possess.
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Jul 13, 2011
Susie
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May 11, 2011
Angie
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3,50
On retrouve le même niveau que dans le 1er et ce n'est pas désagréable. Souvent les suites voient baisser l’intérêt que présente l'intrigue, mais pas ici.
Gin a enfin pris sa retraite et s'occupe tranquillement de son resto, sauf que les ennuis viennent à elle, et qu'elle n'a d'autre choix que de ré-enfiler sa casquette de tueuse à gages. Évidemment, elle accomplit le tout sans état d’âme, et recours facilement au meurtre et à la violence, ce qui dérange l'inspecteur More...
On retrouve le même niveau que dans le 1er et ce n'est pas désagréable. Souvent les suites voient baisser l’intérêt que présente l'intrigue, mais pas ici.
Gin a enfin pris sa retraite et s'occupe tranquillement de son resto, sauf que les ennuis viennent à elle, et qu'elle n'a d'autre choix que de ré-enfiler sa casquette de tueuse à gages. Évidemment, elle accomplit le tout sans état d’âme, et recours facilement au meurtre et à la violence, ce qui dérange l'inspecteur More...
Apr 13, 2011
Grace
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Okay, I loved the first book in the series. I really do like the world that Jennifer Estep has developed in this series.
I really do adore Gin and her friends and the fact that this is a very different world we live in with a very shady set of morals. Which I'm fine with.
There were some components that bothered me about this book. The love interest for Gin, really pissed me off Donovan Caine. I liked him in book one. This book he was a complete idiot towards her. In some More...
I really do adore Gin and her friends and the fact that this is a very different world we live in with a very shady set of morals. Which I'm fine with.
There were some components that bothered me about this book. The love interest for Gin, really pissed me off Donovan Caine. I liked him in book one. This book he was a complete idiot towards her. In some More...
Mar 29, 2011
Kathy
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Second in the paranormal Elemental Assassin series, Web of Lies as a title doesn’t make any sense to me. Yeah, okay, Web could stand for Gin’s nickname, Spider. It could refer to the web of connections throughout the city of Ashland. The Lies part, well, everyone in Ashland lies on a daily basis to survive but there are no real lies there because, deep down, everyone knows what everyone else really is. Well, okay, there is an exception. Extremely few people know that Gin is an assassin, a retire
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Mar 27, 2011
Netha
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hmmmm abis baca cassie palmer yg bikin pala cenut2 & buat aq kehilangan mood baca trus baca elemental assassin buku ke 2 ini lumayan balikin mood bacaku....
walo langsung baca buku ke 2 tapi tetep ngerti kok jalan ceritanya
karna ditengah2 cerita pasti ada selipan2 kisah dibuku sebelumnya.
gin blanco, pemilik pork pit, dikenal jg sbg spider, assassin, pemilik kekuatan a Stone elemental & Ice magic.
jadi ceritanya nih gin mengundurkan diri jd assassin hanya kayaknya ga b More...
walo langsung baca buku ke 2 tapi tetep ngerti kok jalan ceritanya
karna ditengah2 cerita pasti ada selipan2 kisah dibuku sebelumnya.
gin blanco, pemilik pork pit, dikenal jg sbg spider, assassin, pemilik kekuatan a Stone elemental & Ice magic.
jadi ceritanya nih gin mengundurkan diri jd assassin hanya kayaknya ga b More...
Mar 25, 2011
Carolii
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Web of Lies ,começa rápido, furioso e divertido.
Este livro encanto-me totalmente com o seu maravilhoso elenco de personagens e paisagens urbanas,cheio de: perigo de poder e corrupção.
A personagem principal Gin arrisca a sua vida e seu coração para aqueles que ela se preocupa e para aqueles que ela gosta.
Como uma heroína Gin tem seu próprio senso de moralidade e prefere ser só ela, mas acaba por se encontrar com um enredo de personagens coloridas que tornam este livro intere More...
Este livro encanto-me totalmente com o seu maravilhoso elenco de personagens e paisagens urbanas,cheio de: perigo de poder e corrupção.
A personagem principal Gin arrisca a sua vida e seu coração para aqueles que ela se preocupa e para aqueles que ela gosta.
Como uma heroína Gin tem seu próprio senso de moralidade e prefere ser só ela, mas acaba por se encontrar com um enredo de personagens coloridas que tornam este livro intere More...
Jan 12, 2011
Tracy
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~* 3.5 Stars *~
The Spider is retired. The assassin's alter ego Gin Blanco, on the other hand, now owns and runs the Pork Pit, the barbecue joint that her handler, Fletcher, left her upon his death. He's the one who wanted her to retire, and she's been doing the best to follow his last wishes. Problem is, she's bored out of her mind. The sort of bored no amount of restaurant managing, baking, or auditing classes at Ashland's Community College can quite ease. It's been two months since she we More...
The Spider is retired. The assassin's alter ego Gin Blanco, on the other hand, now owns and runs the Pork Pit, the barbecue joint that her handler, Fletcher, left her upon his death. He's the one who wanted her to retire, and she's been doing the best to follow his last wishes. Problem is, she's bored out of her mind. The sort of bored no amount of restaurant managing, baking, or auditing classes at Ashland's Community College can quite ease. It's been two months since she we More...
Dec 29, 2010
Karissa
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This is the second book in the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep. Right now Estep is contracted for 5 books in this series; the third book Venom is due out Sept. 28th 2010 and the fourth book Tangled Threads is due out April 2011. This book was a great addition to this series. I enjoyed the fast pace and the great action scenes.
Gin is trying to take retirement from the assassin trade seriously. She is back in college part-time and running the restaurant The Pork Pit, tha More...
Gin is trying to take retirement from the assassin trade seriously. She is back in college part-time and running the restaurant The Pork Pit, tha More...
Dec 21, 2010
Judith
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Jennifer Estep continues her saga of the Elemental Assassin Gin Blanco as she is now seeking to "retire" from her 17 year long experience as an assassin. Her mentor is now dead and she has inherited the barbecue restaurant and a great deal of money. She just wants a normal life and someone to love her and who truly wants her love. Detective Caine is still hanging around the edges but things are not going well. Her penchant for going after the bad guys keeps getting in the way. It
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Dec 14, 2010
Natasha
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You know, I almost didn't read this? I read Spider's Bite (First book in the Elemental Assassin series), and I was a bit disappointed. I LOVED The Bigtime Series (superheroes - I loved this series, and would love more) and then I read Spider's Bite and I just didn't find it as good. I can't pinpoint what it was that made me not enthusiastic about it, but there was just something. But my friend Jen just kept going on about this series and how much she loved it (I got her hooked on More...
You know, I almost didn't read this? I read Spider's Bite (First book in the Elemental Assassin series), and I was a bit disappointed. I LOVED The Bigtime Series (superheroes - I loved this series, and would love more) and then I read Spider's Bite and I just didn't find it as good. I can't pinpoint what it was that made me not enthusiastic about it, but there was just something. But my friend Jen just kept going on about this series and how much she loved it (I got her hooked on More...
Sep 24, 2010
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Sep 03, 2010
Marcia
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This one barely, barely gets three stars, and I think at least one star is thanks to leftover warm feelings from the first book in the series. It's not an awful book, but the elements that frustrated me in the first book haven't been fixed, and I found them more difficult to ignore in this one. In fact, some of them were so distracting that they took me out of the story completely.
First, Estep's writing has too many tics, and I caught myself rolling my eyes at all the repetitions. Ev More...
First, Estep's writing has too many tics, and I caught myself rolling my eyes at all the repetitions. Ev More...
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Sep 01, 2010
Myhotstylist
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AWESOME followup... hard to decide if this was better than the first, they are both extremely well written and have tight plots with strong characters. Im Eagerly awaiting the next release! I think these would make great movies, or even a Showtime series. I did however notice some similarities to the Dexter series. You have yourself a killer, a dead mentor, rules of the game, a lost sibling, murdered family.. Sprinkle with magic and mix in with Barbeque, and your in for an un-put-down-able thril
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Aug 30, 2010
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Aug 23, 2010
Shanshad
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I really really wish I could say I liked this book--I like a lot of the worldbuilding, and the plotting is rather entertaining. There's steamy romance, a hard nosed assassin with a good heart and a great talent for cooking. There are some fascinating secondary characters. I have a minor grievance with opting for ice rather than water and stone rather than earth as the major elemental powers against fire and air, but that's authorial choice.
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