Janet Begay's Crossroads Hotel has attracted the supernatural ever since it opened. But a new, dark power is rising, this time inside Janet herself...
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Jan 20, 2011
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Firewalker was more of the same, and I mean that in a good way. Once again, we have the characters, action, and good times. ;)
I keep trying to articulate my impressions of this series in discussion threads and failing. James' humor isn't typical urban fantasy-grade. You know the sort, clever run-on sentences in dialogue that could only come from a writer's pen, never out of the mouths of real men and women -because, if nothing else, they would run out of oxygen.
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I keep trying to articulate my impressions of this series in discussion threads and failing. James' humor isn't typical urban fantasy-grade. You know the sort, clever run-on sentences in dialogue that could only come from a writer's pen, never out of the mouths of real men and women -because, if nothing else, they would run out of oxygen.
James' hum More...
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Dec 12, 2010
Michelle, the Bookshelf Stalker
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I was trying to write a review but I'm so tired from staying up half the night reading this book. I could not stop reading it. I read it walking, I read it cooking, I even read it while brushing my teeth. I loved every minute of it. I guess that says more than any review I could possibly write. So, until I sleep, that will have to be enough.
Update- still haven't slept but I thought I could at the very minimum explain why I loved this one even more..
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Update- still haven't slept but I thought I could at the very minimum explain why I loved this one even more..
1) The relationships- T More...
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Jan 12, 2012
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Wow, what a ride.
Dragons, and Coyote, and shifters and witches OH MY!
We enter this story with Mick trapped somewhere, and Janet has no one but Nash Jones, dickhead sheriff to help her out. And she only got his help through blackmail!
Once they've rescued Mick, he tells Janet that the dragon council will try him for disobeying an order in not killing her when he was first sent. He claimed her as his mate to prot More...
Wow, what a ride.
Dragons, and Coyote, and shifters and witches OH MY!
We enter this story with Mick trapped somewhere, and Janet has no one but Nash Jones, dickhead sheriff to help her out. And she only got his help through blackmail!
Once they've rescued Mick, he tells Janet that the dragon council will try him for disobeying an order in not killing her when he was first sent. He claimed her as his mate to prot More...
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Jan 21, 2012
Melindeeloo
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I was lagging on this series until I read the connected short Doubled Hexed in the Hexed anthology which inspired me to pick this back up.
First the good: I really love Janet, here she has settled a bit into her relationship with her one and only - dragon Mick - and she now has a handle on her storm powers but is struggling to control the dark god powers she's inherited from her evil mama. There is a good amount of action in Firewalker , with Mick in More...
I was lagging on this series until I read the connected short Doubled Hexed in the Hexed anthology which inspired me to pick this back up.
First the good: I really love Janet, here she has settled a bit into her relationship with her one and only - dragon Mick - and she now has a handle on her storm powers but is struggling to control the dark god powers she's inherited from her evil mama. There is a good amount of action in Firewalker , with Mick in More...
Nov 06, 2010
Keri
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What an awesome addition to this series!! Janet and Mich thought that the worst was over when her mother was sealed out in the desert. Well not so fast.
Nick disappeared a couple of weeks ago and Janet just got a message the he is in trouble. Once she finally gets him back, she finds out that Nick has to be put on trial in front of the dragon council for his decision not to kill Janet when he first met her.
But now Janet has even more things to worry with. She seems to have m More...
Nick disappeared a couple of weeks ago and Janet just got a message the he is in trouble. Once she finally gets him back, she finds out that Nick has to be put on trial in front of the dragon council for his decision not to kill Janet when he first met her.
But now Janet has even more things to worry with. She seems to have m More...
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Jan 06, 2012
Kathy
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Second in the Stormwalker urban fantasy series about a woman with the power to manipulate storm energies.
<h2>My Take</h2>
It was a great story but there was something a little off in the writing. Janet bugged me too. She kept whining that she couldn't control her mother's power showing up every time Coyote threatened her and she simply sounded like a little kid wanting to get into that cookie jar just before dinner. Coyote's example toward the end did finally get throug More...
<h2>My Take</h2>
It was a great story but there was something a little off in the writing. Janet bugged me too. She kept whining that she couldn't control her mother's power showing up every time Coyote threatened her and she simply sounded like a little kid wanting to get into that cookie jar just before dinner. Coyote's example toward the end did finally get throug More...
Jun 22, 2011
Faye
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I was having a pretty hard week even if it's technically the second week back to school and I was really exhausted because last week, I found out that we are about to have a grand return demonstration (for student nurses those are like practical exams for you to be able to be assessed on your skills) and I have to study 18 procedures and perform all of them in one day. So yeah, very stressing, not to mention I have to work with my group mates and see the progress on their reports on one of my ot
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Mar 11, 2011
Kt from A Book Obsession..
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To save Janet from the rest of the dragons, Mick declared her his mate. Now he has to deal with the repercussions of that choice and his life is on the line. His upcoming trial spells impending doom and Janet is beside herself with worry. Meanwhile her beneath powers have been acting up, reigniting the target on her back. To make matters worse a viciously brutalized corpse shows up, and it's up to Janet to find and stop him, even if it means using powers she swore not to. Sometimes the safety of
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Oct 23, 2010
Judith
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I have to say that this book is closer to a 5 than a 4 rating. I didn't think the second book in this series could be any better than the first, but if not better than equally as good. This is one heck of a romance/paranormal novel that just keeps on drawing the reader in deeper and deeper. The relationship between Janet and Mick is always mysterious in its ebb and flow, and of course there is the ancient god Coyote who is always on Janet's case. The constant push/pull between Janet's earth
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Dec 26, 2010
Ami
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4.5 stars
Just when she thinks she is going to live a quite "peaceful" life with his dragon lover, Mick, Janet Begay finds that it could be a wishful thinking. First, his lover is missing, then she finds out that Mick might have to face a trial with dragon council who will just finds him guilty. Janet also starts to feel a different kind of magic within her, a Beneath magic that is so powerful and bad. On top of that, Janet must deal with an Undead that is ressurected with a godly More...
Just when she thinks she is going to live a quite "peaceful" life with his dragon lover, Mick, Janet Begay finds that it could be a wishful thinking. First, his lover is missing, then she finds out that Mick might have to face a trial with dragon council who will just finds him guilty. Janet also starts to feel a different kind of magic within her, a Beneath magic that is so powerful and bad. On top of that, Janet must deal with an Undead that is ressurected with a godly More...
Jul 13, 2011
Sarah
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Wow! There was so much more going on in this book than in the first book. Now that we all know that Mick is a dragon, there are still things we don't know about dragons in general. Mick, as usual, isn't for forthcoming with information.
Janet doesn't know a lot about dragons except for what Mick tells her. She is tough and brave, and wants to do things her way. When she finds out that there is going to be a trial for Mick because he decided to let her live she wants to help in anyway po More...
Janet doesn't know a lot about dragons except for what Mick tells her. She is tough and brave, and wants to do things her way. When she finds out that there is going to be a trial for Mick because he decided to let her live she wants to help in anyway po More...
Jan 06, 2011
Marcela (BookaholicCat)
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4 ½ Stars.
Firewalker is the second book of the series Stormwalker by Allyson James.
This books starts couple of months after the end of book one (Stormwalker) with Mick been trapped inside a mountain by the dragons for breaking the dragon law when he didn’t kill Janet. Janet rescue him with the (force by blackmail) help of Nash Jones.
Little after their return to her hotel a body is found, super pain in the ass Sheriff Jones starts his investigation and of course Mick and Janet are More...
Firewalker is the second book of the series Stormwalker by Allyson James.
This books starts couple of months after the end of book one (Stormwalker) with Mick been trapped inside a mountain by the dragons for breaking the dragon law when he didn’t kill Janet. Janet rescue him with the (force by blackmail) help of Nash Jones.
Little after their return to her hotel a body is found, super pain in the ass Sheriff Jones starts his investigation and of course Mick and Janet are More...
Dec 28, 2010
Michelle
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Firewalker is the second book in the Stormwalker series by Allyson James and a Paranormal Romance from Berkley Sensation.
Book Blurb:
Janet Begay's Crossroads Hotel has attracted the supernatural from the day it opened. Witches, Changers, and a mouthy magic mirror have decided to make it their home. But a new, dark power is rising - this time inside Janet herself.
Her boyfriend, Mick, a sexy dragon shape-shifter the Navajo call a Firewalker, knows what terrifyi More...
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Janet Begay's Crossroads Hotel has attracted the supernatural from the day it opened. Witches, Changers, and a mouthy magic mirror have decided to make it their home. But a new, dark power is rising - this time inside Janet herself.
Her boyfriend, Mick, a sexy dragon shape-shifter the Navajo call a Firewalker, knows what terrifyi More...
May 22, 2011
Rebecca
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Allyson James has two series about dragon shape-shifters; this one is the second in her Stormwalker series. Ms. James also writes historical romances under the name Jennifer Ashley, which are a lot of fun, so if dragons aren’t your thing but velvet and lace are, check her out! I read Stormwalker some time last year, but I didn’t realize that the sequel was out until I saw it at the library this weekend. This is actually better than the first book, and I enjoyed the first one considerably. Janet
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Aug 13, 2011
Yodamom
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An action packed magical quest that had me on the edge of my seat. This second book in the series was much better paced with a natural flow to the stories. I like the fact that the author leaves you wanting to read the next book but crazy to read it because of a hard core cliffhanger.
Mick and Janet get into a life or death struggle more than once and death is winning. Coyote, he is one sneaky god. He is never easy, never understandable, never predictable, but yet very lovable as a characte More...
Mick and Janet get into a life or death struggle more than once and death is winning. Coyote, he is one sneaky god. He is never easy, never understandable, never predictable, but yet very lovable as a characte More...
Feb 01, 2012
Coucher de soleil
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Overall I enjoyed this book, which was fun when taken as a light, 'fluffy' read. I had enjoyed the first book in this series, 'Stormwalker', and was looking forward to this one. I was disappointed in one respect however: this book felt a little rushed.
The reason I use the term 'rushed' is (and this may well not have been the author's fault but rather the publisher's) that there were certain problems throughout the book. Most of them were not major enough to be glaring, yet they detra More...
The reason I use the term 'rushed' is (and this may well not have been the author's fault but rather the publisher's) that there were certain problems throughout the book. Most of them were not major enough to be glaring, yet they detra More...
Nov 08, 2010
Stacy
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Janet has to deal with the emergence of her powerful Beneath magic that want to turn her bad, murders taking place by a powerful being, the Dragons and Micks Trial for allowing her to open a vortex and letting her live. We get to meet a new god the Koshare's who are like clowns with making people laugh and also provide mild punishment on bad behavior with jokes. Janet and Micks chemistry is fantastic. Nash is still a big pain in More...
Janet has to deal with the emergence of her powerful Beneath magic that want to turn her bad, murders taking place by a powerful being, the Dragons and Micks Trial for allowing her to open a vortex and letting her live. We get to meet a new god the Koshare's who are like clowns with making people laugh and also provide mild punishment on bad behavior with jokes. Janet and Micks chemistry is fantastic. Nash is still a big pain in More...
Nov 12, 2010
Kristen
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*slight spoilers* I finished this book within two days because I cant get enough of this awesome series. Janet and the gang our back and the dragons are really not happy that Mick didnt kill Janet after she opened the vortex in the last book. Everyone is back, Nash, Maya, Coyote, and the magic mirror, also some interesting new characters such as more dragons, a witch, shapeshifters and a lot more awesome surprises. This book has a ton of action and death defying moments for Janet and she has to
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Jun 22, 2011
This book had me up until 5 in the morning, and I had an interview at 8:30 LOL I love this series, it's so addicting. There are a couple reasons why it got 4 stars instead of 5. Some things were a bit predictable: <spoiler>Mick coming back to life at the end, Janet's life being saved.. multiple times.</spoiler> But also, I had a funny suspicion that Janet <spoiler>has a sister. I mean, I knew it couldn't just be Janet, someone else had to have survived.</spoiler> But it
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Nov 25, 2010
Jen (That's What I'm Talking About)
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Firewalker is the second book in Ms. James’ Stormwalker series, and it starts a short time after the end of the first book. Janet Begay, a Native American stormwalker, with the power of Beneath magic from her goddess mother, has settled down in Megellan and opened up the hotel she was renovating throughout all of book one. She’s hired a witch, Cassandra, to manager her place and business is good. Mick’s been missing for three weeks, and although he has been more open with Janet since she found
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May 18, 2011
Jessica
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Allyson James' Firewalker picks up where Stormwalker left off. And once again in the first chapter we are thrown into excitement and danger, for Mick is missing and a strange woman comes to Janet's hotel delivering a message--once she was forced to deliver. And Janet is off to find Mick, but she's going to need help and unfortunately that help is Nash Jones.
The pacing was once again rather decent. The story moved along quickly, but there was still too much romance for my liking. I gu More...
The pacing was once again rather decent. The story moved along quickly, but there was still too much romance for my liking. I gu More...
Jan 26, 2012
Rusty
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An excellent read. The series continues as Janet Begay finds herself involved in a dragon trial with the dragon council prosecuting her handsome and sexy dragon boyfriend, Mick. Mick violated dragon law when he failed to kill Janet because of her beneath magic potential. The problem was that he fell in love with her and believed that Janet could control her magic potentials. As she struggles with this wicked beneath talent, she finds that the dragon council just might be right. She may beco
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Aug 10, 2011
Cathy
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Another terrific book. She makes it seem effortless, it's just another great story exactly the way I hoped it would be. The characters were great, it held my interest and kept me eagerly turning the pages, it's everything I look for in a book. I also enjoyed the added bonus of the bits of Native American mythology and culture that were new to me. It had a great hook at the end for the next book as well; it was actually something that had been building throughout this book but the reveal was a su
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Aug 10, 2011
Shelley
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*Rating* 3 stars
*Genre* Paranormal Romance
*Review*
Allyson James' Firewalker is the second installment in the Stormwalker series featuring Janet Begay as the main protagonist. Janet is a powerful Stormwalker who is able to control the storms as well as heal herself and spin magic. Now, her beneath powers are growing stronger and telling her that she can be even more powerful if she were to release the Stormwalker part of her and embrace her dark side. She has been in Mage More...
*Genre* Paranormal Romance
*Review*
Allyson James' Firewalker is the second installment in the Stormwalker series featuring Janet Begay as the main protagonist. Janet is a powerful Stormwalker who is able to control the storms as well as heal herself and spin magic. Now, her beneath powers are growing stronger and telling her that she can be even more powerful if she were to release the Stormwalker part of her and embrace her dark side. She has been in Mage More...
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Apr 11, 2011
Natasja
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Janet Begay is a stormwalker, who can draw energy from a storm and use that power against evil. She finally learned to control that power, but the other inherited power from her evil mother is calling to her. It’s always trying to talk her into doing something she shouldn’t do and Janet is fighting hard to control this power too, but with all the threats on her life it seems impossible. Her new friend Coyote, who’s also a God, warns her to control that power soon or he will end it for her, even
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Aug 24, 2011
CJ - You Carry On As If I Don't Love You
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I finished this is in one day. That should tell you something right there.
In this installment, which is a little different than what the back of the book says, Janet is having a hard time trying to save Mick's life, her life and the lives of her friends.
It's tough being half-goddess.
It's even tougher when your friends and loved ones won't hesitate to kill you should you fail to control the magic that was instilled in you by your bitch mother and the earth.
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In this installment, which is a little different than what the back of the book says, Janet is having a hard time trying to save Mick's life, her life and the lives of her friends.
It's tough being half-goddess.
It's even tougher when your friends and loved ones won't hesitate to kill you should you fail to control the magic that was instilled in you by your bitch mother and the earth.
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Mar 07, 2011
Jennifer
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I absolutely loved the first installment in this series, Stormwalker. It had all the qualities I look for in a great paranormal novel. It was riddled with magic, action, murder, an intense romance and most of all the force of evil. I worked myself up for the release of Firewalker, thinking it would bring even more to the table than Stormwalker did and I was shocked when it didn't. It seemed to be a whole lot of the exact same thing, with the exception of more dragon interaction. I felt as though
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Dec 31, 2010
Shelleyrae
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I first read Stormwalker to complete a challenge and enjoyed it so I had kept an eye out for Firewalker and was pleased to finally have the chance to read it.There are so many appealing elements in this series as I wasn't dissapointed by this sequel.
Janet Begay is a gutsy heroine with a strong sense of right and good sense. In Firewalker she is struggling with her dual magical natures - that of a StormWalker, and Beneath powers from her godess mother. I really liked James's exploration of More...
Janet Begay is a gutsy heroine with a strong sense of right and good sense. In Firewalker she is struggling with her dual magical natures - that of a StormWalker, and Beneath powers from her godess mother. I really liked James's exploration of More...
Jan 10, 2011
Kristal
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Firewalker is unlike any paranormal romance that I’ve read. It’s reminiscent of Tony Hillerman’s Navajo Tribal Police mysteries, but with a sharp supernatural edge and an enduring love story.
Janet Begay must prove that she isn’t the one responsible for the grisly murders near her motel. Only she isn’t convinced that she didn’t do it, and neither is her dragon lover— Mick, or their reluctant friend, Sheriff Nash Jones.
Together they will take on demons, skinwalkers, the G More...
Janet Begay must prove that she isn’t the one responsible for the grisly murders near her motel. Only she isn’t convinced that she didn’t do it, and neither is her dragon lover— Mick, or their reluctant friend, Sheriff Nash Jones.
Together they will take on demons, skinwalkers, the G More...
Oct 23, 2010
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In urban fantasy, I like magic to exact a price. The more powerful the magic, the more severe the price should be. In FIREWALKER, Janet has long since mastered her paternal Storm magic, and thanks to her scorchingly hot dragon shifter boyfriend, she doesn’t have to worry anymore about the residual magic burn out. Her maternal Beneath magic is something Janet is just beginning to tap into and, despite being a little unreliable, it came a lit More...
In urban fantasy, I like magic to exact a price. The more powerful the magic, the more severe the price should be. In FIREWALKER, Janet has long since mastered her paternal Storm magic, and thanks to her scorchingly hot dragon shifter boyfriend, she doesn’t have to worry anymore about the residual magic burn out. Her maternal Beneath magic is something Janet is just beginning to tap into and, despite being a little unreliable, it came a lit More...
