Review: THE FALLEN QUEEN by Jane Kindred--and Get a Copy for Yourself

Acouple of months ago, I had the chance to do copyediting on a new fantasy-urbanfantasy hybrid called The Fallen Queen,due to be released next Tuesday. I approached it with some trepidation, I haveto admit. First, I'm not a great fan of high fantasy, and this had a feel of epicnessto it. It also had a freakin' chart of the realms of the heavens in the front—andnothing annoys me more than a book that needs to explain itself before youstart it (yes, that even goes for my much-loved Black...