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A refreshing change from the usual vampire/paranormal novels out there. This is a much darker and edgier vision, and very well-written. I'm sorry this is a stand-alone, because there's certainly much more to explore at the end of the story. Be forewarned: this book will leave you with a near-obsessive desire to get your hands on some fresh, homemade cinnamon rolls. I recommend reading in the vicinity of a Cinnabon or having an emergency stash of Pillsbury rolls in your fridge, just to tide you o
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A charming tale in which a naive untrained sorceress in thrall to a Vampire destroys his bitter long term rival, protects him from the authorities and tells lots of lies to all her friends and family*. Also she bakes, mouth wateringly good cakes (and assorted pastries and bread products).
*She doesn't need to lie to her boyfriend as they don't really speak to each other.
At some points it appears that all of our heroine's acquaintances, coffee shop regulars and friends are in fact spies, all revo ...more
*She doesn't need to lie to her boyfriend as they don't really speak to each other.
At some points it appears that all of our heroine's acquaintances, coffee shop regulars and friends are in fact spies, all revo ...more
Really gorgeous chemistry and world building. It was, if I may say it, “genre fiction” at its best: “urban fantasy” only in its elements. Dark, terrifying, and hopeful, without forced resolution or concretion. This was a book about people, written with tenderness and love.
Oct 28, 2011
Rachel Piper
marked it as never-finished
I thought my sluggish reading lately was entirely due to my recent knitting obsession, but I sat down to read tonight and realized that despite being 200 pages in, nothing has happened since the first 30 pages, and I frankly don't care at this point if anything does.
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A wonderfully realized world in which Others (vampires, weres, etc.) are real, with engaging characters. The story begins with Sunshine, chained up in a deserted mansion with an also chained up vampire, for whom she is dinner. Exciting and well written.
Reread in 2023 on audio. I didn't love the narrator, but I think I enjoyed the mood more the second time around. So much baking, and thinking, and angst. I still prefer her juv/YA books, but bumped this up a star.
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Aug 26, 2009
Meg
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Emily
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Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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