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I had high hopes for this book because Summer Knight was really great and I was told that, starting with #4, the series gets really good. That's why Death Masks was such a disappointment for me.
The highlights - Thomas, the Archive/Ivy and Johnny Marcone - were amazing and I loved them to pieces. But then there were the lows and the lows were really low: Harry's stupidity reached another level entirely (the thief woman should've kicked him in the balls, not just hit him over the head, maybe then ...more
The highlights - Thomas, the Archive/Ivy and Johnny Marcone - were amazing and I loved them to pieces. But then there were the lows and the lows were really low: Harry's stupidity reached another level entirely (the thief woman should've kicked him in the balls, not just hit him over the head, maybe then ...more
While I enjoyed the thrill ride this book offered, it suffered from the sequel-itis found in many superhero movie sequels--too many villains.
Honestly, you could get a novel out of Harry fighting a duel with a 600-year-old vampire lord. Likewise, Harry finding and keeping thieves from selling the Shroud of Turin would also be a great novel.
Slamming them both together, while making a very wild book, didn't fully do justice to either plotline (or the subplots, which were also thick in there).
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Honestly, you could get a novel out of Harry fighting a duel with a 600-year-old vampire lord. Likewise, Harry finding and keeping thieves from selling the Shroud of Turin would also be a great novel.
Slamming them both together, while making a very wild book, didn't fully do justice to either plotline (or the subplots, which were also thick in there).
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My favorite wizard-for-hire gets a simple assignment- find out who stole and brought the Shroud of Turin to Chicago and recover it. Simple, right? Well, until a vampire warlord shows up and challenges him to a duel he can't refuse, his ex-girlfriend comes back into town (still fighting her lust for blood to avoid becoming a full Red Court vampire), and three holy knights offer their help. Not to mention the small matter of the DEMONS who want the shroud for their own nefarious purposes. Like the
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I think I am going to have to read this series again. I think I will possibly enjoy it more the 2nd time around.
This story was pretty good. This character has evolved nicely. I will be trying to get the rest of the series now. =)
More vampires and ghouls and a return of the Knights of the light.
Jul 30, 2007
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