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Steel Rose
Attempting to hone her style, a performance artist inadvertently calls upon the assistance of two gnomelike creatures. At first their advice is invaluable, but the situation quickly turns dangerous as she finds herself trapped between two conflicting, evil bands--the Sidhe and the faerie.
315 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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Kara Dalkey
44 books90 followersKara Mia Dalkey is an American author of young adult fiction and historical fantasy. She was born in Los Angeles and has lived in Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Colorado, and Seattle. Much of her fiction is set in the Heian period of Japan.
She was married to author John Barnes; they divorced in 2001. She is a member of the Pre-Joycean Fellowship and of the Scribblies. She is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing in Los Angeles.
She is also a musician and has gigged extensively on electric bass (which she plays left-handed) and harmony vocals, with such bands as Runestone, the Albany Free Traders, and Nate Bucklin and the Ensemble (in Minnesota) and Relic and Voodoo Blue (in Seattle.) At different times she has also played drums, banjo and acoustic guitar. She is a songwriter, but her total output is low, and consequently no CD or other album is presently in the works.
She was married to author John Barnes; they divorced in 2001. She is a member of the Pre-Joycean Fellowship and of the Scribblies. She is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing in Los Angeles.
She is also a musician and has gigged extensively on electric bass (which she plays left-handed) and harmony vocals, with such bands as Runestone, the Albany Free Traders, and Nate Bucklin and the Ensemble (in Minnesota) and Relic and Voodoo Blue (in Seattle.) At different times she has also played drums, banjo and acoustic guitar. She is a songwriter, but her total output is low, and consequently no CD or other album is presently in the works.
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November 11, 2012
I found this a different take on urban elves and I liked it. The narrator finds herself stuck between the seelie and unseelie courts as well as being forced to start living her life instead of putting it on hold.
maybe-read-sometime
September 14, 2010I was reading this more for the parts about Pittsburgh than I was for the characters ... that just wasn't doing it for me.
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August 18, 2018I REMEMBER THERE WAS AN URBAN FANTASY NOVEL I LIKED OTHER THAN THE PART WHERE THE LADY WAKES UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO FIND ONE OF HER ELF FRANDS GOING DOWN ON HER. IT NEVER CAME UP AGAIN OR AFFECTED ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED, SO I'M STILL BAFFLED ABOUT WHY IT WAS EVEN THERE.
LOL IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL PLOT, WHICH WAS MOASTLY FAIRY COURT SHIT WITH NO ROMANCE.
STEEL ROSE BY KARA DALKEY. LOL I READ IT WHEN I WAS LIKE 18, SO IDK IF THE REST OF THE BOOK WOULD ACTUALLY HOLD UP, BUT I LIKED IT OTHER THAN THAT ONE BIZARRE SCENE.
LOL IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL PLOT, WHICH WAS MOASTLY FAIRY COURT SHIT WITH NO ROMANCE.
STEEL ROSE BY KARA DALKEY. LOL I READ IT WHEN I WAS LIKE 18, SO IDK IF THE REST OF THE BOOK WOULD ACTUALLY HOLD UP, BUT I LIKED IT OTHER THAN THAT ONE BIZARRE SCENE.
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