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Exiles of Ambercross #1
Silver Bullet
In this collection of five short stories by freshman author Chelsea Gaither, a widow fights monsters for her daughter's life, a writer discovers it isn't all fiction, and a dreamer is handed a second chance long after she's given up.
- GenresFantasy
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First published July 1, 2012
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April 25, 2013
I'm not sure if there was a different version of this book or if the summary above is wrong. The version I have is by the same author, has the same title and cover and I haven't been able to find any other versions of it on goodreads so hopefully this is the right place. In any case, version I have isn't a short story collection but instead one longer story that is apparently the first in a series.
In any case the book is about a woman named Casey who while having a bit of a following as a fantasy author is still forced to work another job as a nighttime convenience store clerk. There's been a rash of recent murders and the serial killer is still on the loose. When Casey is saved from becoming the next victim, she discovers the man who saved her is an elf and the dreams that have inspired her books are not dreams but visions of another world.
There are parts of this of the book that are very original, but they tend to get overwhelmed by the murder mystery aspect of the story. The idea of elves and fairies who have been exiled spending their time reading fantasy novels out of homesickness was one of my favorite parts of the book, and I wish that we'd been able to see more of this or at least more of how they've had to cope with the mundane world.
Despite the slower pacing in the beginning of the story, once the initial attempt was made on Casey's life the rest of the book happened very quickly with everything happening in the span of one night. Casey accepts the reality of fairies existing and her books being drawn from visions of another world a little too quickly. While I don't expect her to deny elves existing when one is standing right in front of her, I would have liked to see her react to things a bit more but the story doesn't linger on anything too long once the action gets started. Very little time passes from assembling the list of suspects to finding out whodunnit and it would have been nice to see this slowed down a bit.
Despite pacing issues, the book is a fun quick read and the bad guys are fantastically monstrous and scary when they go into attack mode. The world setting really is intriguing and has a lot of potential as a series. It's definitely worth checking out if it sparks your interest.
In any case the book is about a woman named Casey who while having a bit of a following as a fantasy author is still forced to work another job as a nighttime convenience store clerk. There's been a rash of recent murders and the serial killer is still on the loose. When Casey is saved from becoming the next victim, she discovers the man who saved her is an elf and the dreams that have inspired her books are not dreams but visions of another world.
There are parts of this of the book that are very original, but they tend to get overwhelmed by the murder mystery aspect of the story. The idea of elves and fairies who have been exiled spending their time reading fantasy novels out of homesickness was one of my favorite parts of the book, and I wish that we'd been able to see more of this or at least more of how they've had to cope with the mundane world.
Despite the slower pacing in the beginning of the story, once the initial attempt was made on Casey's life the rest of the book happened very quickly with everything happening in the span of one night. Casey accepts the reality of fairies existing and her books being drawn from visions of another world a little too quickly. While I don't expect her to deny elves existing when one is standing right in front of her, I would have liked to see her react to things a bit more but the story doesn't linger on anything too long once the action gets started. Very little time passes from assembling the list of suspects to finding out whodunnit and it would have been nice to see this slowed down a bit.
Despite pacing issues, the book is a fun quick read and the bad guys are fantastically monstrous and scary when they go into attack mode. The world setting really is intriguing and has a lot of potential as a series. It's definitely worth checking out if it sparks your interest.
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