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The Left-Hand Path #2
Runaway
Elton should have known to expect a game. Tasked with putting a stop to Nathan's latest killing spree and kept on a tight leash by his new partner, Elton is on a fresh hunt for his overly-enthusiastic nemesis. The city of Toronto is Nathan's playground, and every breadcrumb he leaves is as frustrating as the last, but Elton has no choice but to follow the dangerous witch's trail-as well as keeping an eye on Cora, his cheerful stowaway and the closest thing he has to an informant. He can't-or won't-admit that he loves the hunt just as much as Nathan does. His partner is inflexible, Cora is uncontrollable, and the Magistrate binding him is corrupt and self-interested. None of it matters. Elton's target is finally in sight, always just beyond his fingertips. But when Nathan's game leads Elton to the doorstep of an old friend, he's forced to face the ghosts of a past he thought he'd left behind. Trapped between a Magistrate that expects him to toe the line and a smirking witch pulling him astray, Elton will have to choose what it means to truly do the right thing.
210 pages, Paperback
First published July 20, 2016
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T.S. Barnett
11 books25 followersT.S. likes to write about what makes people tick, whether that’s deeply-rooted emotional issues, childhood trauma, or just plain hedonism. Throw in a heaping helping of action and violence, a sprinkling of steamy bits, and a whisper of wit (with alliteration optional but preferred), and you have her idea of a perfect novel. She believes in telling stories about real people who live in less-real worlds full of werewolves, witches, demons, vampires, and the occasional alien.
Born and bred in the South, T.S. started writing young, but began writing real novels while working full time as a legal secretary. When she’s not skiving off work to write, she reads other people’s books, plays video games, watches movies, and spends time with her husband and daughter. She hopes her daughter grows into a woman who knows what she wants, grabs it, and gets into significantly less trouble than the women in her mother’s novels.
Born and bred in the South, T.S. started writing young, but began writing real novels while working full time as a legal secretary. When she’s not skiving off work to write, she reads other people’s books, plays video games, watches movies, and spends time with her husband and daughter. She hopes her daughter grows into a woman who knows what she wants, grabs it, and gets into significantly less trouble than the women in her mother’s novels.
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April 10, 2019
It's been over a year since I read the first book in this series, and I'd completely forgotten about it until this book came up as a random book to read.
Having been so long, I was afraid there'd be no point to reading this one, because there was no way I'd remember everything.
I was wrong. And pleasantly surprised. Okay, so it did take a while to get into the groove of Ms Barnett's writing again, but the style is such that, as each character is introduced, everything starts flooding back and they feel like old friends. She reminds us of certain pertinent events, in ways that feel neither like Info Dumps nor "As you know, Bob"s. It's difficult to explain how she does it so effortlessly, but I can tell you, it takes talent!
The story itself is enthralling, and the chapters are short and punchy. There is one expression, though, that just keeps getting used: over and over again, characters sigh through their noses. And it's not like this is a particular character's quirk - everyone does it, from the villain to the cops, to the magistrates, to the supporting characters. I just wish the author would've mixed it up a little. And if I'm not mistaken, I mentioned the same thing, with the same expression, in my review of the last book in this series.
A bigger problem is the lack of a linked Table of Contents in the Kindle Edition. This makes it impossible to know at a glance how far you are in any given chapter, and when reading on my Kindle, I rely on the little hint at the bottom which says "x minutes left in chapter".
Overall, though, this is a great read. I've been talking a lot about the Urban Fantasy genre, and how lately it's become inundated with romance, and faceless, naked male torsos on the cover. I can happily say that this isn't one of those books. It's not particularly Young Adult in nature, either. It's just the perfect example of serious adult (yet not romantic nor particularly erotic) Urban Fantasy book.
Another thing that's quite rare in series these days (and the reason why I'm very afraid of reading series) is that this book doesn't end on a cliffhanger. In the penultimate chapter, the story told in this book is wrapped up. Done and dusted. No reason to read on in the series. The foundation for the next book is laid, but your satisfaction won't be affected at all if you decide not to pick it up.
The very last chapter might potentially seem a bit "cliffhangery", if you're a puritan--but I didn't think that counted, either. Not really. A new villain is introduced, a Big Bad Evil person who will presumably be vexing our heroes in the next story.
And it's a story I want to read.
Having been so long, I was afraid there'd be no point to reading this one, because there was no way I'd remember everything.
I was wrong. And pleasantly surprised. Okay, so it did take a while to get into the groove of Ms Barnett's writing again, but the style is such that, as each character is introduced, everything starts flooding back and they feel like old friends. She reminds us of certain pertinent events, in ways that feel neither like Info Dumps nor "As you know, Bob"s. It's difficult to explain how she does it so effortlessly, but I can tell you, it takes talent!
The story itself is enthralling, and the chapters are short and punchy. There is one expression, though, that just keeps getting used: over and over again, characters sigh through their noses. And it's not like this is a particular character's quirk - everyone does it, from the villain to the cops, to the magistrates, to the supporting characters. I just wish the author would've mixed it up a little. And if I'm not mistaken, I mentioned the same thing, with the same expression, in my review of the last book in this series.
A bigger problem is the lack of a linked Table of Contents in the Kindle Edition. This makes it impossible to know at a glance how far you are in any given chapter, and when reading on my Kindle, I rely on the little hint at the bottom which says "x minutes left in chapter".
Overall, though, this is a great read. I've been talking a lot about the Urban Fantasy genre, and how lately it's become inundated with romance, and faceless, naked male torsos on the cover. I can happily say that this isn't one of those books. It's not particularly Young Adult in nature, either. It's just the perfect example of serious adult (yet not romantic nor particularly erotic) Urban Fantasy book.
Another thing that's quite rare in series these days (and the reason why I'm very afraid of reading series) is that this book doesn't end on a cliffhanger. In the penultimate chapter, the story told in this book is wrapped up. Done and dusted. No reason to read on in the series. The foundation for the next book is laid, but your satisfaction won't be affected at all if you decide not to pick it up.
The very last chapter might potentially seem a bit "cliffhangery", if you're a puritan--but I didn't think that counted, either. Not really. A new villain is introduced, a Big Bad Evil person who will presumably be vexing our heroes in the next story.
And it's a story I want to read.
October 8, 2016
Five hours
I pre-ordered this book the second I finished the first one and waited impatiently for its release ever since. Now, it has been less than five hours of reading and I'm done. I finished this amazingly addictive sequel and I am at a loss. What do I do now? What could I possibly do now that I'm finished?
Once again Barnett had exceeded all expectations and provided a book that caused me to laugh, gasp, and shudder aloud and it had left me desperate for more. You won't regret picking up the first book, nor this page turning sequel. I couldn't stop reading it! The character development and plot just sucked me in all over again and I find myself counting down the days till the next book.
I pre-ordered this book the second I finished the first one and waited impatiently for its release ever since. Now, it has been less than five hours of reading and I'm done. I finished this amazingly addictive sequel and I am at a loss. What do I do now? What could I possibly do now that I'm finished?
Once again Barnett had exceeded all expectations and provided a book that caused me to laugh, gasp, and shudder aloud and it had left me desperate for more. You won't regret picking up the first book, nor this page turning sequel. I couldn't stop reading it! The character development and plot just sucked me in all over again and I find myself counting down the days till the next book.
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