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The Tattooed Lady
May 16, 2007
I've never been fond of anthologies. The stories have always seemed too short to get a chance to know the characters very well. There never seems to be enough time to get a good plot going and I always seem to come away from it wanting more. I tend to read them if I already know the author and the short story has something to do with an ongoing series like Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunters and Christine Feehan's Carpathians. The only good thing is that every once in a while it turns me onto a great author I would have otherwise missed. This was how I discovered Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series.
Anyway, I picked up
Wild Thing because I thought it contained
Marjorie Liu's terrific Dirk and Steele characters. It didn't. Instead
Hunter Kiss is the start of a new Urban Fantasy series with the last Demon Hunter on earth, Maxine Kiss, completely covered in tattoos that protect her during the day and peel off to come to life at night. She is cursed to follow her mother in death when she has her own child who will inherit the tattoos. In the meantime, she fights the forces of evil alone until former priest Grant Cooperon comes along. After reading this, I guarantee, you'll be eagerly awaiting the next installment which won't be out until 2008. Thanks alot!! It reminds me of the old radio serials that left you wanting more (not that I'm old enough to remember them).
The other stories in the book include Animal Magnetism by Maggie Shayne, Paradise by Meljean Brook and Wild Hearts in Atlantis by Alyssa Day.
Bottom line: Anthologies are like ice cream, sometimes a lick is enough and other times you want the whole darn gallon.
Posted by Barbara Vey on May 16, 2007 | Comments (4)
