Gain Your Copy Dead Man Rising (Dante Valentine #2) Authored By Lilith Saintcrow Distributed As Readable Copy
the main building were the dormitories, two for girls, one for boys since the X chromosome carries Talent far more often than the Y.
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NO. THAT'S WRONG. If it's a sexlinked disorder, then more males will carry Talent, I don't really remember much about this book, now that I've read the third one, but I do remember that there was far too much angst for my liking.
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If there hadn't been so many impossibletoignore flaws in Dead Man Rising, I would've given this four or maybe even five.
It was so, so disturbing I thought Saintcrow did an excellent job with the horrific murders and the whole mystery, Unfortunately, Dante's tendency to mope for her dead lover and hurt Jace in the process was annoying, That, combined with the fact that was disappointing.
I really REALLY liked Working for the Devil, It sucked me in since page one, Dead Man Rising however, did not, I didnt take this as a sign, I should have.
Dead Man Risings story did not work for me at all, I dont know why but Dantes past doesnt interest me so much, Yes, she got tortured, and I feel bad for her, but meh, You know Meh. The story was extremely mediocre if you ask me,
The characters kind of pissed me off as well, Dante was ok, but she bothered me with her attitude towards Jace, You saw how that ended, Not. Cool.
And Jace was just pitiful, I hate when authors make exlovers act like freaking dogs, Begging for a scrap of affection, Always sticking by her side, hoping shell change her mind and/or feelings towards him, Again, you saw where this has led him to,
And my biggest problem was Jeph, Or the lack of Jeph, to be precise, I will be frank and tell you that the main reason why I love this series is Jeph, Yep. Not gonna lie about it, So Jeph being supposedly dead, and thus absent throughout the book, made it less exciting for me,
Yep.
Apart from these issues Dead Man Rising is a decent book, Lilith Saintcrow is a very good Urban Fantasy author, and I really respect her work, Im actually excited about the upcoming book, The Devil's Right Hand, since, . well. . Jeph is. . you know. .
That is all,
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sitelink Is this book even written by the same author This is not the same Dante from bk,
where did she go This should have been a good read, but I could not really get into it.
I actually skipped a lot because it did not add to the story and was overly repetitive, annoying, The editors seemed to have missed a lot or was it left in for word count However, even Danny started to become annoying, I get that she was struggling with some issues regarding Japh and Jace, but where did here back bone go She turned whiney, paranoid and bordering on unlikeable.
Where was the emotionally tough, in control, smart heroine we saw in bkon a break She did show up albeit a weaker version of herself a moment here and there, but the reasons I liked the first book were not present enough to enjoy this book.
I will trudge along and read them all, . . I bought the set, because bkwas that good,for storyline.for losing it
"Dark fantasy has a new heroine, "
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When the dead call, she answers,
Bounty hunting is a helluva job, but it pays the bills, And it lets Necromance Dante Valentine forget her issueslike struggling with her halfdemon side and the memory of her lover's death,
Now psychics all over the city are being savagely murderedand a piece of the past Dante thought she'd buried is stalking the night with a vengeance.
Too bad she's got no way to tell which fiendor friendto trust, Or that her most horrifying nightmares are gathering to take one kickass bounty hunter down for the count,
But that's only the beginning, The Devil just called. He's looking for Dante's loverthe one he killed, . . sitelink tumblr. com/p Originally posted at:
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For this review I decided to have different ratings for the story and the GraphicAudio narration.
This series has become the Mageri series all over again for me, It's like I'm about to witness a car crash happen right in front of me and I can't decide whether I want to look away or not.
This author is amazing at leaving somewhat big problems unsolved, which makes the curiosity in me foam at the mouth for answers,
Dante is a wreck in this novel, She's reasonably upset by how the last book ended and decides that throwing herself into her work is the best escape, for the time being.
I can follow her train of thought, but having Jase I finally learned her ex's name! live with her was very strange, I didn't understand the dynamic because she seemed to never have made up her mind about him, One moment she wanted to be comforted by him and the next she would only communicate with him in sarcastic comments and sassy retorts, I wanted to shake her and tell her to grow a pair for hlls sake pun intended,
I wasn't upset by how things ended up with Jase, I didn't like him in the first novel and the part he played in this book was lackluster at best, I just wish he hadn't given up the "family business" for Dante out of the blue, She wasn't worth all that trouble and was ungrateful to boot, though let's consider she never even asked him to do anything of that nature much less stay with her.
I wish this book had focused solely on the Jafermel plot line, The mystery didn't capture my attention, Every other minute I kept thinking about Jaf, As much as this adventure gave me an idea of how traumatic Dante's childhood was, I would rather have had her on a wild goose chase out of desperation for Jaf then have her handed the hint from the Devil himself which was cheesy at best.
The end felt like she was saying a permanent goodbye to her friends, I didn't understand why the secrecy in relation to Jafermel, I still have no idea what the heck Dante is and it's starting to lose my interest, The only thing that keeps me coming back to this series is the GraphicAudio book,
Book Rating:Stars
Graphic Audio Book :
This was just as amazing as the first one.
The creep factor got turned up so high with this particular storyline and I loved it, The hyena laughs and the ghostly "You Must Remember!"'s got under my skin, It was very well produced and I look forward to my next adventure with these audio books,
Graphic Audio Rating:Stars I am really disapointed to say that this wasn't as good as the first one : But thankfully it was readable.
The plot was ok, if not a little shakey in places, but it did fill in some of Dante's previously hinted at bad past, But the endless pity party Dante had goin on was bordering ridiculous Japh this, Jace that, I'm a terrible person, what the hell is hedaira, everyone hates Necromancers, my shoulder hurts, wierd giggle.
That's about the majority of her worries, repeated over and over and over and over and over, I like a bit of drama and internal conflict as much as the next person, but Saintcrow needs to tone it down a bit and increase the actual storytelling.
One of the good thing, however, is that there was a glossary as the back of the book to explain some of the term used, which is useful as one of the main complaint from the first book was that there were too many unexplained termed.
There were also a couple of short essays at the back to explain some of the concepts Saintcrow uses,
Thankfully, reviews for therd book in the series are quite good, so I won't be dropping this series, If not for those good reviews I would quite these books because 'Dead Man Rising' was a bit of a letdown, I know a lot of people held issues with this book due to Dantes almost nonstop grieving, but the end was such a nice change to me from the first book and made my heart grin.
Unfortunately Valentine encounters yet another tragedy in this book a new loss that I hated, The grim flashbacks that hinted her former childhood was horrible is even more in color and complex now, She comes to the heart of the horror in the battle finale and it was disturbing,
The pace is almost nonstop as Dante, the main character, rarely allows herself to sit down, She does think though, almost nonstop, with almost everything reminding her of her past or the horror of the last books ending, It can get tiring at times but I was grieving with her since I read these back to back,
Dante is incredibly violence so that is never shied away from, The flashback sequences are disturbing for more than violence, however they also focus on rape and power exchange, control and abuse,
She is a necromance, but not in the same manner and power as Anita Blake, its completely different for this series, The world is woven well, although not with as many supernatural creatures a lot of series have, Little is done with her necromancy,
After reading this book I was curious about her evolving changes from her transformation and to see what the future holds, Its a truly dark, gritty series that doesnt shy away from mental horrors, depression, violence, and the scum of the earth, There isnt any happiness in these books, nor peace, The height of the story and what drives the character is how unsettled and unbalanced she was and continues to be,
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