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Lorena Olmos arq_lorena_olmos — High fantasy without the completely unpronounceable names and with just enough technology, Spectyr continues the world Philippa Ballantine birthed in Geist and rachets up the complexity and suspense. You never know if, but hope for, the HEA. And, you aren't even sure which characters will survive or if they will survive intact. The characters always driven to survive, to rescue, to save don't and can't even trust the people they travel to rescue. It seems the trio can only trust themselves and a mysterious prince whose visage harbors either a terrible beauty or is of a frighteningly beastly nature -- I am never sure. In fact if there is one problem it is that although the world Philippa builds is described in detail a lot is left up to our imagination to fill in. For example, what does a god-like being look like as it attempts to gather enough atom to build a non-spectral body. Imagine that! Ballantine is asking us to use our own minds to fill in the blanks! In so doing, she will either totally capture your attention and taunt you into staying up late or you will be too tired to do all that heavy thinking and take longer to finish the story. I have a lot of distractions right now, company, injury, life so I found the complexity of the plot and the new area into which they traveled a bit hard to keep track of. But, I am finding pretty much everything hard to keep track of. Then there are the love stories surprising, hopeless, hopeful and one dwelling in the interstices of time and the worlds. A polygamist culture where the prince isn't cruel and where people are not always people but may be inhabited by other beings. The hardest thing I find and this is nit picky, is Deacon Farris' use of cigars which while in a world somewhat different and yet not entirely different from our own I assume are still of tobacco. I hate cigars (long story) and so I dislike that a character with whom I would like to be comfortable would engage in something so heinous as puffing on something so unpleasantly odoriferous. But that may be Ballantine's point: that we shouldn't be comfortable with Sorcha. Sorcha is edgy, she is strong and she is the scariest thing an otherworldly creature will see. Certainly if small time gods prefer not to meet up with our erstwhile fighter of supernatural crimes, we mortals shouldn't either. Much more cozy is our relationship with her ally and partner, Merrick. Ballantine brings us a complex world and story lines which all coalesce in the climactic ending, which must be the opening for the net entry in the series. Not much is resolved and unfortunately all my questions would be spoilers (very wily, Ms. Ballantine). But it is also a story filled with heart, with bravery and courageous actions, with plenty of actions. The cultures resemble those in our world so they aren't out of the realm of our ability to imagine them. For example when Philippa describes the head dress worn by the Prince of Chioma I saw something Asian: all white and pearlescent and blinding. The world is familiar enough not to put us off but unfamiliar to the extent we feel the edge. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you sidle up to this edgy world and read Spectyr; it does stand alone, but for the best effect read Geist first. Of course if you read Geist you MUST READ Spectyr. Some gore, tastefully written sex, make this a book for adults. Please Note: Jason Chan who did the cover art for Geist and Spectyr won the The Chelsey Award (the big award for fantasy artists and are presented by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors.) in the category of Best Cover; Paperback for Geist.

Taleesha Kerry _aleesha_erry — Typical Jane Austin knockoff. Never can match up to Jane.

Randy Rattansingh _and_esigns — AWESOME....