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Industrial Magic (Women of the Otherworld, #4)
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This is the second "Women of the Otherworld" book narrated by Paige Winterbourne. I am still not wild about Paige, as a narrator she is pretty boring - know-it-all and self-righteous. The romance between her and Lucas Cortez is also just meh. Lucas is honest, loyal, dedicated, always fights for a good cause, basically your average nice guy which would make him a great real life partner, but as a fictional paranormal lover he just doesn't cut it IMO. Nevertheless, this book is great, thanks to the plot and a cast of great secondary characters.
The story here is as follows: the Cabal teenage kids are being murdered by a mysterious killer and Paige and Lucas are called on by Lucas's father to help out with the investigation. What follows is an exciting hunt for the perpetrator. During the chase we revisit our old faves from previous books: Adam, Cassandra, Aaron, Jeremy, Elena, and (thank god!) Clayton. We are also introduced to some very colorful new characters: Jaime Vegas - a necromancer, a clairvoyant, Eve's ghost, and even an obnoxious Celtic deity. Sounds crazy? Yes, it kind of is, but somehow it works in this book. The new mythology Armstrong introduces is exciting and entertaining too.
On the negative side, to keep track of so many characters requires a lot of logistics explanations on the author's part, and at times it's just a bit too much work to follow who went where, when, and how. But pretty soon you learn to tune these things out completely. If I am being objective, some cameo appearances turn out to be just that - appearances, without significantly advancing the plot, but because you like these characters, you overlook that as well.
Overall, "Industrial Magic" is a great fast-paced story which re-awakened my interest in the series.
Reading challenge: #1 - I
The story here is as follows: the Cabal teenage kids are being murdered by a mysterious killer and Paige and Lucas are called on by Lucas's father to help out with the investigation. What follows is an exciting hunt for the perpetrator. During the chase we revisit our old faves from previous books: Adam, Cassandra, Aaron, Jeremy, Elena, and (thank god!) Clayton. We are also introduced to some very colorful new characters: Jaime Vegas - a necromancer, a clairvoyant, Eve's ghost, and even an obnoxious Celtic deity. Sounds crazy? Yes, it kind of is, but somehow it works in this book. The new mythology Armstrong introduces is exciting and entertaining too.
On the negative side, to keep track of so many characters requires a lot of logistics explanations on the author's part, and at times it's just a bit too much work to follow who went where, when, and how. But pretty soon you learn to tune these things out completely. If I am being objective, some cameo appearances turn out to be just that - appearances, without significantly advancing the plot, but because you like these characters, you overlook that as well.
Overall, "Industrial Magic" is a great fast-paced story which re-awakened my interest in the series.
Reading challenge: #1 - I
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August 14, 2009
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October 18, 2009
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October 18, 2009
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urban-fantasy
October 18, 2009
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Wow I'm glad these are still good reads =)
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For me this one was very entertaining, the 3rd one I wasn't that crazy about. And Clay made an appearance here, so I am satisfied:)
Yay, Clay is back. Was he as delicious as always?
Yes, but I only got a little taste of him:)
:( I guess something is better than nothing though. I need to get back to this series, oh how I lurve me some Clay.
I was a little put off by the 3rd book, but I think I am back on track with this 4th. I am working on my review now
Would I miss anything if I skipped the 3rd as long as I read the summary on wiki?
You would only miss introduction of Lucas and their romance, but it wasn't that exciting anyway. I think you can get away with just reading the summary.
Try and see if it works for you. I'll explain if you have any questions while reading IM.
Okay. I really don't want to read the third one, even the summary sounded boring.
It was, too many elderly witches being b!tchy.
Ugh, and I wasn't much of a Paige fan, so I can't imagine what would keep me reading about her. Armstrong chose a boring one to focus on for her 3rd and 4th book...
You know, Paige reminds me a little of Sookie. Huge nungas and self-righteous:)
I think that's why I don't like her, lol.Speaking of Nungas, I now love Dave the Laugh, but this Emma chick has got to go. I get the feeling he is trying to make her jealous.
Oh, you now love him. Gosh, you are such a flip-flopper, I swear.
Well, I always kinda liked him, but I didn't like his desire to play the general horn. But I think he truly cares for her and he makes her laugh.Robbie is back. I don't know what to do about this. Does he want G back? I'm only on page 45 of book 8
He does, but he doesn't rock G's boat as much as he used to...
Interesting. I suppose that happens when you leave to go snog marcupials, lol.I flat out don't like Massimo. Now he can be with G since his old girlfriend has moved on. What a loser.
And Robbie ditched her and barely bothered to contact her, so he is a loser too. This leaves Dave the Laugh.
I hope you are sending me that G10, 'cause now I am dying (again) to find out who G ends up with. It has to be Dave or no one IMO. In spite of his general horn, he is the only one who really knows her and likes her the way she is.
Yay!!! Can't wait.
I can, cause I know who she ends up with, Mwahaha ;)
Don't you dare!!! I am warning you
