ISBN: 0451411757
From the Publisher:
It sounds kind of cliche, doesn't it? But you know what? Cliche totally works for this author, and specifically, for this book. It's a pretty typical suspense romance with a small bit of the supernatural thrown it.
All of Ms. Lisle's characters are extremely well written and believable, right down to the creep factor of the ex-husband. The more you read, the more creeped out you get, even though you are totally rooting for the "survivor sex" as well. It's an odd feeling - you are thinking "Run! Run! But wait! Make out first!"
I thought that the plot held up exceptionally well, that the pace was never boring or dry (I read this book in less than a day's time span, so that has to say something), and the plot twists were quite believable. Ms. Lisle does an excellent job to keep you guessing right up until the very end, when she lays it all out for you.
I found the white dress scene very reminiscent of Kill Bill (the movie), but that might have just been me. After all, the two are not really related, but it was very very Kill Bill feeling.
I would recommend this book to any adult who wants something exciting and breath-taking to read. Don't think you'll be investing weeks in this book - you won't be able to put it down and it will be done before you know it.
I feel obliged to mention that Holly Lisle is an accomplished author with many, many books on the market. Unfortunately, her latest series, the Novels of Korre are being threatened to have their contract ended. I haven't had a chance to read Talyn yet, but I understand that it is an excellent book. If you read the snippet below and are interested in reading more, please follow this link. If you like what you read, please buy the book. This will ensure that Ms. Lisle will be able to finish this series and leave us with a whole story, rather than just half.
From the Publisher:
Phoebe Rain's sadistic ex-husband lies in a coma a thousand miles away - a coma she put him the last time he tried to kill her. Yet Phoebe knows the voice on the other end of the line belongs to the twisted man who vowed he'd never let her get away. Panicked, she turns to her neighbor, Dr. Alan MacKerrie. Alan finds the story hard to believe himself, but now he, too, is receiving chilling, ghostly warnings of danger. Caught between icy terror and mounting passion for Alan, Phoebe knows there's no escape.
It sounds kind of cliche, doesn't it? But you know what? Cliche totally works for this author, and specifically, for this book. It's a pretty typical suspense romance with a small bit of the supernatural thrown it.
All of Ms. Lisle's characters are extremely well written and believable, right down to the creep factor of the ex-husband. The more you read, the more creeped out you get, even though you are totally rooting for the "survivor sex" as well. It's an odd feeling - you are thinking "Run! Run! But wait! Make out first!"
I thought that the plot held up exceptionally well, that the pace was never boring or dry (I read this book in less than a day's time span, so that has to say something), and the plot twists were quite believable. Ms. Lisle does an excellent job to keep you guessing right up until the very end, when she lays it all out for you.
I found the white dress scene very reminiscent of Kill Bill (the movie), but that might have just been me. After all, the two are not really related, but it was very very Kill Bill feeling.
I would recommend this book to any adult who wants something exciting and breath-taking to read. Don't think you'll be investing weeks in this book - you won't be able to put it down and it will be done before you know it.
I feel obliged to mention that Holly Lisle is an accomplished author with many, many books on the market. Unfortunately, her latest series, the Novels of Korre are being threatened to have their contract ended. I haven't had a chance to read Talyn yet, but I understand that it is an excellent book. If you read the snippet below and are interested in reading more, please follow this link. If you like what you read, please buy the book. This will ensure that Ms. Lisle will be able to finish this series and leave us with a whole story, rather than just half.
In a world where technology is magic, and war is the only way of life, Talyn is a soldier, one of thousands trained from childhood to protect her Country from the monarchist Eastil, who would take away the personal freedoms of the Tonk.
Talyn long ago embraced her fate: to die in battle. This is a war of magic, not of swords, and the battles are fought deep inside the View, a place where the magic inherent in everything and everyone is actualized. The soldiers--on both sides--can bring this magic to the physical plane and use it to destroy houses, fields, and people.
But the Feegash came from across the world, and demanded to be allowed to negotiate peace between the Eastil and the Tonk for the sake of the rest of the world. Their success meant Talyn was out of a job, and at a loss for what to do with her life.
Rather than follow most of her fellow soldiers to jobs in other parts of the world, Talyn stayed with her family in her town--and there she is seduced by a Feegash diplomat. With him she experiences a dark side of herself that she hadn't even imagined, and learns a new kind of magery.And she discovers the mistreatment of Eastil prisoners of war, still in Tonk hands, and weighs her life against saving theirs.
It's a matter of honor--and her honor will be challenged again and again as she slowly discovers that what the Feegash have brought with them was not peace but an overwhelming oppression, and an evil so insidious no one noticed it until it was too late.
But if Talyn can hone her use of the Feegash flesh-magery, she can turn their own magic back against them. With the help of one of the Eastil prisoners, she might be able to use it to save the Tonk andthe Eastil, and defeat the Feegash once and for all... if it doesn't destroy her from the inside out first.
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