Book 8, 2014
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Last night, I finished reading Deadtown by Nancy Holzner. It's an urban fantasy featuring heroine Victory (Vicky) Vaughn.
Vicky is a shapeshifter, which is a rarity in the world of paranormals. In the story, werewolves, zombies, vampires, etc are known as PAs (Paranormal Americans), and they are engaged in a political battle to gain the same rights as normal humans ("norms"). And, that's just the background of the book.
There was so much going on in this book. The way PAs were treated by mainstream Americans was atrocious. In Boston, they're forced to live in a small, designated area known as Deadtown. Vicky's boyfriend, werewolf-slash-attorney Alexander Kane, is heavily involved in the politics, while Vicky's own family are drawn into the drama when a fanatic geneticist kidnaps Vicky's niece for testing. In the meantime, Vicky is engaged in battle with the demon who killed her father, and she must thwart an attack on Boston.
The book was quite intriguing, and I hope it was just the first in a series. I'll need to look for others by the same author. This one gets four stars.
★★★★
Vicky is a shapeshifter, which is a rarity in the world of paranormals. In the story, werewolves, zombies, vampires, etc are known as PAs (Paranormal Americans), and they are engaged in a political battle to gain the same rights as normal humans ("norms"). And, that's just the background of the book.
There was so much going on in this book. The way PAs were treated by mainstream Americans was atrocious. In Boston, they're forced to live in a small, designated area known as Deadtown. Vicky's boyfriend, werewolf-slash-attorney Alexander Kane, is heavily involved in the politics, while Vicky's own family are drawn into the drama when a fanatic geneticist kidnaps Vicky's niece for testing. In the meantime, Vicky is engaged in battle with the demon who killed her father, and she must thwart an attack on Boston.
The book was quite intriguing, and I hope it was just the first in a series. I'll need to look for others by the same author. This one gets four stars.
★★★★