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House of Cards (The Negotiator, Book 2)
written by C.E. Murphy
Studio : Luna
by Luna
Publisher : Luna
Released : 2008-03-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780373802630
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 14 reviews)
List Price : $14.95
Our Price : $9.46
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Product Description |
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A covenant broken. A hell unleashed... New York City's only legal counsel to the fabled Old Races, Margrit Knight is levelheaded in all matters extraordinary. But when she's summoned to negotiate a peace treaty among rival factions, her own mortal world threatens to fall apart. Margrit's been in hot water before, but reentering the underworld brings a new set of problems. And a new set of friends and enemies, including a ruthless vampire mobster, a dragonlord who won't take no for an answer, a band of subversive selkies...oh, and Alban Korund, the sexy gargoyle who got her into this mess -- and whose granite-strong touch still haunts her every fantasy... |
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Great Read |
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This is a great read, I love how CE Murphy draws the reader into the lives of all the characters and the developing love interest between Margrit and Alban is sexy. It's a page turner and will leave you wanting more....so lucky for you there is a book 3!!! |
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Gargoyles and Djinn and Selkies... Oh, my! |
Legal Aid lawyer, Margrit Knight, loves to tempt fate and run at night in Central Park. That's how she first met Alban, a gargoyle, in HEART OF STONE, the first book, and how she finds out that about the Old Races, Djinn, Dragons, Vampires, Gargoyles and Selkies. As one of the few humans who knows about them, Margrit's skills as a negotiator are in-demand as the Old Races' balance of power is shifting and they need an outside party. Margrit also owes crime kingpin and dragonlord, Janx, a favor and he calls it in, concerned that a powerful rival, Daisani, a wealthy developer and vampirelord, is having his men knocked off as revenge for the death of Daisani's personal assistant in the last book. Janx asks Margrit to protect his second-in-command, the djinn Malik, a powerful being who hates Margrit. Margrit is only human. She tries to call on Alban for help, but Alban is trying to keep Margrit from further involvement with the Old Races, which includes himself. And there is Daisani, who wants Margrit to work for him...
Margrit continues to be an interesting character, gutsy, but very human (although with a touch of vampire blood from Daisani that makes her heal quicker). The strict rules and precarious balance of power between the Old Races is fascinating. They have old rivalries that could easily lead to them wiping each other out, but they are dwindling and rules exist to prevent this... somewhat. And they also prevent the humans from finding out about them. The strange dynamic between them all, and with Margarit, negotiator and also catalyst, it seems, is full of both action and suspense. This is still a more character-driven book... the various plots are there, but sometimes only in the background as Margrit deals with her friends and family and job and tries to fit her new life with the Old Races into it all. And to try to fit her longing for the reluctant Alban into her personal life that still has Tony, her on-and-off-again boyfriend, in it. There are also issues of what is human and what is not and how important it is. Margrit, who is mixed race, has no problem accepting that the Old Races count as beings as much as humans, but she finds that this is not true of all those she knows.
I thought that this was a solid sequel to HEART OF STONE. If you liked that one, you should like this one. Many of the characters are the same and we get to learn more about them all.
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"Solid second in a series" |
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This is a very good second book in a series -- it is strong, with a very natural continuation of friendships, romances, and business interests. That is, where business interests equal meetings with Eliseo Daisani and a group of attorneys with something to hide. I have to say up front that one of the things about this book which seemed more realistic to me was this: Margrit and Alban do not get together quickly or without misunderstandings on both of their parts. This book is not just an urban fantasy romance, where the majority of the story is a romance. The romance is definitely a part, but not overwhelmingly so. Also, the action falls down the line very naturally, with plot points that lead one to the next. I am very eager to read book 3, and give kudos to this author for breaking out with a very different urban fantasy and her own mythology |
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The Negotiator Series |
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I thought it was even better than the first. I love the characters. I think they are very well rounded and interesting. I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series. |
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great |
Another great book! I cannot wait for the third. The only bad part about trilogies is that they seem to end in the middle of something that you want to scream about when it does...Great book though. A mix of love, loyalty, and strength.
Loved it.
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