Lilith Saintcrow's "Hunter's Prayer", #61
Jun. 14th, 2009 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikat2nd in the "Jill Kismet" series. Intriguing plot, a lot of action, some interesting background info on the characters, scary monsters... But!
It would have been even a better read if I actually liked Jill, if I could connect with her at some point, if I found her character somehow sympathetic. Basically, she's a bitch - her words, not mine. She's arrogant, volatile, brash and short-tempered. And because she just doesn't think before she acts, she makes mistakes that put her in even less favorable light. And her troubles with Perry don't make her less annoying either because the bargain she made with him brought her super powers that she has no constraints to use but when it comes down to upholding her part of the contract, she's all "woe is me". Very unbecoming. But it's true that Saul made her mellower and she didn't keep on moaning "Mikhail, Mikhail" the whole book long like in part one, so that's a plus.
So, as I said, it's too bad that I don't like the main heroine otherwise this book would be near the top of my favorite paranormal books.
It would have been even a better read if I actually liked Jill, if I could connect with her at some point, if I found her character somehow sympathetic. Basically, she's a bitch - her words, not mine. She's arrogant, volatile, brash and short-tempered. And because she just doesn't think before she acts, she makes mistakes that put her in even less favorable light. And her troubles with Perry don't make her less annoying either because the bargain she made with him brought her super powers that she has no constraints to use but when it comes down to upholding her part of the contract, she's all "woe is me". Very unbecoming. But it's true that Saul made her mellower and she didn't keep on moaning "Mikhail, Mikhail" the whole book long like in part one, so that's a plus.
So, as I said, it's too bad that I don't like the main heroine otherwise this book would be near the top of my favorite paranormal books.
