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Was that women’s cancer cured by prayer? Is that young man with asthma a killer or a victim? Was The Hound of the Baskervilles originally going to be set in border between England and Wales? Will an Arthur Conan Doyle appreciation society be able to contact the spirit of the author and find out? Is that women working in the struggling hotel really a teenage killer now grown up? Will Gomer be able to get his tractor through the snow? Who or what is killing the sheep? And for the love of God will you just marry Lol and get it over with!!!!
These are the kerfuffle's that Merrily Watkins (local vicar and chain smoking exorcist) must solve to bring peace and tranquillity back to the county of Herefordshire. This was pretty good, dragged in the middle a little and the ending was a little bit Scooby Doo, but I just love the characters so much any failings just seem to flutter away.
Was that women’s cancer cured by prayer? Is that young man with asthma a killer or a victim? Was The Hound of the Baskervilles originally going to be set in border between England and Wales? Will an Arthur Conan Doyle appreciation society be able to contact the spirit of the author and find out? Is that women working in the struggling hotel really a teenage killer now grown up? Will Gomer be able to get his tractor through the snow? Who or what is killing the sheep? And for the love of God will you just marry Lol and get it over with!!!!
These are the kerfuffle's that Merrily Watkins (local vicar and chain smoking exorcist) must solve to bring peace and tranquillity back to the county of Herefordshire. This was pretty good, dragged in the middle a little and the ending was a little bit Scooby Doo, but I just love the characters so much any failings just seem to flutter away.
"Age might bring wisdom, but it also brought indigestion and elasticated pants.”
So, C.J.Tudor’s 6th novel is set in the small Alaskan town of Deadhart (pop. 673 alive). They share an uneasy peace with a colony of vampires who live in a disused, rundown mining settlement not far away. When a teenage boy is found murdered with vampire bite marks on his neck, it’s up detective and vampire expert Barbara to find out the facts and decide if a cull of the colony is needed.
OK so lots going on here, lots of characters, lots of small-town thinking, pretty much everyone has something to gain or lose by a cull being authorised, lots of secrets, plenty of surprises.. The whole setting and sense of place is really great. Some of the back stories are excellent, two that really stand out are the girl in the basement and the bone house, both utterly grim.
I suppose making the vampires everyday things, ala True Blood, takes some of the horror and threat away from the story, the vampires here have reason and even if they have desires for blood they don't generally act on them. Most the horror comes from the moments of cruelty some of the characters are subjected to and some of it is horrific.
Overall, this was great fun. All over the place with the rating. Probably if I was being mean it would I would give it a 3 but I went up to 4 just for the sheer enjoyment I had when reading. Not her best but her bar is very high. Might have been a 5 had it been set in Mansfield.
"Age might bring wisdom, but it also brought indigestion and elasticated pants.”
So, C.J.Tudor’s 6th novel is set in the small Alaskan town of Deadhart (pop. 673 alive). They share an uneasy peace with a colony of vampires who live in a disused, rundown mining settlement not far away. When a teenage boy is found murdered with vampire bite marks on his neck, it’s up detective and vampire expert Barbara to find out the facts and decide if a cull of the colony is needed.
OK so lots going on here, lots of characters, lots of small-town thinking, pretty much everyone has something to gain or lose by a cull being authorised, lots of secrets, plenty of surprises.. The whole setting and sense of place is really great. Some of the back stories are excellent, two that really stand out are the girl in the basement and the bone house, both utterly grim.
I suppose making the vampires everyday things, ala True Blood, takes some of the horror and threat away from the story, the vampires here have reason and even if they have desires for blood they don't generally act on them. Most the horror comes from the moments of cruelty some of the characters are subjected to and some of it is horrific.
Overall, this was great fun. All over the place with the rating. Probably if I was being mean it would I would give it a 3 but I went up to 4 just for the sheer enjoyment I had when reading. Not her best but her bar is very high. Might have been a 5 had it been set in Mansfield.
"People can do terrible things when they feel safe and powerful"
The two books I read before this one were full of hate and prejudice, so this was this perfect antidote to that. I guess three words to describe this book would be.
REALLY REALLY LOVELY
Everything is lovely, the crew are lovely (ok there’s a miserable one who works with algae but in the end even he’s quite lovely). the people they meet and the planets they visit are all really quite lovely. When the ship gets raided, the raiders do it in a lovely agreeable way. Even the ships computer is lovely and is actually called Lovelace (shortened to lovey).
Ok, so why I didn’t give this 5 stars. First off, I did love these great fables about morality and tolerance that are told by the characters, and I don’t think I've come across a sci-fi book, or any book for that matter, that is so easy to read. However, when I got towards the end, the cuddliness did start to wear a bit thin and that’s only because it makes the sci-fi elements feel a little superficial.
Overall, really enjoyed it, really really lovely. It's like being wrapped a huge blanket, and I’m ordering the next one right now, and I really hope its really really lovely like this one was.
"People can do terrible things when they feel safe and powerful"
The two books I read before this one were full of hate and prejudice, so this was this perfect antidote to that. I guess three words to describe this book would be.
REALLY REALLY LOVELY
Everything is lovely, the crew are lovely (ok there’s a miserable one who works with algae but in the end even he’s quite lovely). the people they meet and the planets they visit are all really quite lovely. When the ship gets raided, the raiders do it in a lovely agreeable way. Even the ships computer is lovely and is actually called Lovelace (shortened to lovey).
Ok, so why I didn’t give this 5 stars. First off, I did love these great fables about morality and tolerance that are told by the characters, and I don’t think I've come across a sci-fi book, or any book for that matter, that is so easy to read. However, when I got towards the end, the cuddliness did start to wear a bit thin and that’s only because it makes the sci-fi elements feel a little superficial.
Overall, really enjoyed it, really really lovely. It's like being wrapped a huge blanket, and I’m ordering the next one right now, and I really hope its really really lovely like this one was.
"People can do terrible things when they feel safe and powerful"
The two books I read before this one were full of hate and prejudice, so this was this perfect antidote to that. I guess three words to describe this book would be.
REALLY REALLY LOVELY
Everything is lovely, the crew are lovely (ok there’s a miserable one who works with algae but in the end even he’s quite lovely). the people they meet and the planets they visit are all really quite lovely. When the ship gets raided, the raiders do it in a lovely agreeable way. Even the ships computer is lovely and is actually called Lovelace (shortened to lovey).
Ok, so why I didn’t give this 5 stars. First off, I did love these great fables about morality and tolerance that are told by the characters, and I don’t think I've come across a sci-fi book, or any book for that matter, that is so easy to read. However, when I got towards the end, the cuddliness did start to wear a bit thin and that’s only because it makes the sci-fi elements feel a little superficial.
Overall, really enjoyed it, really really lovely. It's like being wrapped a huge blanket, and I’m ordering the next one right now, and I really hope its really really lovely like this one was.
"People can do terrible things when they feel safe and powerful"
The two books I read before this one were full of hate and prejudice, so this was this perfect antidote to that. I guess three words to describe this book would be.
REALLY REALLY LOVELY
Everything is lovely, the crew are lovely (ok there’s a miserable one who works with algae but in the end even he’s quite lovely). the people they meet and the planets they visit are all really quite lovely. When the ship gets raided, the raiders do it in a lovely agreeable way. Even the ships computer is lovely and is actually called Lovelace (shortened to lovey).
Ok, so why I didn’t give this 5 stars. First off, I did love these great fables about morality and tolerance that are told by the characters, and I don’t think I've come across a sci-fi book, or any book for that matter, that is so easy to read. However, when I got towards the end, the cuddliness did start to wear a bit thin and that’s only because it makes the sci-fi elements feel a little superficial.
Overall, really enjoyed it, really really lovely. It's like being wrapped a huge blanket, and I’m ordering the next one right now, and I really hope its really really lovely like this one was.
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