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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I have had this book on my TBR read pile for some time and was excited to read it. This is the first book in the Black Swan Rising trilogy. This book started out as an engaging urban fantasy mystery with a gloomy vibe to it. Initially I really liked the down to earth heroine and was fascinated as she tried to unravel the mysteries about her past. Things went downhill in the second half of the book when our heroine meets Oberon. Oberon starts dragging Garet around the city to meet other fae who are supposed to train her. Garet is supposed to use her newfound powers to stop an old sorcerer from summoning demons to destroy the city. It sounds pretty neat but it just got really boring and convoluted. I would say the first third of this book is 4 stars and the last two thirds are 3 stars. I struggled to finish it and ended up skimming the last few chapters. Overall this is an okay urban fantasy book but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it. It starts out with a unique and atmospheric mystery and then ends up very disjointed and flatout boring. I won’t be continuing with the series. I have abandoned this one. I made it 100 pages in & it wasn't really holding my interest. The writing is well done but I was able to figure things out sooner than Garet on a few too many occasions & I grew tired of her having to catch up. I don't know if it's me or the book but this one is going back to the library unfinished & maybe I'll come back to it again. no reviews | add a review
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When New York City jewelry designer, Garet James, stumbles into a strange antiques shop in her neighborhood, her life is turned upside down. John Dee, the shopkeeper, offers her a large sum of money, to open a silver box. When she does so, otherworldly things start to happen. Garet learns that she has been pulled in a prophecy that is hundreds of years old, and opening the box unleashes an evil force onto the streets of Manhattan. No library descriptions found.
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The first part of this book is definatly the strongest. The more fantasy part of the book does feel a bit weaker. Not bad just less compelling. In the last half of the book our main character is kind of passive much of the time and there are a lot of description, which make it less interesting when the first part. Gareth just get sweeper along in part of the book which is a shame.
The ending was suprisingly long and melancolic - reminding me of the ending of lords of the rings. I really enjoyed the book.
Defiantly worth reading! And the included first chapter of the next book makes me want to pick it up as well. ( )