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Supernatural/Mystery. The crew of Darkest Night is filming a haunted house episode in a house that, surprise, turns out to be haunted and Tony has to save them all with his new beginning-level wizarding powers! This is very, very good. I tore through it. Huff seems to have resolved her POV issues and the story itself has lots of suspense and gore and creepiness. Tony's growing up some, and it's awesome that he's wizardly. The unresolved sexual tension between him and Lee is actually sexy this ti
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Well, this was the first of the whole Blood world books that actually scared me! I got so creeped out I had to put it down and stop reading for the rest of the day. I'm kind of impressed!
Otherwise, still funny and clever and awesome. And gruesome, but that goes with the territory I guess. ...more
Otherwise, still funny and clever and awesome. And gruesome, but that goes with the territory I guess. ...more
I liked this one more than I remember it's prequel. Maybe less buildup, more creepy? Ghosts and a haunted house, but not too bad to read alone in the dark. How someone can call themselves a wizard with only one spell is a bit much. The problem was solved in stages, by teamwork. Lots of interpersonal dynamics. Read in two days (while sick at home).
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3.5 stars
A haunted house story has been done to death, as the crew filming the just-as-cliched vampire detective TV are well aware, but the creepy old mansion is a perfect location for this sort of thing. Tony & crew find out quickly just how perfect, when actual hauntings start manifesting, and a body count starts piling up.
Tanya Huff writes character-driven stories, which means even when they think the plot is silly (and they do, and they snark about it delightfully), you still get inside th ...more
A haunted house story has been done to death, as the crew filming the just-as-cliched vampire detective TV are well aware, but the creepy old mansion is a perfect location for this sort of thing. Tony & crew find out quickly just how perfect, when actual hauntings start manifesting, and a body count starts piling up.
Tanya Huff writes character-driven stories, which means even when they think the plot is silly (and they do, and they snark about it delightfully), you still get inside th ...more
Oct 24, 2013
Lorena
marked it as to-read
