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Poison Promise
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November 1, 2017
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November 30, 2017
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Part of our group series (re)read: Elemental Assassin…more

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What Members Thought

Netanella
After a full year of reading the urban fantasy series "Elemental Assassin," about Gin Blanco, the soft-hearted, tough-exterior contract killer who can dice up a dozen hitmen as quick as she can make a gourmet cheesecake, I have come to adore Gin and her rag-tag band of family and friends, human, dwarves, vampires, you name it. Reading an "Elemental Assassin" book brings me a little feeling of nostalgia, like I'm sure George felt walking into "Cheers." I also knew what I was going to get - a fami ...more
Deidre
I thought it was pretty good, but a lot like the last few. I'm not positive that I will go on, since she seems to have the same exact problem every book.

I was shocked when I read that her mentor died a year ago, it seems like it should have been 5 years ago. Think of all that has happened in the 11 books. And it all happened in less than a year....
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Michelle
May 06, 2017 rated it liked it
It took me two tries to get through this book, which hurts me deeply. This was one of my all time favourite series and I just struggled with it. I think, in part, because we eventually came to the conclusion of the Mab storyline, it took lots of blood, sweat and tears to get there and it felt like it started all over again with M. Don't get me wrong once I got passed the first 30% of the book it did pick up and I liked it ok. I will continue with the series, I'm just not as desperate for the nex ...more
Nattles
Nov 16, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: not-quite-yet
Cindi Kelley
Dec 21, 2013 rated it really liked it
Melissa-The Book Addict
Dec 24, 2013 rated it really liked it
Midu Hadi
Apr 18, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: missing-shelf
Garima
Jul 08, 2014 marked it as to-read
Rani
Aug 09, 2014 rated it really liked it
Cassandra
Oct 10, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Jan 04, 2015 rated it really liked it
Jen (jlkish)
Jul 14, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: urban-fantasy
Efreak
Feb 11, 2016 marked it as to-read
Adele
Feb 15, 2016 marked it as to-read
Witchspell
Apr 04, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Genevieve
Jul 02, 2021 rated it really liked it
Niki Deerfield
Feb 18, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: urban-fantasy
BareThoughts
Oct 25, 2017 rated it really liked it
Megan
Dec 04, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Amanda A
Oct 31, 2018 marked it as ktbr
Joanne
Dec 17, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audio-book, read-2018
Connie B
Mar 24, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audiobook
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