Raven Calls (Walker Papers, #7) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Feb 22, 2012 The Flooze rated it liked it

Shelves: vanquished_2012, urban-fantasy-paranormal, owned

For tonight's rendition of Lazy Reviewing, I'm pilfering my own posts from the comments section. (Don't judge me. This is the seventh book.)

Raven Calls might be a Walker novel, but with the story placed out of time and in a different setting (view spoiler), it almost read like an aside to the series.

The concept of time loops is played with a lot. A. Lot. It's something we've already seen in relation to Present Jo and Past ...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Christal rated it really liked it

Shelves: magic, female-lead, urban-fantasy, weres-and-shifters, lesser-known-creatures, gods-and-goddesses, time-travel

I enjoyed this book, but the previous book Spirit Dances is still my favorite of the series. I liked that Ms. Murphy tied up some of the loose ends from the "Banshee Cries" short story and really integrated Jo's mom into the Walker Papers universe.

I liked the basic premise of the story. Joanne goes to Ireland to try and find a cure for her werewolf bite, but instead ends up traveling through time to stop the Morrigan and her Master. That said, the time loops were a bit confusing sometimes. I fe I enjoyed this book, but the previous book Spirit Dances is still my favorite of the series. I liked that Ms. Murphy tied up some of the loose ends from the "Banshee Cries" short story and really integrated Jo's mom into the Walker Papers universe.

I liked the basic premise of the story. Joanne goes to Ireland to try and find a cure for her werewolf bite, but instead ends up traveling through time to stop the Morrigan and her Master. That said, the time loops were a bit confusing sometimes. I felt like I had forgotten or missed important information, even though I've read all the other books. You definitely would not want to pick this book up as a jumping off point in the story.

Changing the setting to Ireland was nice. By the beautiful descriptions and detail, you could really tell Ms. Murphy lives there and loves it. We were treated to a bushel of new characters, my favorites being Catriona and Meabh. I hope that we see Cat in future books. She could totally become the Molly to Joanne's Dresden.

Joanne was very powerful throughout this whole novel, except when it came to her big weakness, believing in herself. I think she made a lot of progress in this novel and hopefully that will only continue. It's time to patch up those cracks in the windshield!

Joanne and Gary were great together as usual, but I missed the other side characters (especially Morrison!). One of the best things about the series is the believable relationships between the characters and I really missed seeing Jo's gang. One person that did make a life-saving appearance was Coyote. While he was as awesome as ever... (view spoiler)

The ending of this novel sets up a storyline that I have been waiting for, (view spoiler) and I want the book to be out already. Also, I can't wait for the No Dominion novella to see what Gary was up to off-screen! All in all, this was a solid entry in the series and makes me look forward to the rest of the books. ...more

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