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Cargando... Glimmer of Hope: An Urban Fantasy Novel (The Other Realm Book 2) (edición 2021)por Heather G. Harris (Autor)
Información de la obraGlimmer of Hope por Heather G. Harris
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I'm Jinx, a run-of-the-mill private investigator ... except I'm also a walking, talking lie detector. Oh, and I belong to magical realm known as the Other. Murder isn't usually my gig, but when I'm hired to investigate the death of a dryad called Reggie, I agree to help out because I know his grieving widow. It should be an easy case to crack, a mugging gone wrong, but the murder scene photos show it was anything but. Reggie's death has all the hallmarks of my parents' murders so I'll stop at nothing to finding his killers. It's so important I'd even be willing to tag in Stone to help – if I could find him... Reggie was into some bad stuff involving a drug called Boost. Take it, and you play Russian roulette because either you get high or you die. As the drug claims another victim, I find myself with a new sidekick who is determined to fight its evil influence and he just happens to be the king of the dragon community. Now I have two deaths to solve and one suave dragon king along for the ride. I need to find Reggie's murderer. I need to discover who killed my parents. And I need to keep my distance from the charismatic dragon Emory, who refuses to take no for an answer... No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The story actually doesn't forget about the huge number of things that were introduced in the first book which was a welcome surprise.
The world feels like it's full to bursting with actual detail and not just a bunch of one-off things to be forgotten later.
I wasn't as enamored with the plot though. It just felt very much like going through the motions. The book fails to make me feel like there are actual stakes.
It's not that the stakes are too small. I've read books that made me feel like failing a school exam would be the end of the world. It just fails to convey a feeling of danger or urgency or anything really. I was never in doubt that it would all resolve itself almost without a hiccup which was exactly what ended up happening.
A lot of very powerful people are far too eager to fulfill the MC's every wish for no apparent reason. While the MC is technically somewhat of a special snowflake she doesn't exhibit the typical annoying special snowflake behavior but everyone around her still treats her like she shits diamonds or something.
There just is no relevant conflict. Everything just falls into her lap on its own. It's just not engaging to read.
On the other hand, I very much enjoyed how the book intentionally subverts frustrating cliche expectations but I can't really talk about them without spoilers.
The book very pointedly and self-consciously does things the "right" way which are basically always bad, especially in PNR.
It's almost like the book is partly addressed towards all the other UF authors that just lamely follow the expected list of bad clichées.
My personal enjoyment was more like 2 stars but there is just so much in this series that is much better executed than in most UF that it would be unfair to rate below 3 stars.
But I probably won't continue the series. (