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Friday, July 23, 2010

Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick

Quick, Amanda.  Burning Lamp.

I pulled this one from the "new book" shelf at the library, noted that it was an Arcane Society Novel, but not that it was the second book in a trilogy.

So...the novel is part romance and part paranormal.  Nothing deep, but a little light fun.  "The Widow" is a social reformer who has been raiding various brothels and freeing the women in them, enabling them to prepare themselves for a better life.

Enter Griffin Winter, a London crime lord, who thinks "The Widow" may possess a dream light talent, and who may be able to help save him from a family curse.  Instant attraction between the two, although they appear to be at cross-purposes.

You know where this is going, right?  The two team up and take on evil-doers.

Although the novel is the second one in the trilogy, enough background is given that you don't really need to have read the first novel to get a handle on this one.  One reason is that a couple of hundred years have passed and the characters in the first novel are ancestors (who created a lot of problems) to some of the characters in Burning Lamp.  The same situation will be true in the final novel that will take place in future generations.

Fiction.  Supernatural/Mystery.  2010.  328 pages.

5 comments:

  1. I love this series. It's one of my "guilty" pleasures. Well, not guilty because you like the books you like. It's just people can be so judgmental about the romance/paranormal genres.

    In any case, I can't wait for the next book in the trilogy and then I'm curious as to where she will go with the Arcane Society.

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  2. I've read several of the Amanda Quick romance novels - long ago - and thought those were quite fun. I haven't read her in so long maybe this series with the mystery twist would be something I'd enjoy!

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  3. I found your blog through Bookmagic's blog. :) Nice review-I've had such a hard time getting into Amanda Quick's latest releases-but this book makes me want to start reading her again.

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  4. Iliana - It is a quick read, nothing deep at all, but a good beach book.

    Buckeye Girl - It was kind of fun, a little silly, and less engaging than might be expected, but entertaining.

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  5. Kay - :) I love paranormal, even if they rarely deliver just what I'm looking for. Actually, the third one sounds fun as well.

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