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| Original Title: | Sins & Shadows |
| ISBN: | 0441017118 (ISBN13: 9780441017119) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Shadows Inquiries #1 |
Lyn Benedict
Paperback | Pages: 357 pages Rating: 3.36 | 1057 Users | 100 Reviews
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| Title | : | Sins & Shadows (Shadows Inquiries #1) |
| Author | : | Lyn Benedict |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 357 pages |
| Published | : | April 28th 2009 by Ace (first published March 9th 2009) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Magic. Mystery. Fiction |
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Sylvie Lightner is no ordinary P.I. She specializes in cases involving the unusual, in a world where magic is real-and where death isn't the worst thing that can happen to you.But when an employee is murdered in front of her, Sylvie has had enough. After years of confounding the dark forces of the Magicus Mundi, she's closing up shop-until a man claiming to be the God of Justice wants Sylvie to find his lost lover.
And he won't take no for an answer.
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Ratings: 3.36 From 1057 Users | 100 ReviewsCriticism Regarding Books Sins & Shadows (Shadows Inquiries #1)
Sylvie Lightner is no ordinary P.I. She specializes in cases involving the unusual, in a world where magic is real, and where death isnt the worst thing that can happen to you. But when an employee is murdered in front of her, Sylvie has had enough. After years of confounding the dark forces of the Magicus Mundi, shes closing up shopuntil a man claiming to be the God of Justice wants Sylvie to find his lost lover. And he wont take no for an answer. And so it begins....Despite the promisingSins & Shadows is the first book in the Shadows & Inquires series featuring Sylvie Lightner, nicknamed Shadows, who is a paranormal private investigator and basically a killer. When we first meet Sylvie, she has had enough and is closing up her shop, Shadows Inquiries, for good. After watching Rafael Suarez, a friend and assistant, get murdered by a group of Satanist in front of her, and the continued fighting with the Magicus Mundi without actually getting anywhere, she fires her friend
http://janicu.livejournal.com/84057.html can't remember how I first heard of this book, but after getting a used copy, it stayed on my TBR pile until I saw a review at mardelwanda's livejournal. Mardel said of the main character, Sylvie: "She's kind of mean, kind of angry. But I actually enjoyed reading her angry sarcastic comments. She's just so damned mad and tough she doesn't care who she's mouthing off too, a god, an erinyes, witch, whoever. You get the feeling, from hints, that she's killed
This is kind of a harsh rating for a book that was not bad at all, and I may change the rating later. I guess I'm rating it on my enjoyment of it, rather than how good I thought it was, if that makes any sense. I don't know why I just could not get into or connect with this book. I liked the characters. I didn't think it was poorly written at all. And so I wouldn't be surprised if there were tons of people out there that absolutely loved it and gave it 5 stars. Something just didn't click for me
Sylvie Lightner is no ordinary PI. She specializes in cases involving the unusual and unbelievable, in a world where magic is real, where hell is just around the corner--and where death isnt the worst thing that can happen to you... (Lyn Benedict, Sins & Shadows)Absolutely brilliant pacing! I kept turning pages without having to skim through boring descriptions. (Because there is nothing worse than skimming through boring descriptions in order to find the action and the plot.) Benedicts
This book is like jumping into the 3rd book of any UF series, say Kate Daniels or Mercy Thompson, yet it is the first book. There is a whole background history of people dying on her watch in her P.I. business. That would be OK if there weren't new character after new character introduced and a new background story is told. It is like playing catch up the whole way through the book. No kidding, at one new story and character I noted that it was 68% into the book! It destroyed any interest in the
One word review: disjointed.There were so many things going on in this novel - combinations of Christian ideology and Greek mythology I just ended up completely confused at the end.(view spoiler)[ didn't help that the likely romantic lead also died because of stupidity by the heroine ( (hide spoiler)]Sylvie is rude, aggressive, and has a complete lack of respect for anyone. It's not even that she does the right things for the wrong reasons - she simply comes off as an aggressive idiot that's
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