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Skinwalker: A truly original urban fantasy heroine


July 18th, 2009  Posted by Kelly Lasiter

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… The originality of Skinwalker begins with Jane Yellowrock, the heroine. Jane is a loner and a smart aleck, but her similarities to the stereotypical urban-fantasy protagonist end there. Jane is a skinwalker — a shapeshifter drawn from Native American folklore — and she lives in a sort of symbiosis with “Beast,” the spirit of a mountain lion… Then there’s Jane’s strange past, mysterious even to Jane herself, and her deep-seated (but never obtrusive or preachy) Christian faith.  Read the rest.

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