Vicious Grace by M.L.N. Hanover
M.L.N. Hanover’s urban fantasy series, The Black Sun’s Daughter, gets better with every new book. Vicious Grace is the third book in the series (which is intended to last for ten books). It is an exciting, well-written example of what urban fantasy can be at its very best. Jayné Heller remains one of the realest heroines there is in all of fantasy literature; but best of all, she continues to grow and change. She faces difficult problems head on… Hanover continually pulls the rug out from under Jayné’s feet, and she’s dancing as fast as she can just to stay upright. Most people would crumble under this sort of pressure — pressure on all sides, emotionally, physically, psychically — but Jayné keeps going, guided by an internal moral compass that doesn’t ever seem to lead her astray. And yet, Hanover manages to keep Jayné feeling like a real person, not a superhero. It’s an impressive achievement for an urban fantasy, and makes for compelling reading… Read the rest.
Terry, I loved this one too. This series just keeps getting better.
Kelly, you know that M.L.N. Hanover is Daniel Abraham, right? So you might want to check out Abraham’s books, which are also really,really good.
I do! :) I really need to try the ones he wrote under his real name; I’ve heard really good things about them from other FanLit reviewers.
I hadn’t realized this was Daniel Abraham. I’ve been eyeing Dragons Path waiting for it to come out and Leviathan Wakes looks good too – I love me some good space opera.
I’ll have to check out the Hanover series. Thanks.
Leviathan Wakes is a wonderful collection. One or two of the stories are weaker than the others, but for the most part they’re very well done. They also show an incredible range — from “The Cambist and Lord Iron” to “Flat Diane” is a huge leap of imagination — and those two stories alone are worth the cost of the book.
OK, that threw me a little. Leviathan Wakes is a new SciFi book coming out that he co-authored under the name James S A Corey. But I went searching to see what you were talking about and I think you meant Leviathan Wept which looks really interesting and I’d never heard of. I’ll have to track down a copy. Thanks.
Oops. Yes, I definitely meant Leviathan Wept. And I had it right in front of me while I was typing, too! I guess my brain is set to “weekend.”
Im glad have seen this post. I’ve read book one but was okay with it. I was a bit curious as to the happenings in sequels but didnt want to spend my time on another okay read but seeing that it gets better and better I just might!!=)
Thx for the review!
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