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Alexis Clyburn elvynne — An easy read. Dr. Sears has lots of good things to say in a very respectful manner.

Sumit Bhatia animatorkarnal — Okay, I didn't read ALL of this book, but it made my brain hurt in a good way. I tried to get like, ANYONE I KNEW to read it so I could discuss it with somebody, but no joy. Still, after reading Maureen Dowd's "Are Men Necessary" I kind of want to go back to this for a less stupid perspective on women and culture. I don't agree with everything she says but it's certainly thought-provoking.

Dora Fonseca dorafonseca — 3.5 18-year-old Karou is not your typical teenage girl. First of all, she's an art student living in Prague. Second of all, she has blue hair and tattoos. Finally, she was raised in a magical portal by Brimstone, a half-human/half-animal being who trades wishes in exchange for human teeth. She has spent most of her life running dangerous errands for him, traveling to the ends of the earth to bring back bags of teeth, but when burned handprints begin showing up on the doors she uses, it's the first sign that the life she has known is about to come to a end. As she is drawn into an age-old war between seraphim and chimera, she tries to find out who she really is and what her place in the world is meant to be. I used this book in a booktalk to illustrate how hard it can be to draw a line between paranormal romance and fantasy, and I think that very issue is why I didn't love it. I got sucked in by the fantasy aspect only to run smack into 50 pages of overwritten mooning from Karou and Akiva. I actually set the book aside in the midst of that and had a hard time picking it back up. I'm glad I did though, because once Taylor put down her thesaurus and stopped describing Akiva's gorgeousness, the story switched back into fantasy mode and ended up being pretty good. Taylor is a showy writer, but as long as the plot is moving along, it works. It's a little hard to empathize with the beautiful, talented, exotic, wish-rich, wisecracking Karou, but she at least she's a strong female character, unlike many other paranormal romancees. On an unrelated note, I wouldn't recommend listening to the audiobook on this one - the reader's "Czech" accent sounds suspiciously Irish, and the flowery prose teeters on the brink of ridiculousness when spoken out loud. Good for paranormal fans who want something different, fantasy fans who want a focus on romance, and girls who want a heroine who actually does stuff.