Review: Really good, practical heroine
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2014
As crowded as the supernatural heroine genre has become, this one still immediately stood out to me.  First of all I loved Amber a lot.  She wasn't annoyingly emotional or completely damaged and dead to her emotions either, just practical. She tends to avoid the sort of situation that crops up in some books (and horror movies) where you're mentally screaming "Don't go in there alone, idiot!"  On a related note, Henwick also avoids forcing his good guys to be totally blind to an obvious situation for 2/3s of the book in order to steer the plot where he wants it.Overall, the writing is tight and never feels like it unravels at any point.  The main character is smart, empathetic (to me), and genuinely impresses me.  Even when the plot traverses more "epic" style subject matter (ancient feuds/powers/cultures) it doesn't seem dumbed down for us or too easily integrated into the more modern feeling parts of the story.  Great, great book to me.