Review: A Promising New Series by a Favorite Author
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2013
I'm a big fan of this author team's Southern Arcana series, and I really liked the Red Rock Pass books as well. Haunted Sanctuary is the first in a new series set in the Sanctuary/Red Rock Pass world. I am eager for more!Green Pines is a new sanctuary; this book is about its founding. The characters are a wonderful group of misfits, loners and broken folk, which gives the book a somewhat bleaker tone than the Red Rock Pass books, where a sanctuary and strong central group of characters provide some stability. It felt like being in on the start of something special, with a risk of failure but much to be gained from success.Jay is a terrific, strong alpha; being sheriff is a good fit for him, and its great watching him gather the others who arrive into a pack. Eve is brave (yay, librarian heroine!!) dealing with her unlooked-for change and working to help others deal with their painful memories. I really admired both of these characters and thought they were indeed heroic. The secondary characters were really interesting too, and I look forward to watching them and their community develop in the next few books.Although there's a lot of fear and uncertainty in this book, that's overwhelmed throughout (not just at the end) by courage, optimism and little touches of humor and domesticity. WINfla