Spider Bite Elemental Assassin Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Jennifer Estep Lauren Fortgang Audible Studios Books
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They call me the Spider. I'm the most feared assassin in the South -- when I'm not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the vibrations of the soaring Appalachian Mountains above me. My Ice magic also comes in handy for making the occasional knife. But I don't use my powers on the job unless I absolutely have to. Call it professional pride.
Now that a ruthless Air elemental has double-crossed me and killed my handler, I'm out for revenge. And I'll exterminate anyone who gets in my way -- good or bad. I may look hot, but I'm still one of the bad guys. Which is why I'm in trouble, since irresistibly rugged Detective Donovan Caine has agreed to help me. The last thing this coldhearted killer needs when I'm battling a magic more powerful than my own is a sexy distraction... especially when Donovan wants me dead just as much as the enemy.
Spider Bite Elemental Assassin Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Jennifer Estep Lauren Fortgang Audible Studios Books
My favorite thing about this book was the fact Gin was a pretty sexually aggressive woman who wasn’t even close to the near virginal heroine that I usually see in a UF series. I appreciate that because while I usually don’t mind that trope so much it is refreshing to have a woman who is really secure in her sexuality running around no matter if we need to read about how wet her who-ha is on multiple occasions. Besides most of the time she is running around killing people or planning on killing people so it is a fair trade in my book***“You're late."
"Sorry. I was busy talking about my feelings and killing people.”***
This is a pretty basic introductory book. I have a pretty good notion of how the world works. There is Gin who basically can control/listen to rocks, has a heart of stone and kills people for a living. She is pretty likable right off the bat as she has a little bit of an attitude that she likes to throw around. I like that in a heroine
Gin comes complete with a horrible tragedy in her past and a kooky set of friends and work acquaintances to lighten the drama. Finn was one of my favorites. I love that they have a rapport like siblings….squabling and fighting in a fun way that shows all the love and affection they have for each other. Sure they might have gotten sweaty together in their youths but now they are the best of friends and family to each other.
There is also a smidge of romance….well sort of. There is at least a tall dark handsome and completely wrong man for Gin in this. It was enough to give us something steamy in-between all the mayhem but a cop and an assassin…well I just don’t see that going much of anywhere in the long term.
***“Maybe I find him...interesting. Attractive in an uptight sort of way. But that won't keep me from killing him if he does something stupid—like try to double-cross us. That is something thats nonnegotiable, no matter how much f potential he might have.”***
While I liked this book nothing really sticks out as extremely memorable about it. It is a good set up book and I enjoyed my time easily reading along but if I wasn’t in a buddy read for the entire series…well I might have waiting 3 months to pick up the next one. Still there is enough going on that I don’t think it will be a hardship to continue reading along with some friends.
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Spider Bite Elemental Assassin Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Jennifer Estep Lauren Fortgang Audible Studios Books Reviews
Reading this book was painful. While Estep is a decent writer, her research is grossly lacking. This torpedos the credibility of her characters. She obviously isn't familiar with violence and combat, but her main character is an assassin?! And her obvious unfamiliarity with computer crime and surveillance is just embarrassing. I'm 1/3 of the way through the book and it keeps tripping me up with unbelievable and jarring mistakes. And not just the technical stuff. One of the main characters drivers is guilt, which is based on a very tenuous situation that her mentor encouraged her to quit and retire at some point, but she resisted. Lame.
Hopefully the rest of the books in the series is less bad, but I'm not sure if I can get past this to see. Meh.
I likes Gin Blanco. Her ruthless unsentimental tough as nails attitude, her cold-blooded approach to murder, her motivational anger, her ruthlessness, her loyalties, her quips (when there are any). Most of all, I like the fact that she is not the stereotype heroine in your average urban fantasy novel.
I have read some of the comments that bemoan this fact, much to my chagrin. They were actually complaining that she was not "feminine" - whatever that is. Truly, I do not know what that is. I suppose female protagonists should act in a certain way, and when that does not happen, a lot of whiners start coming out of the woodwork. Suddenly, the protagonist is not "feminine". Well, what the hell did you expect? Did you actually think that she should be squeamish? That she should have the virtue of a nineteenth century victorian virgin when it comes to sex or murder? Did you think that she should look in shock at the man she is attracted to and say, "I do nit know what you think of me sir but I am not that kind of girl".
@@@ Slight spoilers ahead
She is a bloody assassin for crying out loud. She kills people... And what it comes to sex she likes it fast, hard and on her own terms. And here is the crux of the problem that made some reviewers get stingy when doling out the stars. This is the reason that she was labeled "not feminine".
Give me a break. I would have expected that the book would be judged on its own merit... And it is quiet good. The action is fast paced, the characters have a depth rarely seen in the first book of your typical fantasy series Gin... Cold, ruthless and loyal. Fin... smart, flirtatious and a womanizer. Mab... direct, vile and practical. The detective... Virtuous boy scout.
Bottom line. Read this book. Deserves a 4.5 stars rating.
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My favorite thing about this book was the fact Gin was a pretty sexually aggressive woman who wasn’t even close to the near virginal heroine that I usually see in a UF series. I appreciate that because while I usually don’t mind that trope so much it is refreshing to have a woman who is really secure in her sexuality running around no matter if we need to read about how wet her who-ha is on multiple occasions. Besides most of the time she is running around killing people or planning on killing people so it is a fair trade in my book
***“You're late."
"Sorry. I was busy talking about my feelings and killing people.”***
This is a pretty basic introductory book. I have a pretty good notion of how the world works. There is Gin who basically can control/listen to rocks, has a heart of stone and kills people for a living. She is pretty likable right off the bat as she has a little bit of an attitude that she likes to throw around. I like that in a heroine
Gin comes complete with a horrible tragedy in her past and a kooky set of friends and work acquaintances to lighten the drama. Finn was one of my favorites. I love that they have a rapport like siblings….squabling and fighting in a fun way that shows all the love and affection they have for each other. Sure they might have gotten sweaty together in their youths but now they are the best of friends and family to each other.
There is also a smidge of romance….well sort of. There is at least a tall dark handsome and completely wrong man for Gin in this. It was enough to give us something steamy in-between all the mayhem but a cop and an assassin…well I just don’t see that going much of anywhere in the long term.
***“Maybe I find him...interesting. Attractive in an uptight sort of way. But that won't keep me from killing him if he does something stupid—like try to double-cross us. That is something thats nonnegotiable, no matter how much f potential he might have.”***
While I liked this book nothing really sticks out as extremely memorable about it. It is a good set up book and I enjoyed my time easily reading along but if I wasn’t in a buddy read for the entire series…well I might have waiting 3 months to pick up the next one. Still there is enough going on that I don’t think it will be a hardship to continue reading along with some friends.
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